Crazy Cake Cupcakes - Small Batch (egg free)

December 30, 2024

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Have you ever run out of eggs or just didn't feel like using them in your cake? Well that's when this recipe for Crazy Cake will come in handy. I've made this a few times before but this time I scaled the recipe down from 18 to 2 servings and got 12 mini cupcakes out of it. The site I got the recipe from will do the calculation for you. I still made some adjustments though. And don't worry about the vinegar, you can't taste it at all!

Crazy Cake Cupcakes - Small Batch (egg free)

Adapted from All Recipes

Makes 12 mini cupcakes

Ingredients

1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup white sugar
pinch of salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon unflavoured oil
3/4 teaspoon white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons cold water

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350F and line your mini muffin tin with paper liners.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and cocoa powder.
Add the wet ingredients and whisk just for a minute until combined.
Divide the batter among the muffin cups and bake for 8 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
I put a Smartie on top of each one before baking, but you can decorate them however you like.