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Chocolate Yumbot Cupcakes, Take Me Away

February 7, 2011 By radmegan 8 Comments

When someone NEEDS a homemade cupcake, I bake it. Even if that someone-who-needs-it is me. This weekend seemed like it was over before it started, and by Sunday I was so wiped out that I just needed a few minutes of peace and a cupcake. So I made AWESOME chocolate cupcakes. If you are going to have a cupcake have an incredible cupcake, right? And where do incredible cupcakes come from? Robots, that’s where.
Take me to your eater...

I had been given these cute robot cupcake molds for Christmas, and wanted a stellar cupcake recipe to christen them. I turned to my girl Martha Stewart. This recipe had been given numerous positive reviews by readers- but that wasn’t what caught my eye. I despise doing dishes and when I saw that this recipe required only one bowl, I pulled out the flour and the mixer and hopped to it. Here’s the recipe:


3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup warm water
3/4 cup Greek Yogurt
3 tablespoons coconut oil
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Makes 18 to 24

(I made two minor changes to the original recipe, and ended up extremely pleased with the results. Martha’s recipe calls for buttermilk, which I was out of- so I used the Greek Yogurt. It also calls for Safflower oil, but one of Martha’s readers had suggested coconut oil instead, mentioning how yummy it was. Since I had coconut oil handy, I followed suit.)


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners; set aside. Sift together cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Add eggs, warm water, Greek yogurt (or buttermilk), oil, and vanilla, and mix until smooth, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of bowl to assure batter is well mixed.
Drippy Whisk
Poured
Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full. Bake until tops spring back when touched, about 20 minutes, rotating pan once if needed. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool completely.
Colorful Chocolate Cups

The cupcakes came out PERFECTLY. They were moist, rich, and oh so tasty. And the sweet little vacant stares of the Yumbot cupcake molds put a big smile on my face. 
Robot Cupcake
The Fred & Friends Yumbot Robot Cupcake Molds brought an element of whimsy to the already delicious chocolate cupcake recipe. They were the ultimate compliment to each other.

Yumbot Out

I highly recommend the recipe above, and would suggest these robot cupcake molds, and more Martha Stewart cupcake recipes for your favorite baker. Happy baking- and happy eating!!


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Filed Under: Baking Tagged With: baked, Baking, chocolate, cupcakes, dessert, Fred, Robots


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Comments

  1. carolinesrad says

    February 7, 2011 at 10:53 am

    So yummy yet so mathematical and strategical – I LOVE ROBOT CUPCAKES!!

    Reply
  2. Melissa says

    February 7, 2011 at 10:11 pm

    I got these for Christmas too! They are on my list of “blogs to be written”… you clearly beat me to eat. They look great!

    Reply
  3. Melissa says

    February 7, 2011 at 10:13 pm

    OMG!!! I seriously meant to type… “you clearly beat me to IT” and instead I put “to EAT”… ahhahhaha. I guess you know what is on my mind!

    Reply
  4. radmegan says

    February 8, 2011 at 10:11 am

    CAROLINE. Mathematically speaking, you would freak out about how good these are!

    Melissa- Ha!! I TOTALLY know what you mean, but I love the Freudian slip. “Beat me to eat” = classic :) Enjoy your cute robots!
    xox
    radmegan

    Reply
  5. Brittany Trei says

    February 8, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    These are awesome.

    Reply
  6. radmegan says

    February 9, 2011 at 10:52 am

    Thank you Brittany! :)

    Reply
  7. Rose Forever says

    February 12, 2011 at 8:11 am

    This look so yummy! I love the robot molder of yours. My kids will love this and enjoy when we make these cupcakes.

    Reply
  8. Melanie Schoenhut says

    February 13, 2011 at 10:08 am

    This is so amazing! I can’t wait to try this for my kids snacks every afternoon. Cream cheese frosting will be a perfect match for these cupcakes.

    Reply

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