Yoghurt Cake: A kid hit!

Easy start for my blog with a day off work - YAY!!! 

A nice winter day with my two boys at home. No. 1 is busy somewhere in his playroom. No. 2 is sleeping. All good. I make myself a cup of tea, sit in the kitchen and start thinking about what could be an interesting cooking challenge for my blog... 'I'd love to eat a Paris-Brest, or maybe a pasta challenge...' when No. 1, arched back, crooked fingers, knees bent, grinning and roaring - #dinomode - popped into my peaceful kitchen.

It might be time for another type of cooking or baking challenge... baking with No. 1. Actually, this would not be his first time; he's far from being a beginner. He loves helping me in the kitchen, but I can't always afford the time. Today is thus a perfect day for such a baking challenge: baking with No. 1! I love such activities with my son as it is a great opportunity for fun learning. 

Dressed up like a real little chef, he is ready to measure all the ingredients and mix them together. He even broke the eggs with no egg shell left in the batter - he just turned 4 and need to show that he is a big boy, so the next step was naturally breaking the eggs by himself - well done little dino. On my side, I was more interested in his counting skills as it still a bit difficult to get him counting up to 5 or 10. This baking challenge was a revelation in that he did not fail and the dino-yoghurt cakes were delicious!

Ingredients

- 1 cup of yoghurt (approx. 20cl)

- 2 cups of sugar

- 2 eggs

- 3 cups of flour

- 1/2 cup of oil

- 1 tsp baking powder

- 1 tsp vanilla extract

- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

Mix all the ingredients together as listed above, but add the chocolate chips at the very end.

Choc chips can be replaced by fruits like apple, pears, cherries, berries, or whatever appeals you for a healthier option.

Fan bake at 180C for 35-40 minutes. Check the cake is baked with the blade of a knife or with a tester.

The yoghurt cake is just as easy as that and can thus be prepared by your little one with minimum supervision.

Tips

This batter can be the basis of a range of cake or muffins: you can put lemon zest instead of vanilla, you can add nuts, raisins, mashed banana, whatever you like, this cake will be a success in your family!