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Get the ingredients and equipment ready.
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We'll be using a ziplock bag (medium size).
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Open it up inside a stable container such as a bowl.
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Combine the cocoa powder and pancake mix.
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I used 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder in this photo.
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Start preheating the oven to 170C.
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Add the egg and sugar to the bag, and mix with a small whisk if you have one (or use a fork).
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Add the oil and mix it in too.
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Add the combined pancake mix and cocoa powder plus the milk and mix.
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When the batter is more or less mixed, close the bag and mix it well in the bag.
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Place the aluminum cups on an oven tray.
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Gather the batter into one corner of the bag.
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Squeeze the batter out neatly.
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Fill the cups about halfway full to start, and add more to the cups that have less batter later.
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Make sure each cup has about the same amount of batter.
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Bake on the middle rack of the oven for about 15 minutes.
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If a toothpick poked into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean, they are done.
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If the toothpick is still covered with batter, add 5 minutes of baking time.
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Take the cupcakes off the oven tray to cool.
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Done!
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These are the only things you have to wash up.
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If baking the cupcakes in a toaster oven: Use aluminum cups.
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Line the rack with foil and set the timer on your toaster oven to 10 minutes.
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Start checking how much it's browning on top after 2 minutes.
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It's hard to tell from the photo, but the baking will be very uneven.
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Turn the cups around, and cover any that are browning too fast with aluminum foil.
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Keep observing the cakes and cover any others that get browned with foil too.
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In our toaster oven, it took 10 minutes at 860 W, including the time it took to move the cups around.
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I thought that it was surprisingly hard work to bake the cupcakes in a toaster oven.
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The recipe is easy, but you need to watch them constantly as they're baking.
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I also made mushipan (steamed bread).
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Don't use aluminum cups if you're microwaving them.
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1 cup took about 50 seconds at 500w.
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Poke with a toothpick to test for doneness.
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If you want to steam them all at once, place them in a frying pan with about 1-1.5 cm of boiling water, cover with a lid and boil for 10 steam.
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These here contain orange juice and apples.
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is for easy 4-ingredient chocolate scones made with pancake mix.
