If you’re looking for a fun and festive dessert to serve this Easter, then this recipe is a must-try. This Middle-Eastern-inspired yoghurt cake popularised by Claudia Roden is reminiscent of a cheesecake but much lighter, fluffier and more flan-like. It is a perfect blend of tangy yoghurt, zesty lemon, and sweet raspberries.
Pair This Cheesecake Recipe Along With…
- This Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder. The perfect main dish to add to your Easter menu.
- Orzo Pasta. Try this trendy recipe.
- A cup of coffee for dessert.
Let’s Bake Something Healthy
This recipe is super easy to follow and doesn’t require any fancy equipment or ingredients. All you need is a few basic kitchen essentials, a bit of time, and a whole lot of love for cheesecake (but the healthy kind).
Nutritional Information Per serving:
460kJ | 3g fat (1g sat) | 65mg sodium | 19g carbs | 2g fibre | 16g sugars | 5g protein
Ed’s Tips For This Raspberry ‘Cheese’ Cake:
- Try it with Greek-style yoghurt.
- Full cream yoghurt ups the calories per serving from 109kcal to 140kcal.
- Add extra lemon zest along with the raspberries for an extra sweet sour taste.
Raspberry Yoghurt ‘Cheese’ Cake
Ingredients
- 4 eggs, separated
- 100g castor sugar 1/2 cup
- 400g low-fat plain yoghurt
- 3 tbsp flour
- Grated zest of 1 lemon
- 125g raspberries 1 small punnet
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Butter and flour a 18cm-diameter, loose-bottomed cake tin and line the bottom with baking paper.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until thick, pale and creamy.Mix yoghurt, flour and lemon zest into the yolks.
- Mix a spoonful of the egg whites into the yoghurt mixture to loosen. Fold the egg whites into the yoghurt mixture, gently but thoroughly, until well combined. Spoon into the tin.
- Drop in the raspberries and bake in the lower third of the oven for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack – the cake will soufflé up and then sink again. Serve warm or cold.
Recommended Ingredients & Products:
I used full cream yoghurt instead of low fat yoghurt for this recipe (personal preference). This switch adds about 31 calories extra per serving but serves a whole lot of extra goodness on your plate.
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