Yogurt cake, mix of seasonal fruits, coulis, vanilla whipped cream

Preparation time: 45 min

Preheat your four at 375 °F

• Preparation for the cake

  Butter and sugar the cake mold.

  In the indicated order, add all of the ingredients (other than baking powder) in a bowl and whisk together.

  Add the baking powder and whisk it in.  Fill the cake mold to 3/4 the height and then transfer to the oven for roughly 35 minutes.

• Seasonal fruits

  Bring the syrup to a simmer for about 5 minutes with the scraped vanilla bean and star anise.

  Cut the cubes into small cubes.  Use whatever fruits are in season where you are when you make this recipe.  Transfer the fruits to the syrup and gently stir.

  Transfer to the fridge.  Serve once nice and cold.

• Vanilla whipped cream

  In a cold bowl with the cold cream, add the icing sugar, vanilla extract and whip the cream.

  Once it reaches a nice texture, transfer to the fridge.

• Seasonal fruit coulis

  Once again, use whatever fruits are in season, cut them and then transfer to a blender.  Add the syrup and blend until it is a nice smooth liquid.  Depending on the fruits used, you may want to pass the liquid through a fine mesh sieve.

• Plating

  In a plate, place a slice of cake and generously cover with the seasonal fruits and syrup.

  Place a nice quenelle of vanilla whipped cream on top and finish by drizzling with the coulis.

  Garnish with a mint or basil leaf to make it look nicer!