French Yogurt Cake

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups (190g) all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (200g) sugar
• 3 large eggs
• ½ cup (120g) whole-milk plain yogurt
• ½ cup (105g) vegetable or mild olive oil
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
• (Finely grated zest of 1 lemon or orange)
• (1 tablespoon sugar)
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  • ½ pound strawberries, hulled and quartered or sliced
  • ½ pound raspberries, blackberries, or pitted cherries
  • ½ pound peaches, apricots, plums, or mango, pitted and sliced or chopped
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar, to taste
  • (1 to 2 tablespoons liquor, liqueur, or wine, to taste)
  • (Scraped seeds from a 1½-inch piece of vanilla bean)

  Sub-recipe steps

  1. Place one of the following in a medium bowl: ½ pound strawberries, hulled and quartered or sliced; ½ pound raspberries, blackberries, or pitted cherries; ½ pound peaches, apricots, plums, or mango, pitted and sliced or chopped
  2. Sprinkle over the fruit: 1 to 2 tablespoons sugar, to taste; (1 to 2 tablespoons liquor, liqueur, or wine, to taste); (Scraped seeds from a 1½-inch piece of vanilla bean)
  3. Allow the fruit to sit at room temperature, stirring occasionally, until it softens slightly and a light syrup collects in the bottom of the bowl, 30 to 45 minutes. Store refrigerated.