a very un-dramatic comeback and some chocolate yogurt snack cakes

I've been away and there's much to do and almost no time before school starts again, so I'll jump right back in. With these chocolate yogurt cupcakes that I made in a beautiful house we stayed in around Kruger National Park, South Africa. The guest house was gorgeous and the kitchen itself was almost too pretty to bake in. I said almost.

These chocolate yogurt cakes, are light and not too sweet or heavy. They are lovely with some whipped cream and some fresh fruit. That is, if you're a fruit and chocolate kind of person. I'm a chocolate and anything kind of person.

I may have gone slightly overboard with the amount of pictures.

 Chocolate Yogurt Snack Cakes
from Smitten Kitchen which took it from A Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz
Yield: 12 muffins
* you could add some chopped chocolate,, and some chocolate whipped cream, recipe to come...

7 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup vegetable oil, divided
1/2 cup plain full cream yogurt
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs, at room temp
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
*

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and either butter or line a 12 cup muffin pan. I suggest also buttering the tops of the muffin pans so that you don't lose any of that crunchy muffin top.

In a double boiler, melt chocolate and 1/4 cup of oil until smooth.

In the microwave, place chocolate and 1/4 cup of oil  in heatproof bowl and microwave for 30 seconds, stir, then continue in 15 second increments until fully melted.

In another bowl, whisk remaining 1/4 cup of oil, yogurt, sugar, and both extracts.

In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the centre of the mix and pour the yogurt mixture in. Stir a couple of times then add in the chocolate mixture and mix with a felxible spatula until the batter is smooth.

Pour into muffin pans and fill 3/4 of the way. (I only filled 2/3 of the way the first time, so I didnt get any crunchy muffin top :( ). Bake for 20-25 minutes or until skewer inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean.

Remove from oven allow to cool for 5 minutes before placing on a cooling rack. Enjoy with tea, coffee, with cream, or like us, before dinner.