Greek yogurt cake with orange
Greek yogurt cake with orange

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Ground cloves add a warm, spicy note to this cake, while oranges and Greek yogurt lend a pleasing tang. Not overly sweet, the cake is just right for breakfast, afternoon tea and, of course, dessert. When peeling the oranges, be sure to remove the white pith, which is bitter.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have greek yogurt cake with orange using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Greek yogurt cake with orange:
  1. Get 200 g yogurt
  2. Make ready 300 ml vegetable oil (1 and 1/4 of a cup)
  3. Get 300 ml sugar (1 and 1/4 of a cup)
  4. Get 300 ml orange juice (1 and 1/4 of a cup)
  5. Prepare 20 g baking powder (4 tsps)
  6. Get 1 zest of orange
  7. Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
  8. Get 440-450 g phyllo sheets(nearly 20)
  9. Make ready 4 eggs
  10. Take For the syrup
  11. Make ready 400 ml water (1 and 2/3 of a cup)
  12. Make ready 400 ml sugar (1 and 2/3 of a cup)

Greek Orange Yogurt Cake is a perfect example of Greek pastry. It is intense in flavor, sturdy but not heavy, moist but not soggy. Greek Orange Yogurt Cake or Portokalopita as it is known in Greece first came to my attention when reading a post by David Lebovitz writing about Tinos Greece. Then turn cake out onto a rack to cool thoroughly.

Instructions to make Greek yogurt cake with orange:
  1. Place the phyllo sheets on a large surface and leave at room temperature for 20 minutes, in order to dry well.
  2. To prepare this greek yogurt cake, start first by preparing the syrup. Pour into a pot the water, the sugar and the orange peel and a cinammon stick and bring to the boil.
  3. Simmer for 5-10 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved and the syrup has thickened. Leave aside to cool.
  4. In the meantime prepare the mixture for the yogurt cake.
  5. Pour the corn oil into a large bowl, add the sugar and whisk. Add beaten eggs.
  6. Add the yogurt, the orange juice, the orange zest and the vanilla extract and whisk well, until the ingredients combine and the mixture is smooth. Add the baking powder, and blend lightly.
  7. Tear the sheets of the phyllo dough into small pieces, using your hands and add into the mixture; whisk well
  8. Using a cooking brush, oil the bottom and the sides of a baking tray and pour in the mixtute. bake in preheated oven at 180C for 40-50 minutes until, nicely coloured and cooked through.
  9. Check if it is ready, by making a hole with a knife. If the knife comes out clean, then the cake is ready.
  10. To finish the yogurt cake, ladle slowly the cold syrup over the hot cake (allow each ladle of syrup to be absorbed, before ladling again).
  11. Allow time for the syrup to be absorbed and put in the refrigerator.
  12. Greek yogurt cake is ideally served cold, not hot, so that it does not crumble.
  13. Enjoy with or without vanilla ice cream

Store cake covered, at room temperature. Serve slices of cake topped with Glazed Oranges and dollops of Greek Yogurt Whip. A mouthwatering Greek yogurt cake with the aromas and blends of fresh oranges and cinnamon. If you're looking for a delicious, super easy and extremely aromatic Greek dessert, look no further than Portokalopita, also known as Greek Orange cake! This blood orange yogurt cake is absolutely delightful and perfect for citrus season!

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