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Chocolate Yumbot Cupcakes, Take Me Away

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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.
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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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  4. 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

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