This super moist chocolate cupcake recipe has the perfect blend of chocolate and coffee flavours. Made from super simple everyday ingredients, this easy cupcake recipe will make you the fave baker in your friend’s circle.
Who doesn’t really like moist chocolate cupcakes? Yes, no one ever said no to them! Here’s one basic moist chocolate cupcake recipe that is super simple and super yum.
2020 has made me work so much in the kitchen that I feel tired all the time. I have not gotten the time to click good photos in last few months and that’s why my absence from this blog.
I have made tons of food since March but hardly updated here. But I hope I can do a few this December.
The son has turned out to be a food video lover and is always watching either “5 Minutes craft” or some food videos! Two days back, my son said “mamma, I saw a recipe of chocolate cupcake, I’ll tell you how to make, you have to follow my instructions!”
So here is the result. And he was super happy with his instructions and reading skills! I was not allowed anywhere near the iPad, so I couldn’t check which channel he was watching!
This moist chocolate cupcake recipe has a few unique features and I was a little skeptical about them – it uses water in the batter! This is the first time I have baked a cake with water in the batter!
I usually add 2-3 eggs in my cakes whereas here it was only 1 egg! So if you are an eggless cake person – just add buttermilk instead of egg and you are good to go.
I have made so many cupcakes and muffins earlier like the Strawberry Centre Filled Cupcake or the Chocolate Chip Muffins but never have I used water in baking! SO this was something new for me.
Anyway, let me tell you how to make it.
Super Moist Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
I loved doing this recipe because it is so easy and hassle free. You don’t need a ton of things, all ingredients are easily available in the kitchen. There’s no mixing wet ingredient and dry ingredient mixing separately. And there is no creaming butter and sugar!!! Yes that takes up time in any baking recipe!
So it is basically a less effort easy chocolate cupcake recipe! I have used only a wire whisk and a spatula, no need for stand or electric mixer too!
Pro Tip: I did use my blender jar to whisk all the wet ingredients together for 10 seconds to make the process even easier and quicker. You can do that too.
All you gotta do is get all the ingredients in a mixing bowl, pour in the wet ingredients, mix and let it rest for 10 minutes.
These 10 minutes of resting time will make the magic happen. The recipe uses vinegar and baking soda. These two together does wonderful magic – but you need to give them those 10 minutes to create that magic!!
Frosting
You can enjoy this with frosting or just as it is. We were too eager to see how they turned out and gobble them up and no one could wait for frosting! Sometimes I prefer these just like these!
You can make buttercream frosting or just add some whipped cream.
Pre-heat oven at 180C/ 365F In a Mixing bowl sift through the flour, cocoa powder and baking soda Mix them well. Add in salt and coffee powder and mix them together. Wet Ingredients: Pour it into the dry ingredients bowl and add vinegar. Mix with a spatula so that the batter is combined. Let it rest for 10 mins while you line a cupcake tray with liners. Pour in the batter using a measuring spoon. Bake it at 180C / 365F for 18-20 mins. Serve it when it comes down to room temperature If you are adding frosting on the cupcakes, allow them to cool down completely before you start frosting.
You can also enjoy the cupcakes with some warm vanilla custard! 
Ingredients
Instructions
In a blender add water, oil, egg, vanilla together and whizz for 10 seconds so that its mixed well.Notes
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These cupcakes look absolutely delicious! I may make these with my daughter this week since we are in lockdown and have some extra time on our hands.
It’s the season to be Merry and you have shared a perfect cupcake recipe to try too. Let me gather the ingredients and get going this weekend itself
Those look absolutely delicious. I can never resist anything chocolate ever.
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I have used water in cakes earlier and they come out perfect. am surely going to try your recipe for super moist cupcake. I am sure, my kids will love to try their hand on this. Usually, they help me out in baking.
I haven’t used water in cupcakes yet, mostly use milk. This is an interesting recipe. Can I replace coffee with something else? Cinnamon powder? Would love to try this out.
This looks like a super easy snack to whip up for the kids when they are hungry. I can’t wait to try your recipe, they look tasty
I really want to try cupcakes. I’m enjoying learning to bake a few things here and there. Will try out your recipe and see how it goes.
Wow! These chocolate cupcakes looks so soft and yum. I want to flick it off my laptop screen. I believe egg versions are always better than eggless cakes 😀
My both girls love cupcakes so much. But I never tried this at home. Your recipe is looking really simple and good, will try it for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Wow that’s awesome, your cupcakes looks so yummy and tempting. I am surely going to bake this one.
I can’t wait to try this recipe. Its the season of cakes and cookies – Christmas!!! And often cakes turn out to be dry. I do add boiling hot water to my batch and that makes em super soft and spongy
Oh my goodness. I totally love this. The Cupcakes look so delicious. I have bookmarked this recipe and will be making it soon. Thanks for sharing this.
This looks so delicious! Whenever I go to a bakery, I make sure I buy myself a cupcake! I tried making my own but it turned out to be a disaster. I will try your recipe soon!
We really love cupcakes, they have such a special charm. And chocolate is our favourite flavour, this is a nice recipe and great for the festival season.
I been wishing to start baking at home a bit as my kids absolutely love cakes and cupcakes. Your recipe looks super easy to make and the cupcake indeed looks very moist and yummy. Thanks for the recipe. Will try it out.
I have recently discovered how amazing butter milk or curd work instead of eggs. Your recipe is great will try it. Kids just love cupcakes.
These moist chocolate cupcakes are super moist and delicious. They’re really easy to make. Great recipe.
It is looking so yummy. I will sure try this recipe for my son. He will sure love it.
These are really moist cakes Tina. I was looking for some eggless options too as many of my friends prefer eggless cake. Shal try with buttermilk and follow your recipe.
I am a very bad baker but this recipe looks doable 😊. I am going to try it Tina
Cupcake look so tempting. Anything which I can replace it with egg. I really want to try it.
This chocolate cake looks out of this world! I can’t wait to test out your recipe.