Taste Magazine
Login/Register
Menu
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Starters
    • Mains
    • Desserts
    • Drinks
    • View all
  • Ingredients
    • Apples
    • Beef
    • Butternut
    • Cheese
    • Carrots
    • ClemenGold
    • Potatoes
    • Maize
    • View all
  • Dishes
    • Italian
    • Asian
    • Soups
    • Curry
    • Stews
    • Potjies
    • Mushrooms
    • Slow roasts
    • View all
  • Occasions
    • Birthdays
    • Ramadan
    • Eid
    • Easter
    • Pesach
    • Diwali
    • Hanukkah
    • Christmas
    • New Year’s Eve
  • Popular
    • South African
    • Air fryer
    • Braai
    • Five-ingredients or less
    • 30 minutes or less
    • Great Value
  • Win
    • Competitions
    • Competition Winners
  • Culture
    • Articles
    • How To
    • Columns
    • Glossary
  • WList™ great value hub
  • WCellar
  • Login
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter sign up
Editor’s picks
Spinach lasagne
Italian recipes

Spinach lasagne

2 hours 30 minutes
Three-bean salad with kombucha dressing
Beans recipes

Three-bean salad with kombucha dressing

1 hour
Chicken tikka wraps with avocado and curry mayo
Lunchbox recipes

Chicken tikka wraps with avocado and curry mayo

20 minutes
  • Home
  • recipe-guide
  • Yoghurt recipes
Steak with Southern-spiced cauliflower and pomegranate-spring onion yoghurt
Cauliflower recipes

Steak with Southern-spiced cauliflower and pomegranate-spring onion yoghurt

20 minutes
Spinach-and-cauliflower noodles with macadamia yoghurt-and-green olive sauce and caponata-style brinjals
Brinjal recipes

Spinach-and-cauliflower noodles with macadamia yoghurt-and-green olive sauce and caponata-style brinjals

25 minutes
Hot pink beetroot soup with spiced yoghurt
Beetroot recipes

Hot pink beetroot soup with spiced yoghurt

2–3 hours
Strawberry-and-cream yoghurt cake
Berry recipes

Strawberry-and-cream yoghurt cake

30 minutes
Summer fruit and yoghurt bowl
Breakfast recipes

Summer fruit and yoghurt bowl

Sweet potato dhal with yoghurt flatbread
Curry recipes

Sweet potato dhal with yoghurt flatbread

13⁄4 hours
Ginger-and-raspberry yoghurt popsicles
Berry recipes

Ginger-and-raspberry yoghurt popsicles

Yoghurt-marinated lamb steaks with mint pesto
Lamb recipes

Yoghurt-marinated lamb steaks with mint pesto

10 minutes
Creamed spinach with smoked chilli-yoghurt
Chilli recipes

Creamed spinach with smoked chilli-yoghurt

30 minutes
Granola with strained vanilla yoghurt
Breakfast recipes

Granola with strained vanilla yoghurt

30 minutes
Blooming onions
Aliums

Blooming onions

20 minutes
Pear-and-ginger yoghurt cake
Cake recipes

Pear-and-ginger yoghurt cake

1 hour
Load more
  • Taste Magazine
  • shop online at woolworths. Shop Now
© 2026 Woolworths holdings limited. All rights strictly reserved.
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Media24
Please login or register to favourite a recipe.
Login/Register

Pear-and-ginger yoghurt cake

By Hannah Lewry
8
Medium
25 minutes
1 hour

Ingredients

  • 2 small ripe pears, halved, peeled and cored
  • 2 cups water
  • 470 g caster sugar
  • 220 g butter, softened
  • 1½ T ground ginger
  • 3 free-range eggs, beaten
  • 225 g flour, sifted
  • 3 T milk
  • 250 g thick full-cream Greek yoghurt, plus extra for serving
  • 1 t baking powder
  • Light brown sugar, for sprinkling
  • Mascarpone, for serving

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C.

Grease 4 x 11 cm springform cake tins and line the bases with baking paper. (Alternatively use one tin and bake four times to make four cakes, or use a larger cake tin to make a large cake).

Poach the pears in the water and 220 g caster sugar until tender but firm – about 5 minutes. Drain the pears and pat dry using kitchen paper. Set aside.

Cream the butter and remaining caster sugar until light and fluffy, then add the ground ginger and beaten eggs, a little at a time, beating after each addition to combine. Add half the flour and the milk, then add half the yoghurt and mix to incorporate. Add the remaining yoghurt, flour and baking powder and mix.

Divide the mixture between the tins and place on a baking tray. Bake for 15 minutes, then place a pear half on each cake, sprinkle with brown sugar and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until golden and a skewer inserted comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tins and serve with mascarpone folded into Greek yoghurt.