Yogurt Pom Pom Apple Cake (Japanese)
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Apples. Cake. Yogurt. Need we say more?
Japanese desserts tend to not be very sweet, which we love. If you feel the need, feel free to add a little more sugar. This cake has a very delicate flavor, and it's one of our favorites.
Since it's a Japanese recipe, some of the dry ingredients below are listed as weights - be prepared to use a kitchen scale or convert them online.
Mami served as a missionary in Hiroshima Japan, and one of her companions there taught her this recipe. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
- 2 apples (If it is red apples, no need of lemon juice)
- 1 lemon (juiced)
- 3 oz (80 g) sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 200 ml (a little more than 3/4 cup) plain yogurt
- 3.5 oz (100 g) flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Preheat oven to 340° F.
- Slice apples thinly. Pour lemon juice on apple slices. Skip lemon juice if using red apples.
- Mix oil, eggs, and sugar.
- Add yogurt and gradually add flour and baking powder.
- Pour half of the mixture and line the sliced apples on it.
- Pour the rest of the mixture add add any remaining apple to the top.
- Bake for 1 hour.
We've made this both in a loaf pan (as pictured above) and in a 9x9 pan. Both work great!
