Happy Diwali Wishes to all readers of Eggless Cooking. We celebrated my little one's 4th birthday last week. He has always been a strawberry fan. He has been telling that he wants a strawberry cake right from August. So it was a no-brainer for me. All I had to do was to find a good strawberry cake recipe. But it was not as easy as I thought. More about that in the strawberry cake post. On the eve of his birthday party while I was baking the strawberry cake and pineapple sheet cake (yes baked that one too), he came next to me and asked in the cutest possible way that he wanted chocolate cupcakes. How can I say no to that adorable little guy!
I do have a couple of eggless chocolate cake/cupcakes already but didn't want to try them because I always look forward to try new recipes so that I can blog about it! Yes you got me! While doing the search somehow got to this one bowl chocolate cake recipe. It was already 11pm and I needed something pretty simple like that, which can be whipped up in a jiffy and still look like I slogged big time in the kitchen.
Because I already have enough luck with the tofu and cocoa combination especially in this "I can't believe it's eggless chocolate cake" recipe, I decided to use tofu itself in this recipe too as the egg substitute. No wonder it turned out great!
Recipe
One Bowl Eggless Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
DRY INGREDIENTS:
- 1 and ½ cups white sugar
- 1 and ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ tablespoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
WET INGREDIENTS:
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- ⅓ cup avocado oil
- ½ cup warm water (See My Notes)
- ⅓ cup silken tofu
- ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350F/180C for 15 minutes. Line muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. Add the ingredients mentioned under the wet mix one after the other and beat it well with an electric beater until the batter is smooth.
- Fill each muffin cup until it's ⅔rds full. Bake it until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out with little crumbs attached. Mine was ready around the 23rd minute.
- Remove it from the oven and let it cool on a wire racking for 5 minutes in the pan itself. Then remove the cupcakes out of the pan and cool it on the rack completely before frosting.
My Notes
- I got about 12 regular size cupcakes and 6 mini cupcakes. I think the recipe would yield 15 regular size cupcakes.
- Usually I puree the silken tofu and then add it to the rest of the ingredients. This time I didn't. Just dumped together all the ingredients and used the electric beater to beat well. I did see bits and pieces of tofu that wouldn't blend well enough but after a couple of times, I guess it did mash well. So if you don't have an electric beater and plan to do the mixing with a spatula/wooden spoon, I would suggest pureeing the tofu first in a mixer and then adding it to the rest of the ingredients.
- The original recipe had mentioned to add warm water along with the buttermilk and oil. I missed it because it was not mentioned in the ingredients list. I didn't realize it until I sat down to write this post. I'm surprised that the cupcakes turned out so good even after I omitted to add the water. But I have to agree that the batter didn't feel like a cupcake batter. It was not in a pouring consistency. I was really wondering what had happened but didn't want to take chance by adding extra liquid. I would probably add ½ cup of water when I bake it the next time. In that case the baking time might be increased by another minute or two, I guess.
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Jenna says
Thanks for this recipe! I'm so glad to have found you site. I have a daughter with an egg allergy and a son with a milk allergy, so baking can get complicated.
The 1st time I made this recipe, I subbed plain soy yogurt for the buttermilk and mashed avocado for the silken tofu (needed to use those up). They were slightly dense, but delicious!
The 2nd time I made them I subbed vanilla coconut milk beverage plus a tbsp white vinegar for the buttermilk, and canned coconut cream (the thick stuff) for the tofu. This made a much lighter cupcake with a delicate crumb. They taste great, but are followed by an odd aftertaste.
Obviously with all my changes I can't review the original recipe as posted, but I'd bet they're great! I'll try it as written as soon as I get over my fear of tofu! 😉
Madhuram says
Haa..haa...please try it with tofu Jenna. Trust me it won't taste weird at all.
Swati says
Is it possible to silken tofu..use milk + vinegar something like this as replacement. If yes..how much of quantify.
Madhuram says
Then you can try the Whacky Vegan Chocolate Cake instead Swati. That uses vinegar and milk/water.
Lisa says
Hello- wondering if I can use the Ener-G egg substitute instead of tofu. If so how much should I use?
Madhuram says
Yes you may Lisa. Maybe 1.5 teaspoons of powder mixed with 1/4 of water.
Debra Price says
Have you tried freezing these cupcakes and if so how do they hold up? Of course w/out icing.
Madhuram says
No, I haven't Debra. But I guess it should not be a problem.
Prerna Khaitan says
what can i use as a substitue for avocado oil n silken tofu as i dunt han dem ryt now??
Madhuram says
Any oil can be used Prerna. Applesauce might work.
NS says
What else can I use in place of eggs? I don't have tofu. Can I use applesauce or vinegar or flax seeds? Please let me know how much of each I need to do this.
Thanks.
Madhuram says
I'm thinking you can try it with either applesauce or flax seed meal. You can try the same quantity of applesauce or 1 tablespoon of flax seed meal and 1/3rd cup of water.
Thalia @ butter and brioche says
Craving a chocolate cupcake right now.. these look SO delicious. Great recipe too, I love that it's one bowl especially!
Vona says
Wow the One Bowl cupcakes sound great! those I'll be trying as they are simple I usually get too involved in baking and stop having fun!!!!! Also thanks for your reply on the Best Yellow Cake!!!!!
Hugs.
Vona
Madhuram says
You're very welcome Vona.
Srivalli says
Happy Diwali Madhuram! The cupcake looks awesome..hope your lil one had a wonderful birthday...
Madhuram says
Thanks Srivalli. Yes he did have a wonderful time.