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Did you know you can make one of the best cakes ever with NO scales or measuring cups? What is this magic?! Yoghurt Pot Cake is a thing, and it’s SO easy and flipping delicious. Cake baking at its simplest, just measure with the pot, stir and bake!
Using yoghurt to make a cake?
I know it’s an unexpected ingredient for a cake, just like it is in my Flatbread recipe too, but while it may not be traditional, it really does work, trust me.
One little pot makes a wonderfully light sponge that is fluffy and moist (sorry, I know we hate the word but it is 100% called for here). The yoghurt gives a tang and a creaminess to our cake.
What’s more, we then use the empty yoghurt pot to measure out the rest of our ingredients instead of all the faff that comes with scales, extra bowls etc etc. WHAAAT?!
If you’re looking for a super easy cake to make, this Yoghurt Cake is so simple, you have to give it a go!
Why you’ll love this Yoghurt cake recipe
⭐️ Cake baking simplified!
⭐️ Only a few ingredients
⭐️ Delicious, fluffy results
I am gluten free and I make this cake every week with gluten free self raising flour. It always turns out really well. I use it as a base recipe and add different flavours. So far I’ve tried: banana, blueberry and coconut, apple and cinnamon, lemon and orange drizzle and strawberry. Thank you so much for this recipe, it’s amazing.
Sarah’s notes
I show how easy this cake is to make in my step-by-step videos below, but if you’d rather measure everything out instead of using your yoghurt pot (if you’ve not found the right size, for example), I have detailed these amounts in the recipe below.
Yoghurt Cake Ingredients
- Yoghurt – One 150ml/5.3oz pot of natural or Greek full-fat. This will make it nice and moist.
- Oil – Sunflower or vegetable, or anything that’s flavourless (not olive oil unless you want the distinctive taste.)
- Self-raising flour – Also called all purpose flour outside the UK.
- Caster sugar – This is finer than granulated sugar, and if you’re outside of the UK may be called superfine, bar or baker’s sugar.
- Eggs – I use medium free-range in my baking.
- Vanilla extract – NOT essence, which is synthetic.
- Raspberries – Or your preferred fruit.
How to make Yoghurt Cake
1. Put the contents of your yoghurt pot into a bowl, then use it to measure the flour, sugar and oil, using the full recipe below. Add the eggs and whisk together.
2. Add the vanilla and raspberries, and gently stir.
3. Line a loaf tin with baking paper and pour in the cake mixture.
4. Bake according to the recipe below or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool and slice.
Hint: Cover the cake with foil if the top is browning too much before it’s cooked through.
Substitutions
- Fruit – I have added fresh raspberries but go ahead and use whatever you like to add additional flavour. A blueberry yoghurt cake would go down a storm too, or perhaps blackberries. Be careful with any fruit like strawberries as they may be too wet and make the cake quite gooey.
Storing
Store this in a cake tin or sealed container. You don’t need to refrigerate it because it’s got yoghurt in. It should last up to 3 days (if it hasn’t been devoured by then!)
Baking time
We’re baking this cake at 160°C fan/180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Cooking the cake low and slow means that the inside has time to cook before the outside gets too brown.
If the top is browning too much when you check at 45 mins but inside isn’t cooked, cover it with tin foil and return to the oven to carry on.
Please note that the timings are what work for me when testing this, but your oven could mean this takes slightly less or more time, so use your judgement and the skewer test – pop it into the middle and if it comes out clean, it’s baked inside.
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FAQs
I like to bake this in a loaf tin, and this recipe and timings are for a loaf tin. Loaf tin sizes can be very confusing, but I think a small one is better as you get a lovely dome shape on the top of the cake.
This will work in any type of tin though, just adjust the cooking time.
The cake uses yoghurt and oil, so no need to add butter.
Yes! Use dairy free yoghurt and you are good to go.
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Yoghurt Pot Cake {No Scales Needed!}
Ingredients
- 150 g (5.3 oz) Yoghurt, x1 POT
- 250 g (9 oz) Self-raising flour, x2 YOGHURT POTS-FULL
- 175 g (6 oz) Caster sugar, x1 YOGHURT POT-FULL
- 75 ml (1/3 cups) Sunflower oil, x1/2 YOGHURT POT-FULL
- 3 Eggs, Medium
- 125 g (4.5 oz) Fresh raspberries, x1 YOGHURT POT-FULL
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Measure your ingredients using the yoghurt pot and add to a bowl.
- Stir the ingredients together well until the mixture is smooth. Carefully fold in the raspberries.
- Line a loaf tin with baking paper and pour in the cake mixture.
- Cook at 160°C fan/180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4 for 45-60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation. Nutritional values are per portion unless otherwise stated.
This recipe was first published here on March 13th, 2023. It was updated again on February 9th, 2026 to add additional step-by-step videos.
hey there, could I use less eggs if I had 115ml yogurt?
Hi Ms, as we’ve only tried it using the 150g pot of yoghurt we couldn’t confirm how you would need to amend the rest of the ingredients for the reduced amount of youghurt. Sorry!
Made this at the weekend for a week’s worth of packed lunches, and my family has almost demolished it! Great recipe and so easy, will try again (and hide it next time) 😂
I’ve made this recipe substituting 2/3 almond flour, less than half the sugar with adding a heaping tbsp of honey, EVO for the oil, 2 tbsp dark chocolate chips with either blueberries or raspberries, and 2 instead of 3 eggs. It’s a family favorite!
I’ve made this cake quite a few times now, but always use crème fraiche instead of yoghurt (it’s the leftovers from when I make the SC tikka masala!) I find it makes quite a lot of batter and fills my loaf tin quite close to the brim, so definitely takes more than 60 mins to cook, around 1hr20 I’d say. Very tasty cake though!
Really wanting to make this recipe but not sure what sort of yogurt to use is it plain or can it be flavoured
Hi Kirsten, it’s a pot of plain natural full-fat yoghurt
Lovely,easy cake turned out really well, would maybe add some white chocolate next time too
Glad you enjoyed it Stephanie!
Amazing cake! Made it gluten free with blueberries. Was LUSH! Will deffo be making this again. It did take a bit longer cooking time but we’ll worth it. 😁😁