Chocolate cupcakes

Chocolate cupcake is a favorite delicacy that can be quickly prepared for the sudden arrival of guests or when you want something sweet, but not store-bought. Chocolate goes well with cherries or bananas, and you can bake it in the oven, in a slow cooker, or even in the microwave.

Simple and delicious chocolate cake with cocoa in the oven

A simple chocolate cake recipe with rich flavor. Even a novice cook can prepare it, and the result will delight the whole family or friends. Plus - you can use any fermented milk products lying around in the refrigerator.

1. 
   Chocolate cupcakes can be very easily prepared at home in the oven. Mix flour, cocoa, vanillin and baking powder in a bowl, add sugar.
2. 
   In another container, combine a dairy product (kefir, sour cream or yogurt) with an egg and vegetable oil.
3. 
   Carefully combine the dry and liquid mixtures, mix thoroughly and check that there are no lumps and that the cocoa is distributed as evenly as possible throughout the dough.
4. 
   Grease the baking pan with oil and lay out the finished dough.
5. 
   The cake is baked at 180 degrees for about 40 minutes. Check readiness using a wooden skewer or toothpick: it should go in and out of the dough easily and be dry.
6. 
   To make the glaze, mix the necessary ingredients in a saucepan and heat until it boils. Then beat well, remove from heat and let cool slightly until the mass thickens.
7. 
   Pieces of the finished cake are poured with glaze and served. Enjoy!

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Chocolate cupcakes in silicone molds

Making chocolate cupcakes in batches is a good idea for a party or children's party. Small products are convenient to take and eat, in addition, they can be decorated with colored sprinkles, chopped nuts or grated chocolate. Festive and delicious!

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Margarine – 200 gr.
• Cocoa powder – 4 tbsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1.5 tbsp.
• Milk – 0.5 tbsp.
• Wheat flour – 2 tbsp.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Egg – 3-4 pcs.
• Vanilla sugar – 1 sachet.

Cooking process:

1. Chop margarine into pieces and melt in a saucepan.

2. When the mass becomes liquid, add cocoa with sugar and milk, beat thoroughly and well until it becomes homogeneous.Once the mixture is close to boiling, remove it from the stove and allow to cool slightly.

3. Add one egg and vanilla sugar to the cooled mass.

4. At the end, add soda and, little by little, wheat flour. Mix everything well.

5. Spoon chocolate dough into lightly greased molds so that it does not occupy more than 2/3 of the volume.

6. Place the molds on a baking sheet in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for 25 minutes. In this case, the door cannot be opened. After this time, check the readiness of the cupcakes with a skewer. If not baked, leave for another 5-7 minutes.

7. The finished products are allowed to stand at room temperature for another 10 minutes, and then carefully removed, decorated and served.

Quick chocolate cake in the microwave in a mug in 5 minutes

You can prepare a fragrant chocolate-flavored muffin for breakfast very quickly: all you need is an ordinary cup, ingredients that everyone has in their kitchen, and a microwave. Treating yourself to delicious pastries with this recipe is even simpler and easier!

Cooking time: 15 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 1.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 4 tbsp.
• Granulated sugar – 4 tbsp.
• Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Milk – 3 tbsp.
• Butter – 3 tbsp.
• Baking powder – 0.5 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Mix flour, cocoa powder and granulated sugar in a deep bowl.

2. An egg is driven into the dry mixture.

3. Add melted butter and milk, and then baking powder. Everything is thoroughly whisked together. If the mass is too thick, you should add a little milk.

4. The dough is transferred into a cup, which should be half filled, and placed in the microwave.

5. The device is turned on for 3 minutes at a heating power of 750 W.The dough will rise a lot at first and then fall a little. After 3 minutes the cake is ready. Bon appetit!

How to cook chocolate cake in a slow cooker?

Another simple recipe for baking a delicious cupcake with cocoa is in a slow cooker. A simple set of ingredients and a little time to prepare the dough, and the result will amaze even the most discerning gourmets.

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 10.

Ingredients:

• Butter – 200 gr.
• Cocoa powder – 4 tbsp.
• Sugar – 0.5 tbsp.
• Milk – 0.5 tbsp.
• Soda slaked with vinegar - 0.5 tsp.
• Wheat flour – 2 tbsp.
• Egg – 4 pcs.
• Nuts - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Lightly heat the butter and mix with cocoa powder and sugar. You can add more cocoa: this will make the taste even more richly chocolatey.

2. Pour milk into the mixture and heat the mixture until it boils. It is important to remember to stir while it heats up.

3. When the mass has cooled slightly, add eggs, flour and soda. At this stage, you can add chopped nuts to the dough.

4. The well-kneaded dough is placed in the prepared form of the device, lightly greased, and left with the lid closed for 60 minutes in the “baking” mode.

5. The finished product is cut into pieces and served warm.

Step-by-step recipe for making chocolate cake with kefir

A simple recipe for chocolate cake, the dough for which is made on the basis of kefir. The preparation also uses Nutella nut paste, which can be replaced with any analogue.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Kefir – 200 ml.
• Wheat flour – 1.5 tbsp.
• Granulated sugar – 100 gr.
• Margarine – 100 gr.
• Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Soda, quenched with vinegar - 1 tsp.
• Nutella nut butter - 10 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. In a container, beat the egg and sugar with a whisk. The mass should become fluffy.

2. Add slightly softened margarine to the egg mixture and beat again.

3. At the next stage, add kefir. It may be expired, which will only give the cupcake more fluffiness and tenderness.

4. Pour in the entire amount of flour and soda dissolved in vinegar. Mix everything well, and then add cocoa powder. It is better to take a high-quality product with a cocoa bean content of at least 80%.

5. Place the dough in the molds until about half of the total volume is reached, then add a teaspoon of nut butter and cover with another piece of dough, but not to the edges so that the cupcakes have room to grow.

6. Products are baked at 180 degrees for half an hour. Bon appetit!

Lush chocolate cupcake with cherries

The light cherry sourness in the rich chocolate cake is the highlight that lovers of home baking will definitely appreciate. Once you try a cupcake prepared according to this recipe, it will become a favorite in your home collection of delicacies.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 150 gr.
• Cocoa powder – 1 tbsp.
• Baking powder – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1 pinch.
• Bitter chocolate – 100 gr.
• Butter – 90 gr.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Granulated sugar – 135 gr. + 1 tbsp. for sprinkling
• Vanilla sugar – 10 gr.
• Almonds – 30 gr.
• Cherry – 200 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Remove the seeds from the washed cherries and cut each one in half, and then roll the berries in flour.

2. Make crumbs from almonds using a blender or knife.

3. Combine butter and chocolate in a saucepan on the stove.

4.Separately mix the dry ingredients - sifted flour, baking powder, a little salt and cocoa powder.

5. Beat eggs and sugar until fluffy, add butter-chocolate mixture and almond crumbs. Add cherries.

6. The dough is transferred into a mold and kept in the oven, which is preheated to 180 degrees, until ready. If the dough does not stick to it when pierced with a skewer, the cake is ready. Before serving, sprinkle the warm cake with sugar.

Cupcake with liquid chocolate filling

An interesting version of a chocolate cake, the middle of which, when broken, remains liquid and resembles lava. Such cupcakes are often served in restaurants, so they can surprise even true gourmets when prepared at home.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 2.

Ingredients:

• Egg yolk – 3 pcs.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Dark chocolate (70%) – 200 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 50 gr.
• Salt – 0.25 tsp.
• Wheat flour – 60 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees so that it is warmed up by the time you need to bake the cupcakes.

2. Break the chocolate into pieces, chop the butter finely and combine the ingredients in a water bath to obtain a homogeneous consistency.

3. In another container, beat eggs with yolks, adding sugar in small portions.

4. Carefully add the cooled chocolate-butter mixture to the egg mixture, and then flour and a little salt.

5. Lightly grease the molds with oil, lay out the dough and keep in the oven for no longer than 8-10 minutes. The outside of the cupcakes should be baked, but the inside of the filling should remain liquid. If you cook for longer than 10 minutes, the cake will be baked completely, and there will be no effect of lava pouring out when breaking the product.

Delicious homemade chocolate banana cake

Chocolate and banana are a perfect combination that is used in many recipes, and muffins are no exception. This recipe calls for cornstarch, but you can substitute regular potato starch.

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Margarine/butter – 115 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 200 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Sour cream – 150 gr.
• Banana – 2 pcs.
• Wheat flour – 170 gr.
• Cocoa powder – 45 gr.
• Corn starch – 1.5 tsp.
• Baking powder – 1 tsp.
• Vanilla sugar – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1 pinch.

For the glaze:

• Dark chocolate – 100 gr.
• Cream – 100 ml.
• Nuts - for decoration.

Cooking process:

1. Turn on the oven in advance to heat up to 175-180 degrees.

2. Cover the cake pan with parchment.

3. In a bowl, combine sugar, sour cream, melted margarine or butter, egg and vanilla sugar.

4. Mash bananas with a fork or puree with a blender. Add to the dough.

5. Lastly, sifted flour with baking powder, a little salt and starch are added to the mixture. Add cocoa powder. Beat the dough with a whisk.

6. The chocolate-banana mass is distributed evenly in the mold and kept in the oven for about an hour.

7. In a saucepan, heat the cream with dark chocolate broken into pieces; as soon as the glaze begins to boil, pour it over the finished cake and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

Quick and easy chocolate milk cake recipe

An easy recipe for an amazing chocolate cake that can surprise even those who have tried many similar baked goods. The chocolate chips in the recipe can be replaced with finely chopped regular chocolate.

Cooking time: 25 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Cocoa powder – 60 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 190 gr.
• Baking powder – 10 gr.
• Milk – 150 gr.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Butter – 60 gr.
• Chocolate drops – 100 gr.
• Wheat flour – 200 gr.

Cooking process:

1. In a suitable bowl, mix milk with eggs and slightly softened butter.

2. In a separate container, combine the dry ingredients - cocoa powder with sugar and flour. Don't forget about baking powder.

3. Gently mix both masses and achieve a smooth and uniform dough consistency, add chocolate drops or broken bars.

4. Place the dough into prepared molds and keep in the oven for about 15 minutes. Heating should be approximately 180 degrees.

5. Let the cupcakes cool and serve to the family.

How to bake chocolate cake with sour cream?

You can make an interesting chocolate cake using sour cream. It is better to take a dairy product with a fat content of at least 20% so that the baked goods are tender and fluffy. Additionally, only high quality cocoa should be used for best results.

Cooking time: 25 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings – 10.

Ingredients:

• Cocoa powder – 20 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 180 gr.
• Egg – 1 pc.
• Sour cream – 250 gr.
• Soda – 1 tsp.
• Wheat flour – 160 gr.
• Margarine - for greasing the mold.

Cooking process:

1. Beat sour cream, egg and sugar thoroughly. The most homogeneous mixture is obtained if you use a mixer, but you can achieve good results with a whisk.

2. Little by little add sifted flour into the mixture, don’t forget about baking soda and cocoa, which you can add more if you want to get the most intense chocolate taste in your baked goods.

3. Cover the baking dish with parchment; the walls can be lightly greased with margarine.

4. The chocolate dough is distributed into the mold, leveled and kept in the oven until completely baked.When heated to 180 degrees, this will take up to 45 minutes.

5. To achieve maximum tenderness, after baking the cake is wrapped in cling film and kept until it cools completely, and then divided into portions and enjoyed.