I love the concept of a microwave mug cake – stir a few pantry ingredients in a mug, zap in the microwave for a minute and then ta da! (Nearly) instant pudding for one! It was a lot of fun thinking of different flavours of mug cakes and of course, taste testing each of them.
Just quickly, how cute are these mugs?! I picked them up from Woolworths the other day, down from $4 to $2 each – bargain!
The first mug cake in this series is the classic dark chocolate mug cake. I regularly make a giant dark chocolate pudding in the cooler months, and there is nothing more comforting on a wintery night. But it’s 8 servings and let’s be honest I don’t need ALL those calories. So a single serving basic choc pudding is perfect! I also love this recipe as I can get my chocolate fix even when I don’t have chocolate in the house – cocoa powder solves that problem!
***VARIATIONS***
♥ Choc Peanut Butter Mug Cake – drop a tablespoon of peanut butter into the middle of the mug before cooking for a delicious peanutty surprise.
♥ Double Choc Mug Cake – if you have cooking chocolate buttons lying around, put a few on top of your pudding mixture. They will sink as it cooks, giving you a wonderful molten chocolate filling.
♥ Vegan Mug Cake – Substitute butter for vegetable oil, milk for soy or almond milk and omit the egg. Serve with vegan icecream or it’s delicious with just a dusting of icing sugar!
♥ Bounty Coconut Mug Cake – Add in a tablespoon of shredded or desiccated coconut and mix into the batter. Stick a fun size Bounty, or 2 squares of Lindt Coconut, into the middle of the batter for an extra coconut filling!
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp butter melted (or flavourless oil)
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 3 tbsp milk
- 4 tbsp plain flour
- 3 tbsp caster sugar
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Put butter into mug and microwave for 10 seconds to melt.
- Add in egg and milk and lightly beat with a fork until combined.
- Add dry ingredients into mug and beat with your fork until mixed through.
- Place mug in the microwave and cook for 1 minute on medium heat.
- The pudding should be risen and still slightly gooey in the middle. If still undercooked for your liking, cook it further in 10 second bursts in the microwave.
- Serve with lightly whipped cream or icecream.
- Enjoy! See below for some flavour options.
Enjoy and stay tuned for flavour #2 next week!
46 Comments
I LOVE this recipe!!! And it’s not dry like the other microwave mug cakes I’ve had. Very well done. And I’m looking forward to the other recipes.
Yes I love how moist it is Tammi! Microwaving it for 1 minute on medium makes it cooked but still gooey on the inside… heaven!
Awesome recipe series Swah! I can’t wait to see the other flavours. And those are super adorable mugs!! I’ve actually never made a mug cake before because they’re so dangerous haha but your recipe sounds too tempting not to make. I especially love all your delicious sounding variations!! Hmm I wonder if you could replace the peanut butter with a spoonful of dulce du leche for a caramelly surprise? :D
I have indeed put a tablespoon of dulce de leche inside a chocolate mug cake once and can confirm it was AMAZING! Stay tuned for my salted caramel mug cake, you will love it! x
There’s a salted caramel mug cake too??????? OH be still my beating heart!!
Check back next week for it ;D
STOP IT! My waistline thanks and curses you for these delicious creations. Loving the mugs too.
Hahaha my apologies to your waistline Soph but I know your heart LOVES me ;)
I’ve been meaning to try a mug cake, this week may just be the week ;) thanks for the recipe
Give it a try Muppy and let me know! It’s scarily easy, I have to make sure I don’t make one every week :O
I’ve never tried a mug cake before. I don’t think I can resist any longer even though I think it is the start of something dangerous! I’m looking forward to the next flavour!
Hehe I think “dangerously wonderful” is the correct term, Stephanie ;D Enjoy!
Love anything chevron so I’m hooked on the cups! Sometimes quick single serve cakes are the best. I make this more often than I should.. but it totally hits the spot every single time!
I am completely obsessed with chevron too Tina! In fact I have a chevron bedspread and chevron pillows in the lounge room :)
Mmmm, yum!
Really can’t go wrong with simple one-mug cake!
Absolutely not Amanda! The perfect winter treat! :)
Hi Swah I have been trialing this for a while now and it has been turning out a bit rubbery anything you can suggest x
Hey Gracie! Might be overcooking it/cooking it too high. Every microwave is different so it’s hard to tell from here, but I would suggest trying to cook it on a lower temp (you may need to cook it for an extra 10 seconds) and see how that goes!
Oh dear god, what have you done!
Have I created a mug-cake-monster?!?! Hehehe
Oh I love this! I’ve been trying to perfect a chocolate mug cake so this will come in very handy ;)
Let me know how it goes Tara! Particularly interested to hear how your vegan version works out…
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Thank U so mch wth these recipes. They are heaven. I tried almost all of them the last one I dd was this chocolate one, just tht I ddnt have cocoa, so I substituted it with hot chocolate.
Hot chocolate powder is the perfect alternative, I am glad you enjoyed it Cecilia!
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Holy heaven in my mouth!
OMG !
These cakes are amazing, I am looking forward to make One but how is making it dangerous :-/
Btw I love those cute mugs :-D
They are very dangerous… I always have the ingredients in the house and it’s oh too easy to whip one up :)
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oh swah, you are both beautiful and brilliant!
Just (finally) tried this! (but I’m trying to cut out refined sugar so I replaced with honey. It was still a winner!!!)
Also, I put some raspberries in there towards the end with the choc chips, i may never eat another dessert again
So glad you enjoyed it Kat! And I think that’s a great idea to replace the sugar with honey, plus the addition of raspberries sounds HEAVENLY xxx
Hello! Loving your mugs and the cakes in them.
Very dull question, sorry in advance.
What wattage microwave are you using? Mine’s 800 watts, so 1 min on medium = raw. Just wondering so I can puzzle it out.
Hello! My microwave is 1000 watts, so I guess that’s why mine cooked quicker. Perhaps like 1 1/2 mins and let me know how it goes? And It’s ok if it’s still a little gooey in the middle :)
I’ve been looking for something easy and quick for those monthly chocolate fixes.
OMG! Just made this, so moist and chocolaty. Definitely adding to my recipe box.
So glad you loved it Cynthia, it’s one of my favs xx
I’m sad to say this was a failure. I really love your banana mug cake, so I figured I’d give this one a try too. I used the same mug and microwave as for the banana version, and I followed the recipe exactly, but I ended up throwing most of it away :( The taste was kind of bitter and egg-y, the consistency was all weird – parts of it were overcooked while parts were gooey. And I don’t mean gooey middle, I mean random parts, though I made sure I mixed it all well. So I don’t know what went wrong.
Maybe I should just stick to the banana one, I know that one turns amazing every time :)
Oh that’s such a shame Marubi!! I’ve made the dark choc version like a billion times (it’s my favourite out of the mug cake recipes) and I am trying to figure out what went wrong. Definitely the size of eggs can effect how eggy the mug cake tastes, if your eggs are quite large perhaps try and add only 2/3 of the whisked egg? And as for the consistency, apart from mixing the batter well, does your turntable in your microwave rotate? I am wondering if the heat wasn’t being distributed properly…
Hello! I just wanted to say thank you for this awesome recipe! I’ve tried many, many mug cakes before and this one turned out the best (aka, it was actually edible and quite tasty). You’re the bomb! xx
Hi Hanna, so glad you love it! It’s my favourite mug cake recipe to make :) xxx
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Oh boy, i have just stumbled upon this recipe and tried it out just tonight, but i decided to go with dark cocoa powder instead of regular. I am definitely bookmarking this recipe, as it is a real winner in my book!
Oh yum Justin, I love the idea of using dark cocoa powder!!
I’ve been craving sweets all day. Tried to make someone else’s chocolate mug cake recipe. It was so disgusting I threw it away after one bite. Made this immediately after. It was so quick and the result is fantastic. I left out the egg. Thanks for sharing!
It’s the perfect small treat to satisfy your sugar cravings, glad you liked it!