Zebra pie / cake (moist and soft)

Name: Zebra pie / cake (moist and soft)
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 7 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/3 cup sweetener (sugar substitute, add more if you like it sweeter); 1 1/3 cup kefir; 2 tbsp grape seed oil (or other oil with no or very subtle taste); 5 cups all purpose flour; 1 tbsp baking soda; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 cup almond milk (you can skip it, but I added it as the dough looked too thick); 1/4 cup cocoa; 1/2 cup pecans; 1 tbsp brown sugar (for coating pecans); 1 spray avocado oil

7 steps

This pie, or cake, has kefir and turns out very soft and moist. Store covered (so it doesn’t dry out) and in the fridge (it makes it better the next day). Also, my version has nuts, but you can skip them. Some people like to glaze it instead, or have it plain.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:01:17 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories196.2 kcal (10%)

Total Fat6.1 g (9%)

Carbs29.3 g (11%)

Sugars4.2 g (5%)

Protein6.2 g (12%)

Sodium187.8 mg (9%)

Fiber1.4 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

20 servings

7eggs

2 tspvanilla extract

⅓ cupsweetener

sugar substitute, add more if you like it sweeter

1 ⅓ cupkefir

2 Tbspgrape seed oil

or other oil with no or very subtle taste

5 cupsall purpose flour

1 Tbspbaking soda

1 ½ tspbaking powder

¼ cupalmond milk

you can skip it, but I added it as the dough looked too thick

¼ cupcocoa

Topping

½ cuppecans

1 Tbspbrown sugar

for coating pecans

For baking

1 sprayavocado oil

Instructions

Prepare the dough

Step 1

With the mixer, mix eggs, vanilla and sugar substitute until it foams evenly.

eggs7

vanilla extract2 tsp

sweetener⅓ cup

Step 2

Add kefir and mix. Then add oil while mixing on low.

kefir1 ⅓ cup

grape seed oil2 Tbsp

Step 3

Add flour, baking soda and baking powder. Mix it all until smooth. Btw, I didn’t add salt as it was absolutely fine without it (the baking soda and kefir seem to add that), but you can add a pinch here, if you want. If the dough is too thick (sometimes can depend on how big your eggs are or whatever), then add almond milk to bring it to thickness when it is not liquid but a bit thicker than pancake dough, you could still pour it but it would pour slower…).

all purpose flour5 cups

baking soda1 Tbsp

baking powder1 ½ tsp

almond milk¼ cup

Step 4

Once dough is ready, transfer half of the dough into a separate bowl. Add cocoa into the remaining dough and mix it.

cocoa¼ cup

Prepare for baking

Step 5

Prepare nuts: crumble them into small pieces (you can use the dough roller), mix them with the brown sugar. At this point, if you like, you can either add or replace the sugar with maple syrup or honey. I find with maple syrup they turn our crunchier - it adds more texture.

pecans½ cup

brown sugar1 Tbsp

Step 6

Preheat over to 350 F, spray baking dish (best it the Bundt pan, not only for shape but also because it bakes the middle of the pie better) with light oil (use the type which won’t mess with your flavours, like avocado oil), put nuts at the bottom of the dish (I even then out), then start pouring the dough by alternating the plain and cocoa parts, creating layers.

Bundt Pan

avocado oil1 spray

Bake

Step 7

Bake at 350 F for 45-55 min (check at 45 min with a toothpick if it’s ready, in case your oven bakes faster). Once it’s done, use thin/flat spatula or butter nice to separate pie sides from the edges (if it’s stuck) and flip the pie upside down onto the serving dish. Enjoy!