Dessert
Meskouta (Moroccan Orange Yoghurt Cake)
About
The everyday butterless orange cake of Moroccan home kitchens, a Fassi tea-table staple born in lean colonial years when oil and yoghurt stood in for costly butter.
Equipment
- Bundt or loaf tin
- Two mixing bowls
- Whisk
- Zester
- Skewer or toothpick
Ingredients
Eggs3
Sugar1 cup
Plain yoghurt½ cup
Vegetable oil½ cup
Oranges (zest and juice)2
Plain flour2 cups
Baking powder1 tbsp
Vanilla extract1 tsp
Saltpinch
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