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Amma used to make a moist chocolate yogurt/curd cake... Its been a long time since I made this wonderful cake and  made it for Homey's Birthday.


The cake is moist......perfectly chocolatey.....
#I used a 10" round pan.
Recipe adapted from here.
Ingredients:
All-purpose flour- 2 cups.
Cadbury's cocoa powder: 2/3 cup.
Baking soda: 1 tsp
Baking powder: 1 tsp.
Butter/margarine: 1/2 cup, softened.
Sugar: 1 cup.
Eggs: 2.
Plain yogurt/curd: 1 1/2 cups, lightly beaten.
Vanilla essence: 1 tsp.
1 teaspoon vanilla.
Salt: 1/2 tsp.
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch  pan. Lightly beat yogurt and salt with a spoon and keep aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
4. Alternately add flour mixture and yogurt into butter mixture. Do not over mix. Stir in vanilla.
5. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

6. Cool for 10 minutes and then invert onto rack to cool completely.
Cover with chocolate butter icing if desired.

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  1. Suja ManojSeptember 20, 2011 at 10:17 PM

    Chocolaty and soft cake,lovely frosting..cake looks georgeous.

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  2. Prathima RaoSeptember 20, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    Nice & moist & chocolatey!! Looks stunning!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  3. PushpaSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    Moist looks perfect for chocolate lovers.

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  4. KrithisKitchenSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    Wonderfully moist cake... yumm..
    Krithi's Kitchen
    Event: Serve It - Steamed

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  5. Jaisy JamesSeptember 21, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    soft n yummy cake perfect baked

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  6. chitraj.hegdeSeptember 21, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    Cake looks super soft and yummy....nice decoration and presentation...

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  7. Recipe worldSeptember 21, 2011 at 4:32 AM

    Wonderful moist cake!! Nice recipe dear..

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  8. Lulu"s Sweet SecretsSeptember 21, 2011 at 6:35 AM

    Beautiful cake!

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  9. Hamaree RasoiSeptember 21, 2011 at 7:04 AM

    Cake looks amazing. Can't stop drooling over it.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  10. chef and her kitchenSeptember 21, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    very delicious cake..looks yumm

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  11. UnknownSeptember 21, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    Looks so delicious...yummy yogurt cake

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  12. TinaSeptember 21, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    tempting cake..

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  13. Priya SureshSeptember 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    Wat a beautiful cake..

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  14. RadhikaSeptember 21, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    Lovely cake and wonderfully decorated and thanks for sharing Nisa.

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    I baked this cake today.Thank you for the recipe.It was very good.:)

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  16. Nisa HomeySeptember 21, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    @musqat...hey..you are pretty fast....I am glad that it turned out fine...

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  17. myFudoSeptember 22, 2011 at 1:36 AM

    Love the presentation. This is one delicious cake my daughter would be delighted to have. So Cute!!
    Feel free to visit my site am giving away a free cupcake maker :)

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  18. Nisa HomeySeptember 23, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    Thank you all for the lovely thoughts.....

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  19. Jayanthy KumaranSeptember 24, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    yummm! the cake looks super cute n rich..:)
    lovely presentation Nisa..
    Tasty Appetite

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  20. KurryleavesSeptember 25, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    cake looks really soft and delicious...

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  21. Jenny @ Savour the SensesSeptember 29, 2011 at 10:34 PM

    This look so tasty! Very cute decorating job as well!

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  22. Cami LopezNovember 14, 2012 at 8:42 AM

    This cake looks enticing and its really great I'll cook the same for my babies. Thanks for sharing this!

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  23. Anna ScotteDecember 20, 2012 at 7:48 AM

    My good friend said this was a good blog so I kinda checked it out and I loved it...

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    1. Nisa HomeyNovember 8, 2013 at 12:29 PM

      Thanks Anna, for stopping by and for the kind words!!

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  24. UnknownFebruary 14, 2014 at 8:18 PM

    Cake looking soft and moist ....... Perfect for v day !

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  25. AnonymousAugust 23, 2015 at 4:06 PM

    baked it today. came out really well except needed a tad more sugar. so drizzled with vanilla glaze.
    very easy and quick. Thanx for the recipe

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