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Homemade Treats Platter: Yogurt Cake, Brownies and Butter Cookies

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A platter of homemade treats to end the evening: soft yogurt cake squares, chocolate brownies and homemade butter cookies with pearl sugar.

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To end the evening, nothing beats a platter of treats to share: golden, tender yogurt cake squares, plus homemade brownies and butter cookies — fudgy chocolate bars on one side, little cookies that crunch under their pearl sugar on the other.

All three recipes are simple and bake one after another in the same oven, at the same temperature. The yogurt cake and the brownies are each made in a square pan, then cut into squares and bars once cooled; the cookies are piped with a pastry bag.

Enough to fill a lovely platter for coffee, with a few cookies left over for the next day.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time45 min
  • Cook time57 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total2 hr 12 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Calories426 kcal/serving
  • Cooking methodBaked
  • Estimated cost$9.81 $0.61 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of September 25, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

16 servings

Soft yogurt cake squares

  • $0.34
  • $0.23
  • $1.03
  • $0.23
  • $0.17
  • $0.17
  • $0.11
  • $0.02

Brownies

  • $2.28
  • $1.37
  • $0.23
  • $1.03
  • $0.08
  • $0.01

Pearl sugar butter cookies

  • $1.43
  • $0.11
  • $0.34
  • $0.17
  • $0.11
  • $0.34

Directions

Soft yogurt cake squares

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and butter a 20 cm square pan.
  2. Whisk the yogurt, sugar, vanilla sugar and eggs, then add the flour, baking powder and oil.
  3. Pour into the pan, sprinkle with a spoonful of sugar and bake for 25 minutes. Let cool slightly before cutting into squares.

Brownies

  1. Melt the chocolate and butter together in a double boiler or in the microwave.
  2. Whisk the eggs with the sugar and salt, add the melted chocolate, then the flour.
  3. Pour into a 20 cm square pan lined with parchment paper and bake for 20 minutes at 180 °C: the center should stay fudgy.
  4. Let cool completely before cutting into bars.

Pearl sugar butter cookies

  1. Beat the softened butter with the powdered sugar and vanilla sugar, add the egg white, then the flour.
  2. Pipe the dough into small rosettes on a parchment-lined baking sheet using a pastry bag fitted with a star tip.
  3. Sprinkle with pearl sugar and bake for 12 minutes at 180 °C, until the edges are golden.
  4. Let cool on a wire rack, then arrange all three treats on a large platter.

The bill

Homemade Treats Platter: Yogurt Cake, Brownies and Butter Cookies

  • 1 plain yogurt (125 g)$0.34
  • 150 g sugar$0.23
  • 3 eggs$1.03
  • 200 g flour$0.23
  • 60 g sunflower oil$0.17
  • 1 packet baking powder$0.17
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar$0.11
  • 1 tbsp sugar for the top$0.02
  • 150 g dark baking chocolate$2.28
  • 120 g butter$1.37
  • 150 g sugar$0.23
  • 3 eggs$1.03
  • 70 g flour$0.08
  • 1 pinch salt$0.01
  • 125 g softened butter$1.43
  • 50 g powdered sugar$0.11
  • 1 egg white$0.34
  • 150 g flour$0.17
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar$0.11
  • 2 tbsp pearl sugar$0.34

Total$9.81

that's $0.61 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

  • Two 20 cm square pans
  • Pastry bag with star tip
  • Baking sheet
  • Whisk
  • Wire rack

Nutrition per 1 cake square, 1 brownie bar and 2 cookies

Calories426 kcal
Fat21.9 g
Saturated fat11.4 g
Carbohydrates50.7 g
Sugars30.9 g
Fiber1.4 g
Protein6.2 g
Salt0.32 g

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 plain yogurt (125 g)
  • 150 g sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 200 g flour
  • 60 g sunflower oil
  • 1 packet baking powder
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar
  • 1 tbsp sugar for the top
  • 150 g dark baking chocolate
  • 120 g butter
  • 150 g sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 70 g flour
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 125 g softened butter
  • 50 g powdered sugar
  • 1 egg white
  • 150 g flour
  • 1 packet vanilla sugar
  • 2 tbsp pearl sugar

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