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Microwave Chocolate Cupcake Recipe / One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes for Two

Microwave Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

No Egg No Butter No Oven Chocolate Cupcake
Dietary note: Contains dairy. This recipe is not vegan.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 7 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Servings 2 cupcakes

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.
Keyword cake, chocolate, cupcakes, eggless, microwave