French Yogurt Cake

French Yogurt Cake, or Gâteau au Yaourt, is a beloved, simple tea cake from France known for its incredibly moist and tender crumb. It's famously made using a standard yogurt pot as the measuring tool for all ingredients, typically combining plain yogurt, flour, sugar, eggs, and oil or butter.

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🍽️ Nutrition at a glance

This cake is primarily a source of carbohydrates from flour and sugar, with moderate fat from the yogurt and added oil or butter. A typical slice provides around 250-350 calories, along with some calcium from the yogurt and a small amount of protein from the eggs.

Nutrition breakdown

Calories	320 kcal
Protein	5 g
Carbs	42 g
Fat	15 g
Fiber	0.5 g
Sugar	25 g
Sodium	180 mg
Calcium	80 mg
Iron	1.5 mg
Potassium	100 mg
Vitamin A	120 mcg
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)	0.1 mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)	0.1 mg
Vitamin D	0.5 mcg
Phosphorus	90 mg

Per 1 slice (100 g) · estimated, varies by recipe

💡 What's interesting

Culturally, it's a quintessential French home-baking staple, often a child's first recipe because of its simple, no-scale, pot-measuring method. Nutritionally, the yogurt not only adds moisture and a slight tang but also contributes beneficial probiotics, though these are largely diminished during baking.