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Light and Fluffy Layered Yogurt Crumb Cake

April 27, 2022 by Jane and Sonja Leave a Comment

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A simple recipe for making a deliciously light and fluffy yogurt cake consisting of a bottom cake layer, smooth and creamy center and crumbly cake topping.

Layered yogurt crumb cake cut into pieces and put on a plate.

Layered Yogurt Crumb Cake

The lovely tri-layered cake with a smooth yogurt filling is perfectly satisfying without being overly sweet. The golden crumble layer makes the cake-prep even quicker while also adding a nice texture to the top. It tastes wonderfully when warm and recently baked but also refreshing and cool after chilling in the fridge.

  • Layered yogurt crumb cake.
  • Overhead view of layered yogurt crumb cake
  • A piece of cake.

Why use yogurt for baking?

Using plain yogurt in homemade cakes keeps them moist, light and fluffy while also adding a bit of a tanginess. We’ve also used ogurt to make this sour cherry cake receipe as well as our perfectly marbled bundt cake.

Light and Fluffy Layered Yogurt Crumb Cake

Jane and Sonja
A simple dessert recipe for making a light and fluffy layered yogurt crumb cake.
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Croatian

Ingredients
  

Cake Batter

  • 1 cup butter at room temperature (or 1 cup lard or ½ cup butter with ½ cup lard)
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 ¾ cup flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder

Yogurt Filling

  • 4 egg whites
  • pinch of salt
  • 1.5 cups plain yogurt
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 5 tbsp flour
  • 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice and lemon zest optional

Instructions
 

Cake Batter

  • Mix together butter and sugars until well blended. Slowly add one egg yolk at a time and mix with a whisk.
  • Save the egg whites for the filling portion of the cake.
  • Mix flour and baking powder together separately and then combine with egg mixture. Mix all together on low speed with a cake mixer.
  • Divide batter in two parts.
  • Wrap and place one half in fridge. Place the other half place in the freezer.

Yogurt Filling

  • Beat 4 egg whites and pinch of salt on high speed. The egg whites have to be firm.
  • In a separate bowl, mix 1 ½ cups plain yogurt with 1 cup powdered sugar.
  • Add flour, vanilla sugar and lemon juice and lemon zest (optional) and powdered sugar to the yogurt mixture.
  • Fold in the egg whites with a spatula.

Finishing

  • Remove dough from the fridge after 20 minutes, no longer or be too tough to roll.
  • Roll out on a floured surface on top of a sheet of parchment paper (roll out to about 9×13 size) and transfer onto a baking sheet along with the parchment paper.
  • Spread on the filling.
  • Break the frozen dough into crumbs over the filling. Alternatively, you can also shred the frozen dough over top.
  • Bake at 370F for 35 minutes.
Keyword cheesecake, yogurt
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