Microwave Chocolate Cupcake Recipe / One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes for Two
These microwave chocolate cupcakes for two are made in one bowl with no oven and no eggs. Rich with cocoa, a hint of instant coffee for depth, and a square of melted chocolate tucked inside, they bake up in minutes with a perfectly moist, fudgy crumb. A quick, easy chocolate fix made specifically for two. Also try my Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes in Microwave, Chocolate Mug Cake, or Eggless Chocolate Cake in Microwave.
Microwave Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
No Egg No Butter No Oven Chocolate Cupcake
Dietary note: Contains dairy. This recipe is not vegan.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp (15 ml) Vegetable Oil
- 3 tbsp (45 ml) Milk
- 2 tbsp (30 g) Granulated Sugar
- 3 tbsp (30 g) All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 tsp (3 g) Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp (1 g) Instant Coffee
- 1 tbsp (6 g) Cocoa Powder
- Semi-sweet chocolate squares
- Powdered Sugar for toppings
Instructions
- Mix the oil, milk and sugar in a bowl. Add the flour, baking powder, instant coffee and cocoa and whisk until combined.
- Divide the batter between two microwave-safe silicone cupcake liners. Add a square of semisweet chocolate to each and push it into the batter.
- Microwave one cupcake at a time at 1200 W for 35 seconds. Adjust as needed for your microwave; repeat for the second cupcake.
- Let cool enough to unmould, then dust with powdered sugar.
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Notes
The source cooks one cupcake at a time for 35 seconds at 1200 W. Two cupcakes require 70 seconds of microwave cooking in total, rounded up to 2 minutes in the card. The preparation field retains the existing estimate; the video confirms the specific cooking or resting stages described above.
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