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Yum Alert: Healthy Greek Yogurt Cake

greek yogurt cake
Written by emilyc

greek yogurt cake

You read the title correctly. In spite of its outward appearance, this Greek yogurt cake is healthy. Well, pretty much – it uses Greek yogurt! Regardless, who would even want to try to resist something that looks this perfect? Recipe and image via Never Homemaker.

Ingredients:

For the Greek Yogurt Cake:

1/4 plus 1/8 cup dark cocoa powder (Dutch-process)
1/4 plus 1/8 cup hot water
1-1/2 cups wheat pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
3/4 cup canola oil
1 plus 1/8 cup natural sugar (I used Sugar in the Raw)
Egg replacer for TWO eggs (I used Bob’s Red Mill egg replacer)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup OIKOS Greek yogurt

For the frosting:

6 ounces OIKOS Greek yogurt (plain will do)
1 Tbsp vanilla
1/2 cup MaraNatha dark chocolate almond spread (or regular peanut or almond butter)
3/4 cup powdered sugar

Click here for preparation instructions. Love the health benefits of yogurt and probiotics? Check out this Ritual Synbiotic review.

About the author

emilyc

Emily is a New Yorker trapped in a Floridian's body and loves every minute of her big city life. With a major in international business and years of being surrounded by ill-fitting suits and all the wrong shoes, she learned that the importance of fashion needs to be communicated to the world. To her, fashion is on the same level as charity work and feeding hungry children. Emily can be found frolicking the streets of her gayborhood enjoying the off-color humor of the gays.