Best 6 Madzoonov Gargantag Armenian Yoghurt Cake Recipes

MADZOONOV GARGANTAG (ARMENIAN YOGHURT CAKE)

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar together until light, then beat in the yoghurt.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• Add the lemon juice and lemon zest.
• Stir in the sifted flour and bicarbonate of soda, and gently fold it into the mixture.
• Pour the mixture into a lightly greased and lined 23mm spring-form pan.
• Bake in a moderate oven (180°C; 350°F) for 45 minutes, or until golden brown and firm to touch.
• Cool.
• To serve: decorate with whipped cream and strawberries.

LEMON YOGHURT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Grease and flour a 12 1/2 cup bundt or tube tin.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until nice and creamy.
• Add the egg yolks one at a time and beat well after each one is added.
• Add the lemon rind and juice and yoghurt and stir.
• Sift together the flour, and baking powders (I just give them a round in my mixer- a trick a baker showed me) to mix them up.
• In another bowl beat the egg whites and salt till they form stiff peaks.
• Now gently fold the dry ingr.
• into the butter mix and then add a portion of the egg whites folding it inches Then add the remaining egg whites and fold gently.
• Pour into the tin and bake for around 50 minutes testing to see it the skewer comes out clean.
• Leave in the tin itself to cool for around 15 minutes.
• Then turn it out and cool on a rack.
• Glaze: Sift the icing sugar into a bowl.
• Add the lemon juice and mix to stir well.
• Add a little yoghurt at a time just enough to make a smooth mix.
• Put the cooled cake on the serving plate or board and then pour the glaze over and let sit till glaze is set.

YOGHURT CAKE

Steps:

• Beat all ingredients together for 3 minutes.
• Pour into a greased 23 cm bundt pan.
• Bake at 160C for 1 hour.

CUSTARD YOGHURT CAKE

Steps:

• .Pre heat oven 180°C.
• Grease standard cake tin.
• Beat butter, sugar and vanilla together with electric mixer.
• When pale and creamy add eggs and beat well.
• Fold in flour and custard powder alternately with yoghurt.
• Stir till smooth.
• Pour into tin, bake 25 - 35 minutes till golden.
• Allow to cool in pan.

GREEK YOGHURT CAKE

Steps:

• Boil all of syrup ingredients together first to make syrup (10 minutes- remove zest).
• It must be cool before being poured onto hot cake.
• Beat butter with 1 1/2 cups sugar till creamy and light-coloured (about 5 minutes).
• Add yolks, peel, extract and brandy and beat until pale and thick.
• Sift dry ingredients and add alternately to the creamed mixture with the yoghurt.
• Beat whites until stiff and glossy.
• Fold into batter mixture along with almonds.
• Pour into a buttered 13 x 9 x 2" baking dish and bake at 350F for 60-70 minutes or until done.
• Check cake after about 25 minutes of baking. If the colour is already dark enough (as is the case for me), cover with a piece of aluminum foil and continue baking.
• Pour cooled syrup over hot cake and allow cake to cool completely.
• Cut into diamond-shaped pieces and serve.

MADZOON -ARMENIAN YOGURT

Steps:

• Pour the milk into a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• When it comes to a boil, add 1/2 pint of heavy cream, and pour into an earthen bowl or Pyrex dish.
• When it is lukewarm, stir the madzoon starter with a spoon until it is smooth and dilute it with some of the warm milk.
• Pour this mixture into warm milk and stir.
• Set your oven to 200F degrees.
• When heated, turn off oven and place bowl in oven.
• Check in 2 hours for firmness.
• Variation: Use skim milk instead of whole milk and eliminate cream.
• Note: You may use commercial plain yogurt as your starter.