Perfect Sand Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup corn oil (sunflower oil, vegetable ghee, margarine or butter) ⓘ
- 2 1/2 cups sugar ⓘ
- 5 eggs ⓘ
- 3 cups all-purpose flour ⓘ
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt ⓘ
- 1/2 cup water ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon baking powder ⓘ
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda ⓘ
- Options
- Option 1 ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon vanilla ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom ⓘ
- 1 orange, juice and zest of, grated ⓘ
- 1/2 cup golden raisin ⓘ
- Option 2 ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon vanilla ⓘ
Instructions
- Put the oil in electric mixer bowl, put in sugar, beat the mixture until blended.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Mix yogurt with water.
- Add flour in thirds alternating with yogurt and water mixture.
- Add baking powder, baking soda and one of the variations mentioned above (or you can be creative and add whatever you like).
- Pour the cake mixture (the mixture shouldn't be thick, it is almost watery in consistency).
- In greased, floured cake pan (I prefer the one with the whole in the middle or a loaf pan for easy cutting).
- Put the cake in COLD oven, set the heat at 180°C, let the cake in the oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- Remove the cake from the oven,let it sit for about 10 minutes, remove from pan.
- Let the cake cool on wire rack (or I put the cake in plastic bag and close it while the cake in it so the outer surface of the cake won't be hard, it will be soft instead.
- Optional: You may sprinkle icing sugar on the face before cutting into pieces.
- Serve the cake with orange juice, coffee or hot tea.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
1007
kcal
50% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).