Apple Cinnamon Yogurt Cake
Easy Apple and Cinnamon Yogurt Cake has a moist, tender crumb and the easy apple decoration on top makes the cake look gorgeous!
Ingredients
For the cake
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated or caster sugar
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups all purpose flour All purpose flour is also known as plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, divided
- 1 apple
- 1 cup vanilla yogurt You can use plain yogurt if you prefer
- For the topping
- 2 red skinned apples
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons granulated or caster sugar
Instructions
- Preheat to oven to 350°F or 170°C.
- Grease and flour an 8 inch round loose bottom or springform cake pan. I like to line the bottom of the pan with a circle of baking parchment as well.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
- Peel, core, quarter and chop one of the apples into small pieces.
- Stir the apple pieces into the flour mixture. Set aside.
- In an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs and vanilla thoroughly.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir in the flour and apple mixture.
- Add the yogurt and beat together thoroughly.
- Pour into the prepared pan, smoothing the top.
- Core, quarter and thinly slice the two apples. (Don't peel them!)
- Arrange the apple slices on top of the cake in a circular fashion.
- Combine the topping ingredients, 2 tablespoons sugar and ½ teaspoon cinnamon.
- Sprinkle over the apples on top of the cake.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
- Allow to cook in the pan for at least 20 minutes before carefully removing the cake from the pan and cooling completely on a wire rack.
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