Spiced Yogurt Diamonds

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup dried currants or 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/3 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350-degrees f.
• 2 spray a 9-inch square baking pan with pam or grease pan.
• 3 in the large bowl of an electric mixer beat sugar and butter together until fluffy.
• 4 beat in eggs, one at a time.
• 5 in as separate bowl sift flour, baking soda and salt together.
• 6 in a small bowl combine yogurt or vanilla (you could sub vanilla yogurt for the yogurt and vanilla and save one step).
• 7 stir yogurt mixture and dry ingredients alternatively into sugar/butter mixture.
• 8 pour half of the mixture into prepared pan.
• 9 in a small cup or bowl combine currents (or raisins) and spices.
• 10 sprinkle current/spice mixture over batter in pan and then with a knife swirl spice mixture through batter.
• 11 top with remaining batter.
• 12 bake cake for 40 minutes or until cake tests done and springs back when touched.
• 13 cool and then cut into 2-inch diamonds.