Holiday Baked Yogurt Cake with Choc

I happened to have half tub of yogurt left in my fridge so I made a Yogurt Cake using the yogurt =) My sis-in-law and I had fun in the kitchen and we waited anticipatedly for our very first Yogurt cake to bake.

You can use any flavor of yogurt that u have in your fridge. Mine was original yogurt so it taste a bit bland and I've added chocolate chips and raisin to it. The recipe recommended using a 9 inch bundt pan. I do not own one, so I substitute with two 8 inch cake pan.

The cake turns out very moist and full of flavors as we added an extra egg to it. My father-in-law loves it as it taste more like "old-fashion" cake & my hubby gobbled down slices after slices as it is not too sweet.

The original recipe can be found at http://www.marthastewart.com/. For my version of recipe, I've used up all my yogurt ( about 2 cups plain yogurt).

Ingredients:

1/2 cup softened butter

1 cup brown sugar ( I use castor sugar)

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 egg ( I use 2 eggs)

2 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/4 cup plain yogurt ( I use 2 cups and can be substitued by other flavor)

chocolate chips (optional)

raisins (optional)

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 175 degree. Grease cake pan.

2) Cream butter, sugar and vanilla till light and fluffy.

3) Beat in egg and cream till smooth.

4) In a bowl, sift and combine flour, baking soda and baking powder.

5) Stir in alternately and in small badges of the flour and yogurt to the creamed mixture. Fold in till well-combined.

6) Add in chocolate chips and raisins.

7) Pour batter into pan. Bake for 50 minutes (if you are using bundt pan) OR 15 minutes (if you are using 2 cake pans).

8) Insert skewer to check if done. Remove from oven, cool on rack.

9) Remove cake from pan and dust with some icing sugar.