“A falta de pan, buenas son tortas.
If there’s no bread, cakes will do.”
Spanish proverb
Spanish proverb
There was a time when I had my fixed list of things to bake, & everyone was pretty satisfied & happy. I would bake brownies, then oatmeal cookies, then muffins,then a pound cake, chocolate chip cookies, lemon cake…& so on back to brownies. This loop continued until around September 2007. Then suddenly one day my browser accidentally stumbled into Jugalbandi. I couldn’t for the love of me figure out what it was all about, but I suddenly found ‘real’ recipes, beautiful pictures, & people who could talk to each other. Yes, I had been living under a rock all along. 
I hung around from time to time, clicked on unsuspecting links & reached other blogs! Goodness, there was a whole world waiting to be discovered. Then one fine day I mustered up the courage & secretly made my own blog. The hub was let in a few days later, & he was so proud that I had my own place on the web!! 
Now, of course, everything’s changed. We have exuberant bloggers, active, enthusiastic, supportive, hilarious , talented people; each willing to open up their world to others from time to time, share their mastered recipes, give out heirloom secrets & generally enjoy this virtual world. One wish…I wish I had more time! 
Something else changed too. I’m now on a ‘try everything at least once’ route & the family has never had it soooo good! It adds great variety to the table, snack box & quality of life. Earlier the family was happy; now they are ecstatic, & checking the fridge for desserts ever so often!! LOL!! Ever since the colours on my blog changed, I’ve gone into a chocolate overdrive. This after swearing that I wouldn’t do any more chocolate for a while. But than again, life’s so unpredictabe! 
Saw this Chocolate Yogurt Cake at AK Mom’s blog @ What’s Baking, & it’s been on my mind for long. It sounded healthy & full of yogurt (1 1/2 cups) & looked really, really nice & moist. With no snack in the house the other day, I grabbed the opportunity to try something new. The cake came out really nice & chocolaty & with a great crumb. Only just realised that there was a vanilla drizzle to it too, but ours tasted delicious even without it! 
CHOCOLATE YOGURT CAKE as adapted from AK Mom’s recipe here
Ingredients:
Flour – 1 1/2 cups
Wholewheat flour -1/2 cup
Cocoa – 2/3 cup
Instant Coffee – 2 tbsp
Baking Soda – 1 tsp
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Pinch of salt
Butter – 1/2 cup; at room temperature
Sugar – 1 cup
Eggs – 2
Yogurt – 1 1/2 cups
Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp
Coffee Extract – 1 tsp (optional)
Method:
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Grease well & flour a 9″ bundt pan, & preheat the oven to 180C.
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Sift both the flours + baking powder + baking soda + salt + cocoa. Keep aside.
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Beat the butter & sugar. Add eggs & beat again. Add the coffee & vanilla extract & beat.
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Now alternatively add the flour mix & yogurt till well incorporated. Don’t over mix. The batter will be quite thick, ie, not a flowing one.
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Turn into bundt pan, level out & bake for 45 mins to an hour/until done. Slide a sheet of foil over the top loosely if you see it browning too soon.
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Once done, cool in pan for 5 minutes, turn out on rack.
This looks beautiful – what a great way to use yogurt!
I remember discovering food blogs for the first time and I was instantly sucked into their food, their children and found myself wondering about them and what they would make next. It’s a wonderful world isn’t it.
This cake looks like a lovely snack with some cold milk. Simple and delicious.
Ahhh Deeba,
how nice it is to wake up in the morning and found your Yogurt cake. Wish I can just grab it from my screen.
Cheers,
Elra
Thank you for accepting my friend request on Foodbuzz. I can’t wait to read future posts. You have some gorgeous photos on your site. Well done.
This looks delicious – healthy and moist…I can’t think of a better combo for a nice hot cup of chai. Thanks for stopping by my blog – I’m happy to have discovered yours. Let me know if you try my vada pav recipe!
OMG, Deeba. How do you do it? Make absolutely delicious chocolate cakes with coffee inside that are also healthy!?
Wish you lived next door to me so I could come over and raid your refrigerator.
wow what a nice cake. Your cakes are always a marvelous! I like yogurt in cakes
I know what you mean about the blogging world Deeba. Its so nice to be a part of it and I feel like I’ve met so many like minded people. I do wish I had more time to devote to blogging but slow n steady in my case! FYI, I absolutely love your blog, and your enthusiasm too. Chocolate yogurt cake looks and sounds yum.
Oh I agree with you about yogurt in cakes. I even use yogurt in muffins, it adds such creaminess to them.
And I just love the blogging world….calms me in a way.
awesome! i have been using a very similar recipe for years! its amazing, isn’t it?
Beautiful! Looks so moist.
Deeba, Brilliantly neat cut…those pcs!Something in my capacity..hence
Noted, feedback by your night! Adios till then, amigo.. (yup watched kiddo cd..words hangover.:D)
FOIL SHEET TIP..very very useful…please highlight(had I known this earlier, I wd hv prevented the apple almond cake frm you which I made, but all the almond slices got coal black..my mistake! So had to slice off the surface..rest of the cake was a treat!)…tks! Its in oven..wd b back wt results for this current one!
This sounds really tasty! I just may have to make this!
WOW,GREAT.Scrumptious
. Love the combo.No words to describe the beauty. 
Turned out great (35mins@180C my oven), not too sweet, not too bitter, moist n just right for coffee time..I skipped the coffee pwdr+essence as kids wd love to have more of choco flavor ..for kids, half a cup more of sugar wd hv provided a sweet touch, but all the same, each kid happily gobbled two pcs! Thanks for sharing..!
Anything with coffee AND chocolate in it is for me!
Looks great – can I have a slice…please?
I can see why you would want to try this cake Deeba. The first food blog I ever discovered was Ruth over at Once Upon a Feast and Presto Pasta Nights. It took me a while to dive in to blogging myself but I am glad I did. It is almost 2 years now!!!!!
Oh this looks so moist and delicious. I have one with buttermilk, but this is way healthier with the wholewheat flour! And i cant stop drooling!!
Hi Deeba,
Love ur blog and the fotos are beautiful. I see u love chocolate. I have a terrible weakness for it too and for baking as well. only now I try to bake a little less cos af all the butter and sugar in it.And eggs…sigh.
That cake does look good, and who can resist chocolate?
I’m glad you decided to start a blog Deeba, you are very inspirational!
Deeba – this looks so good. I love the idea of a yogurt and wholewheat flour cake! Bookmarked for sure. By the way, can’t believe your daughter is 13! Hope you guys have had a brilliant start to the New Year. All my love.
Sorry – one question. Can I make this without a bundt pan? Like a normal cake tin?
I have been trying to get into your place from yesterday onwards, i almost gave up
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Love the cake and with youghurt it sounds healthy too.
Yeah i too remember the first time when i accidnetly came upon a blog , and i think i looked trhough it for days, looking to all the recipies and it is after days i discovered there were many more blog like that
It looks perfect!!
A very joyous new year to you Deeba!
This delicious looking chocolate yogurt bundt has my taste bud stamp of approval!
Deeba, the cake looks sinfully good! Perfect texture!
I’m always waiting to find out what you’re making next. I’m never disappointed.
So if this cake is healthy, then I can have 2 slices. Right?
Hi,
I follow your Blog everyday:)and love all the baking stuff.. if possible can I get your email id to ask certain doubts.. my id is molsun@gmail.com
Thanks
Anu
“One wish…I wish I had more time!”
Me tooooooooo……
I have 4 cakes waiting to go up…. just not got the time to process the pictures n write what i want to……
Need to be more inspired by you…[than i already am]
Just love you’re blog…..
I love baking with yogurt. It makes everything so moist. But I haven’t tried chocolate and yogurt yet. Looks like I should! Yum!
This looks great! I am always looking for cake recipes – and chocolate cake recipes – to use in my dad’s old bundt pan. This one looks delicious and everyone will eat it.
Mmmm. It looks yummy. I love yogourt cakes and this has an aditional interest: chocolate! It must be just great.
I was surprising to find a spanish proverb here, one I use quite often indeed. Though “tortas” here is not for cakes but for some kind of “no yeast bread”, is not as good as bread but if you are hungry and you don’t have any bread at all, “tortas” can taste really good.
Love from Spain.
Your pictures are gorgeous and the cake looks delicious. YUM!
It does look delicious, all on its own. How happy we are that you took that step and made your own place on the web. We are all benefiting from your lovely post, pictures, recipes and delightful personality!
I seem to have taken a liking to the number 4….
4 cake recipes are waiting to be posted….
and
I just finished making 4 cakes. 2 of the yogurt ones like yours…
Another 2 of the chocolate blackout cakes…..
Thanks for the tips…
You are so right deeba! I used to cook the same stuff over and over, and then I discovered blogging and suddenly I not only had an excuse to try new things, but also an endless supply of inspiration – from peope like you
The cake looks fantastic…
The days are indeed too short to make all the stuff everyone blogs!!
Deeba..my my..what a lovely moist n rich cake..am drooling..its ma first time here n well for a wonderful treat..:)
Finally made this cake yest. It came out perfect and yummy. Have blogged about it to keep a note of the recipe. Hope it is fine with you. Thanks for the wonderful recipe
I made this last week with 100% King Arthur whole wheat flour, blackberries and Fage yogurt and omitted the chocolate and coffee. It was really moist and delicious. Made for a great cake to accompany tea or coffee. Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Deeba! Looks absolutely chocolicious!!! I am feeling just like u did! How could I have not explored that wealth of recipes available and just made the same old things again and again? Neeways,its better late than never. So glad to have entered this amazing world of blogs!!
Hi Deeba! This cake looked so yummy and healthy that i made it yesterday and it was a super duper hit. Only after I discovered the world of blogs(quite recently) have I started trying all of these new recipes. Your blog's are amazing and i visit them quite frequently to check out all the new things that you are making.