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Vanilla Cupcakes Drizzled with Chocolate

7
Points® value
Total Time
35 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
25 min
Serves
12
Difficulty
Easy
A great dessert to add to your collection. Be creative and pipe out the chocolate in your own designs or your guests' initials.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour

1½ cup(s)

Baking powder

2 tsp(s)

Baking soda

1 tsp(s)

Table salt

tsp(s)

Salted butter

¼ cup(s), melted

Sugar

cup(s)

Vanilla extract

2 tsp(s)

Raw egg

2 large

Fat-free vanilla yogurt

1 cup(s)

Fat-free skim milk

¼ cup(s)

Bittersweet chocolate

1 oz

Hot water

2 tbsp(s)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with cupcake liners or coat pan with cooking spray.
  2. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. With an electric mixer on medium speed, cream together butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs and yogurt; beat until well-combined. Reduce mixer to low and alternating in batches, add a little flour mixture and a little milk, until batter is fully blended; beat on high for 30 seconds.
  3. Spoon batter into muffin tins about 3/4s full. Bake until tops are slightly golden and a toothpick inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean, about 18 to 23 minutes. Place pan on a wire rack for 2 minutes and then remove cupcakes from pan to cool completely.
  4. Meanwhile, to make icing, using a double-boiler or a small heavy pot over a very low flame, melt chocolate completely, stirring constantly, so it doesn’t burn. When chocolate is completely melted, whisk in hot water and combine well; drizzle over cupcakes. Yields 1 muffin per serving.

Notes

You can swap almond extract for the vanilla extract if desired.