Pomegranate Yoghurt Cake
Servings
8
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
20
minutesIngredients
80ml olive oil
125g full-fat natural yoghurt
60ml pomegranate molasses
2 eggs
90g soft dark brown sugar
½ tsp ground cinnamon
200g self-raising flour
1 scant tsp baking powder
1 pomegranate, seeds only
- FOR THE ICING
3 heaped tbspns icing sugar
½ tbspn water
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 160℃ fan/180℃/gas 4.
- Whisk the olive oil, yoghurt, pomegranate molasses and eggs together, then beat in the sugar. Stir in the cinnamon, flour and baking powder, then spoon into an 28 x 22cm lined roasting or baking tin lined with non-stick baking or greaseproof paper.
- Scatter over half of the pomegranate seeds, then transfer to the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes, until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Let it cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
- Mix the icing sugar and water together for the icing, then drizzle this all over the cooled cake. Scatter over the remaining pomegranate seeds before serving.
Cook’s Tip
- Fabulous pudding served with ice cream. If you have any left it will disappear quickly as I discovered the following day at teatime! This recipe comes from The Quick Roasting Tin by Rukmini Iyer. Buy HERE