Yogurt Birthday Bread Cake

Not that I really care, but it’s Shirley Manson’s birthday, along with Adrien Young’s of No Doubt, and I needed a reason to bake something cause I couldn’t find anything that looked appealing to eat in this kitchen I got here.  It is actually mildly exciting that it’s Adrien’s birthday, because his name is pretty damn similar to my best friend’s name, Adrienne Young, who used to be dangerously obsessed with No Doubt… see how that could be exciting?

Now this bread is actually bread, and not sweet, and not a “cake”, but every day is someone’s birthday, and I can call it cake if I want.  Just put some icecream next to it and drizzle agave ontop.  It called for regular, original flavor cultured yogurt, but I went with Horizon’s strawberry and it is just tasty as can be.

Gâteau au Yaourt

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup plain unsweetened yogurt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup agave (or honey, or just use 1 full cup sugar)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp immitation rum flavoring

Preheat oven to 350?.  Line 10″ round cake pan with parchment paper and grease that baby up.  In a large mixing bowl combine: yogurt, eggs, sugar, vanilla, rum flavoring, and oil.  In another bowl combine flour & baking powder, mix that up, and add it to the liquid mixture.  Blend it all together, but don’t overwork the dough.  Plop the batter in the repared pan and level out.  Bake 30-35 minutes or until top is golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean.  Let stand 10 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack.