A while back, Tandy shared this Yoghurt Chocolate Cake recipe. The cake is meant to be baked in a ring plan, which I do not have; beside if it can be made into a cupcake, that’s exactly what I will do, and they worked out beautifully. The unbaked mixture is fairly thick but the cupcakes turned out lovely and light and were complimented with a thick vanilla butter icing.
Yoghurt Chocolate Cake Cupcakes
Slightly amended from Lavender and Lime
Ingredients
1 ¾ cups self raising flour
1 cup sugar
½ cup cocoa powder
1 cup plain yoghurt
2 eggs
5ml bicarbonate of soda
10ml vanilla essence
120g butter at room temperature
Icing*
300g icing sugar
50g butter at room temperature
10ml vanilla essence
25ml milk
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180˚C.
- Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
- Divide into 12 muffin tins lined with cupcake cases.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool before icing.
Icing*
- Beat all the ingredients together in a bowl for 3 minutes.
- Spread over the cupcakes.
* You can add a little more milk for a thinner icing – I leave it thick because of our heavy heat and humidity.
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I think I’ll bake this today 🙂
Super quick and easy so it won’t take too much time away from your editing. 😀
Yum, I love cakes with yoghurt or sour cream – it just makes them so moist.
They are great – next time, I think I may use a caramel topping. 🙂
Any type of cupcake is a sure winner! And I love the 20 minute cooking time..nice and quick! x
These will definitely be a regular in our home. 🙂
Ooh they look lovely, I like the contrast between cake and frosting.
So do I. 🙂
This comes in under the heading of quick tasty & easy, I’m in 🙂
My favourite heading too. 🙂
lovely recipe, so glad it made cupcakes 🙂
They were really nice – I will be making them again next Friday for pudding with a caramel topping instead of icing. 😀
Beautiful cupcakes 🙂 It sounds so indulging 🙂
Thanks Tes. 🙂
Ooooh cupcakes. I really like that they have yogurt in them – I bet that makes them so moist!!
Yoghurt is great to bake with – buttermilk is also great. They were lovely and moist. 🙂
Chocolate & yoghurt always makes an excellent cake – these sound wonderful!!! I don’t make cupcakes – they always flop for me 🙂 but maybe I’ll try these!!!! Thanks!
I do hope you try these, they were so easy to make and I am sure they will turn out perfect for you. 🙂
I adore yogurt in cakes, and actually will be making a chocolatey one today!
Hope you will share your recipe. 🙂
cupcakes are just so delicious ! never tried with yogurt before…surely will giv it a try sometimes !
Using yoghurt produces a lovely cake / cupcake. Hope you try it soon. 🙂
Delicious!!
Super delicious. 🙂
Never tried yougurt in cupcakes before but that looks really good. Will surely try it next time
Look forward to hearing how you enjoy them. 🙂
The person who said cupcakes are so not a 2011 treat was so wrong. I love making cupcakes more than making a big cake.
Yours sound great. Thanks for sharing Mandy
I agree Greengirl – cupcakes will never date, well I don’t think so and I too prefer making cupcakes to a cake. 🙂
Interesting… I’m trying to find some good cupcakes recipe for Lapo’s b-day. I know how to decorate them, but I still don’t know how to make them… 😛
These cupcakes are really easy to make and turn out beautifully every time. For you Lapo’s birthday, you could even divide the mixture to make 24 smaller cupcakes. I am looking forward to seeing how you decorate what you make for his birthday. 🙂