Gateau au Yaourt (French Yoghurt Cake)

Name: Gateau au Yaourt (French Yoghurt Cake)
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 125g natural yoghurt; 3 eggs, large; 180g caster sugar; 200g plain flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 100ml sunflower oil; 1 lemon, zest only; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tbsp icing sugar, to dust

The easy lemon yoghurt cake every French child learns first. Soft, moist and made in one bowl.

Time1 hr
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.33 a head
Oven180°C (160°C fan)

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

8 slices

Ingredients

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125 gnatural yoghurt
3eggslarge
180 gcaster sugar
200 gplain flour
2 tspbaking powder
100 mlsunflower oil
1lemonzest only
1 tspvanilla extract
1 tbspicing sugarto dust

Method

1
Heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan). Grease and line a 20 cm round cake tin.
2
Whisk the yoghurt, eggs, sugar, lemon zest and vanilla together in a large bowl until smooth.
3
Sift in the flour and baking powder and fold in until just combined.
4
Whisk in the oil until the batter is glossy and smooth. Pour into the tin.
5
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until golden and a skewer comes out clean.
40 min
6
Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out. Dust with icing sugar when cool.

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