I love making loaf cakes. They’re simple, quick and always turn out well. I’ve always experimented with flavours, using up whatever we have in the kitchen and when I had some blueberries that needed using up, this blueberry and yoghurt cake was created.
We love to have this cake as a treat in the afternoon – it goes well with a cup of tea! But the children also love a slice of blueberry cake for their breakfast! It’s a really versatile cake that can be made at any time or for any reason – or no reason at all!
Can you vary this Blueberry Yogurt Loaf Cake recipe?
The yogurt in this recipe helps keep the loaf cake really lovely and super moist whilst the vanilla sponge compliments the blueberries wonderfully. However, you could try using freshly squeezed lemon juice, lemon flavouring or lemon zest to create a lemon blueberry yogurt cake if you wanted.
We always use fresh blueberries for this recipe but frozen blueberries would also work well. The berries spread nicely through the cake and give lovely bursts of flavour as you enjoy this real simple but tasty berry yogurt cake.
We also always use caster sugar for this recipe but have also used golden caster sugar or standard granulated sugar for a really similar result. If you don’t have exactly the right sugar, don’t let that put you off. The same goes for yogurt – plain yogurt or natural yogurt would also work well in this bake.
If you’re looking for other simple bakes to make, why not try our banana peanut butter loaf cake, chocolate chip fairy cakes, light fruit loaf cake or our banana and passionfruit muffins. You can see all our recipes to date here.
What equipment do you need for this easy Blueberry Yogurt Cake recipe?
You can make this recipe simply with things you already have in your kitchen but here are the things we use in case there’s something you don’t already have:
As you can see, it’s all things you probably have already. We use loaf tin liners to guarantee that bakes come out of the tin easily and they’re great when baking as gifts too.
So here’s our delicious Blueberry and Yoghurt Cake recipe:
Ingredients:
- 150g blueberries
- 300g self raising flour
- 250g caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla essence
- 2 eggs
- 125g Plain Greek yogurt at room temperature
- 125g melted unsalted butter or margarine
Recipe:
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4
- Grease a loaf pan or use a loaf tin liner
- Put all the ingredients aside from the blueberries into a large bowl and mix well
- Stir in the blueberries
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake for an hour until well risen and golden brown on top.
- Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
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Blueberry Yogurt Cake
Ingredients
- 150 g blueberries
- 300 g self raising flour
- 250 g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla essence
- 2 eggs
- 125 g Plain Greek yogurt at room temperature
- 125 g melted unsalted butter or margarine
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4
- Grease a loaf pan or use a loaf tin liner
- Put all the ingredients aside from the blueberries into a large bowl and mix well
- Stir in the blueberries
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake for an hour until well risen and golden brown on top.
- Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.
