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MOIST CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES 
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
1 teaspoon vinegar

Mix all of the ingredients well with a mixer. It should be brown and smooth. Free of lumps. Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes. Cupcakes will turn out moist and delicious.

Buttermilk or milk may be substituted for water. Melted butter may be substituted for oil.

Submitted by: Leeza Malachevsky

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Moist Chocolate Cupcakes
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 Alexzandria (Indiana) says:
LOVE these cupcakes!! Very moist and actually keep for up to a week uncovered (probably not a great idea tho) ;) also, I had a question to any experienced cupcakers out there? If I wanted to make peanut butter chocolate cupcakes could I just add however much peanut butter to this recipe? If so, how much? If not, do you have any good peanut butter chocolate cupcake recipes? ~thanks!
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 Janie (Wyoming) says:
This is my first from scratch cupcake recipe. It was definitely moist, but not much flavor. I forgot the vanilla, as suggested in other comments, so maybe that would have helped.
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 Jess (Maine) says:
Very quick and super easy! Thank you I made them for my mothers birthday at the last second and they were amazing!
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 Hunter (Alaska) says:
This recipe is soooo yummy!!
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 Lisa (Wisconsin) says:
Wow, very good loved it! My cupcakes turned out VERY well! Thanks for the recipe!
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 Kate (Wisconsin) says:
WOW!!! These cupcakes are VERY good!! I didn't add the vinegar because it sounded weird to put in, and the cupcakes still turned out moist, chocolately, and really good. Then I made some chocolate frosting and added sprinkles and my whole family loved them!!! Thanks for sharing!!
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 Deb Avery (California) says:
This recipe is also known as "Wacky Cake" and it was the first cake I made with my Mom when I was little. It is so good. Try instead of cupcakes, place all dry ingredients in a 13 x 9 pan, make a hole in the middle and put all wet ingredients in and mix and cook in same pan. Have made as cupcakes as well and they are so good that way. Mine have never come out dry and i have passed this down to my kids and my oldest just taught my granddaughters this recipe
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 Marjorygu (Zimbabwe) says:
Did the cake, for me not nice though, just the thought of missing egg but surprisingly my family kept asking for more, surely its a nice to keep recipe for those needy moments.
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 Becky (Nebraska) says:
Messed with the recipe a little-- added 3/4tsp vanilla, 1 egg, and instead of 1 cup water I used (mixed skim milk and half n half together and added the vinegar to that milk to create "buttermilk"). They're pretty dang good!!!
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 Mitch (New Zealand) says:
I am not a fan of cupcake, I bake mainly for my kids and husband. This recipe is really good. I added vanilla icing on top and it awesome.
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 Kate (Wisconsin) says:
I have made these cupcakes many times, and they NEVER fail!!
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 Judith (Ontario) says:
Really nice and moist. I substitute warm coffee for water to intensify the chocolate flavour
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 Ashe (British Columbia) says:
Excellent recipe! I've made so many modifications to it, it works as an amazing base. I needed a recipe that didn't require milk because I didn't have any at the time. I used baking chocolate instead of cocoa powder. I usually use butter instead and toss in a few chocolate chips. I also exclude the vinegar. Add a little bit of chocolate icing to the top and they're wonderful! Not too sweet, but sweet enough and chocolatey. I even tossed in a banana today.

Excellent base, makes 12 perfect cupcakes.
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 Brooke (New York) says:
Just add two more tsp. sugar and 2 tbsp. Milk for six star cupcakes.
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 S.Gonzalez (Texas) says:
My students really enjoyed this recipe! Almost all of them 6-8th grade were successful in baking these cupcakes. If you follow this exactly and MEASURE EXACTLY... they will come out moist... While it says 25 minutes, I had all my students start checking after 10 MINUTES! It did not take 25 minutes to cook.

Very tasty vegan cupcakes. We used this recipe in our own mock middle school 'cupcake wars'

 

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