If you are looking for a recipe for the best eggless chocolate cupcakes, you have reached the right place, look no further. These eggless chocolate cupcakes are very easy to make with simple ingredients and taste simply awesome.
The inspiration for this eggless chocolate recipe came from one of my fellow blogger and friend Pavani from Pavaniskitchen.com. She has many wonderful recipes on her site with step-by-step instructions and videos. I have tried some of the recipes there and loved them all. This cupcake was a great hit at home and pretty sure will be loved by most folks. It is especially loved by kids and any chocolate lover for that matter.
How to make the best eggless chocolate cupcakes?
I normally use Dutch-processed cocoa powder for most of my chocolate cake recipes. This time I used Cadbury Cocoa powder for a change. You can use any cocoa powder of your choice. As always, the better the quality of cocoa powder used, the tastier and flavorful your cupcake will turn out. The Dutch-processed cocoa will give a nice dark and velvety flavor. Natural processed will give a regular color.
Adding coffee powder enhances the taste of these delicious cupcakes. If using, add your favorite instant coffee powder to slightly warm water and make some coffee. A hint of coffee always enhances the taste of baked chocolate goodies and most coffee lovers love this taste. However, you can omit the coffee if you do not like the taste of it.
The rest of the wet ingredients vinegar, vanilla extract, and oil are added to the coffee mixture in the next step. It is important to sift the all-purpose flour and cocoa powder so it aerates and combines well. Baking soda, sugar, and salt are also added to the dry mixture and whisked in. As soon as the wet ingredients are added to the dry ingredients, the baking soda starts to do its job. It reacts with the acids in the recipe, neutralizes, and creates carbon dioxide which causes the cake to rise. So it is important that your oven is ready and pre-heated to bake the cupcakes. This was one of the tips I learned in a cake workshop class for baking eggless cakes.
You can use a hand mixer or whisk to mix it all up so that it is just about well combined. At this point, beating too much can ruin the cupcakes and you may end up with dense or hard ones. So it is good to be mindful of that.
Serving the chocolate cupcakes
This recipe can make twelve cupcakes. I added some batter to a six-inch pan to create a small cake which I later frosted with chocolate ganache and topped with strawberries. I used the remaining batter to make the cupcakes. The cupcakes can be had by themselves or topped with chocolate ganache, melted dark or milk chocolate, and decorated with sprinkles.
Best Eggless Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 Β½ cup all-purpose flour
- ΒΌ cup Cocoa Powder Dutch processed or natural
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tbsp Coffee Powder instant
Wet Ingredients
- 1 cup Water Slighlty warm
- Β½ cup Oil
- Β½ tsp Vinegar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 356 Deg F
- Line the muffin tray with cupcake liners.
- First sift the dry ingredients namely all purpose flour and cocoa powder .
- Next sift in baking soda, salt and sugar and whisk to mix well.
- In a microwaveable measuring cup, slightly warm water and add instant coffee powder to form a coffee mix.
- Add oil, vinegar , vanilla extract to the coffee mix and stir well.
- Transfer the wet ingredients to the dry and mix with a spatula.
- Next use a hand mixer or whisk to combine the batter until it is just about combined.Do not over beat.
- Scoop the batter into the cupcake liners lined up in the baking tray half way through.
- You can also bake it in a 6 inch pan if making a cake.
- Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
- Cool the cupcakes and frost them with melted chocolate, ganache or sprinkles.
Nutrition
If you love this chocolate cupcake recipe, you may also love some other chocolate cake recipes Chocolate cupcake, Hot Choco Lava cake, Chocolate Truffle Cake, or Chocolate Ganache Cake that I posted earlier. Enjoy!
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Simple and yummy Nisha! β€
Thank you Suni , indeed very simple to make and delicious.
Iβve never had eggless cake before but this looks so good Iβm willing to try this. This recipe looks so easy too.
Hope you love it as well!
I love easy and simple recipes! This chocolate eggless cupcake fits the bill. And my gosh, just look at how yummy it looks.
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So glad to hear that . Thank you so much!
I usually like putting eggs in cupcakes but this looks great for when I don't have any eggs, Thanks for sharing!
It is really worth a try and pretty sure you will love it!
My daughter and I are going to try to make this over the weekend. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful, hope you enjoy making and having it!
This is perfect to make with my 2 year old. I don't have to worry about him working with raw eggs.
Great to hear that , enjoy!
Thank you for sharing an easy way of making a delicious cupcake. Delicious!
It's my pleasure , enjoy!
My kids love chocolate cupcakes. I'll try this recipe for them.
Wonderful hope you all enjoy it as much as we do!
Love how easy these sound! Such a good idea to make a small cake and then a few cupcakes too. I could see doing that for a birthday party
Exactly right , you get to make both of them at the same time! Enjoy π
I love sweet so much! And this recipe looks so good!
Thank you ! It's a simple and delicious one for sweet lovers .
This looks like the perfect cupcake! But of course I would have to add frosting with my sweet tooth! Lol
Yes Diane , I did that too but saved some without frosting for my coffee π
The cupcakes look so moist and delicious. Thanks, Nisha for trying the recipe.
Thank you Pavani for the inspiration ! It's a favorite at home now.
These recipes are so important to have on hand!
Yes a quick one to make in a jiffy , good to have it handy.
Yes, please! I'll be right over for one π
You are very welcome Christy !!
It is nice to know that it is possible to make cupcakes without eggs since my daughter has allergies. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Can't wait to try it.
It just tastes as good as the cake with eggs . Hope you and your daughter enjoy this ! Thank you π
I use the same recipe too. Coffee makes a world of difference to chocolate cakes and muffins, isn't it.