Yogurt Dump Cake

Yogurt is a big deal in our house. The boys have their own drawer for yogurt in the fridge where they can pick out their kind every morning with breakfast. My husband has his own drawer too. When I saw a recipe for yogurt cake for kids, I thought it was perfect. The recipe used the yogurt cup to measure out the ingredients. 

Usually I measure all the ingredients out before I ask the toddler twosome to help. Since they were measuring with the yogurt cup I had them pull their chairs up to the counter and get started. We added the yogurt to the mixing bowl. Then I washed and dried it, so they could use it to measure out the dry ingredients. After the flour was added, I got the sugar out and realized that I only had about a half of a yogurt cup left. So we used powdered sugar instead. I got out the measuring spoons for the baking soda and baking powder, but I'm pretty sure we added double the baking powder. I measured the vanilla, but each of the boys wanted a try, so I let them add more. So in this recipe we added black cherry greek yogurt instead of plain greek yogurt, double the baking powder, and three times the amount of vanilla. This is why I named this cake dump cake. The boys had a good time, and they learned about measuring and baking, which means it was a success. 

The actually recipe is as follows:

1 container of plain Greek yogurt (5-6 ounce cup)

2 yogurt cups of flour

1 1/2 yogurt cups of sugar
1 yogurt cup of vegetable oil

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

Pinch of salt
Powdered sugar for the top

The boys even craked the eggs themselves. They were cracked in a bowl first to make sure we took out all the shell. They were so proud of the cake when we had it for dessert. Suprisingly, it tasted really good.