Recipes for Baking with Yogurt
Feb 26, 2022, Updated Jun 15, 2025
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Baking with yogurt is a must! And often found in Lebanese recipes. Yogurt plays a special role in baking, giving moist, tender results with an extra boost of flavor too.
This is because of the acidic/fermented nature of yogurt. Many baking recipes call for yogurt (check out this guide for how to make yogurt), but you can also replace sour cream, buttermilk, or milk with yogurt in most any of your baking recipes.
Olive Oil Cake
This recipe for Olive Oil Cake yields such a moist, tender cake including yogurt and olive oil in the mix. Yogurt makes the glaze glossy and gorgeous too!
Lebanese Namoura Cake
A traditional Lebanese semolina cake flavored with coconut and orange blossom syrup.
Sfouf Cake
Sfouf cake is a classic Lebanese tea cake, with bright color that comes from turmeric and tenderness from yogurt in the batter.
Chocolate Cupcakes
A moist, flavorful take on the classic with my addition of yogurt in both the chocolate cake and buttercream. Try my chocolate cupcakes with yogurt in the frosting too.
Carrot Cake
Look no further for the best olive oil carrot cake recipe on the planet! Ultra moist from–you guessed it–yogurt in the fabulous batter. Cream cheese frosting doesn’t hurt anything either!
Strawberry Labneh Cheesecake
We love this version of strawberry cheesecake using labneh for complex, creamy results.
Pita Bread
An absolute Homemade Pita Bread Recipe must-try for anyone who loves to bake bread and wants a fluffy, soft pita made so with yogurt in the dough.
If you’re looking for a recipe that is dairy-free (no yogurt!) and also gluten-free, you have to check out my gorgeous, delectable recipe for Flourless Chocolate Cake. Heavenly!
