Welcome to Croque-Maman! As a first post on this blog I really wanted to share with you a recipe that captures the essence of Croque-Maman: a quick and easy family recipe that you cook for/with children whatever their age and which makes them feel warm and welcome home.

The gâteau au yaourt is the most popular French family cake. It is so easy and fast to make that this is the first cake French children learn how to bake. I personally remember having been taught how to bake it at primary school! I was so proud, my first cake! It is tender and moist and mostly eaten as a goûter (French 4pm snack) or for breakfast. Its specificity is a single pot of yoghurt, which you keep to measure up the other ingredients and the recipe is pretty much as easy as counting from 1 to 4! Come on give it a try! It will only take you 5 minutes!

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If you want to bake a gâteau au yaourt with your children, please find below a little visual to make things easier…

croque-maman-le-gateau-au-yaourt-ingredients

… together with the full adult recipe card:

Croque-Maman - Le gateau au yaourt (SQ)

Le gâteau au yaourt - The yoghurt cake

Course: Snack
Cuisine: French
Keyword: CAKE
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 1 cake

This recipe captures the essence of Croque-Maman: a quick and easy family recipe that you cook for/with children whatever their age and which makes them feel warm and welcome home.

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Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 single plain yoghurt pot 150g pot
  • 1/2 pot sunflower oil
  • 2 pots sugar
  • 3 pots self-rising flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 180ºC.
  2. Whisk the eggs. Gently mix in the other ingredients in the following order: yoghurt, oil, sugar, flour and finally the vanilla extract.
  3. Pour in the mould and bake for 40-45 minutes, until a cake-tester/knife comes out clean.

Recipe Notes

The variations to this recipe are endless and you can as such really easily create your own version of it. I personally love adding a hint of vanilla to the recipe but you can as well use orange blossom water, a flavoured yoghurt, lemon zest and juice … or even chocolate chips :-)

If you love baking with your children, check out our kids cooking section! From kids jute shopping bags to organic baking mixes we have a beautiful selection of gifts for little chefs.