Emergency Blender Cupcakes are the perfect recipe to make when you need cupcakes at the last minute.

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Easy Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

This is my go-to recipe for homemade cupcakes: Emergency Blender Cupcakes. Why the name? Abby Dodge of Fine Cooking created these for emergencies… as in, “Mom! I forgot to tell you that we’re supposed to bring cupcakes to school. Today!” They really do blend up nicely… you just toss the whole mess of ingredients into the blender and whir away. A bonus… you only mess up the blender- no bowls or anything else.

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🛒 Ingredients Needed:

  • all purpose flour
  • unsweetened cocoa powder
  • granulated white sugar
  • baking soda
  • salt
  • hot water
  • canola or vegetable oil
  • egg
  • vanilla extract
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✏️ How to make Emergency Blender Cupcakes:

The full, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the end of this post.

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line 12 regular-sized muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
  2. In a blender jar, combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Cover with the lid and blend on medium-speed until blended. Pour in the water, oil, egg and vanilla. Cover with the lid and blend on medium-high speed until smooth and well blended, stopping to scrape down the sides once or twice.
  3. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin tin, dividing evenly. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of one cupcake comes out clean, about 15 to 17 minutes.
  4. Transfer the pan to a rack to cool for about 10 minutes, and then carefully remove the cupcakes from the pan and set them on the rack to cool completely before frosting.
Emergency Blender Cupcake Chocolate with Chocolate frosting

Recipe Tip

You can certainly use any flavor of frosting, but my favorite chocolate frosting recipe to use for these Emergency Blender Cupcakes is my Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. It swirls perfectly on top!

chocolate cupcake unwrapped

For an easy and convenient recipe, these chocolate cupcakes are moist and quite delicious. They rise up nicely too. An additional bonus: you likely will have all of the ingredients already on hand that this recipe calls for.

chocolate cupcake with oreo in chocolate frosting

Serving tip: add an Oreo cookie on top!

chocolate cupcake in ice cream cone

Another fun tip: if you bake them foil wrappers, they easily slip out and can be placed into ice cream cones for a fun birthday treat. Swirl frosting on top. Add sprinkles!

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Emergency Blender Cupcakes

Called "emergency" cupcakes because they're for emergencies, as in "Mom, I forgot to tell you that you're supposed to bring cupcakes to school today…
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Servings: 12 servings (1 cupcake per serving)
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Ingredients

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line 12 regular-sized muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
  • In a blender jar, combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Cover with the lid and blend on medium-speed until blended. Pour in the water, oil, egg and vanilla. Cover with the lid and blend on medium-high speed until smooth and well blended, stopping to scrape down the sides once or twice.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared muffin tin, dividing evenly. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of one cupcake comes out clean, about 15 to 17 minutes.
  • Transfer the pan to a rack to cool for about 10 minutes, and then carefully remove the cupcakes from the pan and set them on the rack to cool completely before frosting.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 200kcal, Carbohydrates: 27g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6g, Trans Fat: 0.04g, Cholesterol: 16mg, Sodium: 101mg, Potassium: 72mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 17g, Vitamin A: 23IU, Calcium: 9mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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2 Comments

  1. Kenzie Grovington says:

    WOW! they are so delicious that my stomach is smiling 😀

  2. Anu says:

    Absolutley terrific recipe, Works every time & I’ve made it HEAPS of times!! Its become a Family & Friends favorite. Thanx a ton.