I love chocolate cake – but I think I love chocolate cake pops more. A bite size little ball of fudgy amazingness, all covered in chocolate. They’re so easy to make and a great way to use up any leftover chocolate brownie mixture or cake mixture. Most cake pop recipes use frosting to bind the cake together but I’ve been experimenting using my homemade yogurt in them instead and it’s just so delicious!

I adore anything cinnamon, and if asked I think I would say it’s my favourite spice. So when I was thinking of what recipes to try out with my homemade coconut yogurt, it was a bit of a no brainer! Traditional cinnamon rolls use a mixture of milk, eggs and butter in the dough, so of course I wanted to use a dairy free alternative instead. Enter coconut yogurt.

I also wanted to make them yeast free, as I am a little intolerant of both yeast and also faff, and there’s a lot of faff that goes into activating yeast, kneading and proving dough that I just don’t have the patience for.

These sweet, fluffy cinnamon rolls are not only delicious, but cinnamon is amazing for preventing blood sugar spikes, and the homemade yogurt contains natural probiotics, so it’s a win win all in all!

I’ve never thought about making my own yogurt before, despite being a yogurt fanatic, but it turns out it’s so easy to do and a really inexpensive way to enjoy it too. All you do is mix your milk (I’ve used soya because it gives the best consistency of plantbased milks) with some agar agar to thicken it, a little coconut sugar and a probiotic sachet, powder from a capsule or a bit of live yogurt as a starter.