Pikachu Cake

It was on sale and I have to admit that I could not resist getting one. I got the Twirl Bundt Pan version.  

There are 3-cup, 6-cup and 12-cup recipes for the Bundt pans. The recipes do not disclose the diameter of the pan that would be needed for any of the recipes.  

According to the label, this magnificent pan measured 23.5 cm diameter by 8.7 cm high, but it did not indicate which recipes would work for the pan. Luckily, the internet taught me how to figure out how many cups the pan could hold.  It was actually quite simple.  I should have known that all I needed to do was to measure out how many cups of water would fit in the pan.  

After I discovered that my new pan could hold 6 cups, the next step was to find a recipe. What better place to find a good recipe for a Bundt pan but from the home of the Bundt pans itself?  

I tried out the recipe in the Nordic Ware website using a tad less sugar and the blueberry yogurt that was in the fridge. We brought the cake to our monthly Saturday potluck dinner.  We sliced up the cake and when someone asked for a slice, she called out, "Can I have a piece of the Pikachu cake."

"Huh?"

"The Pikachu cake."

We took one look at the cake and said, "Oh, yeah.  You are right.  It's a Pikachu cake."

(The original recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of sugar and plain yogurt.  It still works well if sugar is reduced to 1 cup and peach yogurt is used.

VANILLA POUND CAKE (6-cup Bundt pan)

INGREDIENTS

 1 ½ c flour

 ½ t salt

 ¼ t baking soda

 ½ c butter, softened

 1 c sugar

 4 eggs

 1 t vanilla extract

 ⅔ c plain yoghurt

  

 1 Preheat oven to 175°C/350° F..   Grease and flour the Bundt pan.

 2 In small bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.

 3 In another bowl, cream butter and sugar then add the eggs.  Add vanilla, yogurt and the flour mixture.  Blend until smooth.

 4 Pour batter into your prepared Bundt Pan.  Tap gently on the counter to release air bubbles.

 5 Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre of the cake comes out clean.

 6 Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.

 7 (Optional) Dust with powdered sugar or top with a glaze.