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Madzoon Gargantag (Yogurt Cake)

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • Cake:
  • ½ pound margarine
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2½ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup yogurt
  • Topping:
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Directions

  1. Blend together margarine, sugar and eggs. Then mix in rest of the cake ingredients.
  2. Pour half of cake batter in greased pan 14 inch by 9 inch. Sprinkle 2/3 of topping over batter. Then pour rest of batter on top and sprinkle remaining topping over this. Bake in preheated 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 45 minutes. Cut into diamond shapes or squares.
Yield
30 pieces