Saturday, April 5, 2008

Yogurt Cake with Cheese, Take Two... Without Yogurt

Yes, a yogurt cake without yogurt! And its savoury too, so there is also the question of whether it can be called a cake. Un-yogurt non-cake...

This one is tasty! I like it a lot better than the first cheese attempt.

Un-Yogurt Cake with Cheese:

1/2 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/4 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tsp honey
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour (I used Nutri)
seasonings to taste (curry, chili, salt, pepper, onion and/or garlic powder...)
2 tsps baking powder
1/4 cup vegetable oil
cheddar cheese to taste

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Butter whatever sort of pan or tin you want to use (like a 9-inch round cake pan which I've never used). In a large bowl, whisk together soft cheeses and sour cream, then whisk in eggs. Add flour, baking powder, and seasonings, mixing just until fully incorporated. Add the oil and mix thoroughly, then mix in cheddar cheese and pour into pan. Sprinkle with more cheese. Bake at 350ºF for 30-35 minutes or until lightly golden and toothpick comes out clean. (For mini muffin tins I find 10 minutes does the trick, for regular muffins 20 minutes and for jumbo muffins or mini loaves about 25 minutes, while a whole loaf pan requires more like... 50? I'm not sure, I just keep giving it another five or ten minutes until its done.)

Next time: Just a matter of flavour. I'd like to use smoked cheddar and parmesan perhaps, but first I have to buy them.

Adding the eggs Dry ingredients
Mixie mixie
After adding the oil it looks exactly the same
Me remembering finally to put some seasonings in
Cheese
Mix
Baked

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