Breads & Baked Goods, Desserts

Chocolate Greek Yogurt Cake

  • Prep 15 mins
  • Steam Time 20 mins
  • Cook Time 14 mins
  • Total 49 mins
  • Easy
  • Serves 16

This Chocolate Greek Yogurt Cake has a super light and moist sponge, topped with a honey and sea salt chocolate topping. Made with gluten and nut-free ingredients this cake is suitable for most dietary requirements.

TIP: For a refined free sugar cake replace the sugars with 200g coconut sugar and the honey with raw honey. 

Allergies

  • Contains Milk/Dairy
  • Contains Eggs

Tip: Allergy Advice

This dish contains the following allergens: Milk/Dairy, Eggs

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For the cake

  • 100g golden caster sugar
  • 100g dark brown sugar
  • 125ml olive oil
  • 50g honey
  • 3 large eggs
  • 240g Greek yogurt
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 180g gluten-free plain flour, sifted
  • 50g cocoa powder, sifted
  • 2 tsp gluten-free baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

For the topping

  • 100g dark chocolate
  • 25g butter
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • Sea salt flakes, as desired

Utensils

  • Step 1

    Grease Ninja 20cm square baking tin or 20cm square cake tin with oil and line with parchment paper, then set aside.

  • Step 2

    Pour 180ml water in the Combi Pan for steaming. Place the Crisper Plate on top and set aside until needed.

  • Step 3

    In a large mixing bowl, using electric beaters, beat together sugars, olive oil, and honey for a few minutes until combined. Beat in eggs until light and fluffy. Beat in the Greek yogurt and vanilla extract followed by the remaining cake ingredients until combined. Pour cake batter into cake tin and place on crisper plate. Slide into Level 1.

  • Step 4

    Close the door and flip the SmartSwitch to COMBI COOKER.

  • Step 5

    Select COMBI BAKE and set time to 14 minutes and temperature to 165˚C. Select START/STOP to begin cooking (the unit will steam for approx. 20 minutes before countdown timer begins).

  • Step 6

    The cake should be cooked when a cocktail stick is inserted in the centre and comes out clean. Carefully remove tin from unit and leave cake to cool in tin.

  • Step 7

    While cake is cooling make topping. Melt the chocolate, butter and honey in a bain marie over a low heat. Set aside to cool for 5 minutes before pouring over the cake. Leave to set.

  • Step 8

    Once set remove from tin and cut into squares using a hot, damp knife, wiping between cuts.