Chocolate mug cake
A warm, fudgy single-serving chocolate cake that goes from craving to spoon in about five minutes, with no eggs and no oven.
- 8 min total
- 5 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 1
- About $0.65 a serving
- 550 calories
- Vegetarian
Dolly says: It’s ready in 8 minutes, start to finish.
Ingredients
For 1 servings.
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp chocolate chips (optional)
From your pantry
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
Each serving has about 550 calories, 7 g protein, 66 g carbs and 30 g fat, and costs about $0.65 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No milk? Half-and-half works.
Steps
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Stir the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt in a large microwave-safe mug with a fork until no lumps of cocoa are left.
Dolly’s tip: Use a mug that holds at least 12 ounces. The cake rises above the rim of a small one.Stir in the milk, oil and vanilla until smooth, scraping the bottom corners of the mug. Drop the chocolate chips on top if you have them.
Food safety: Don’t eat raw dough or batter, not even a lick of the spoon. Raw flour can carry E. coli and raw eggs can carry salmonella until they’re cooked. The one exception is dough with no eggs, made with flour heated to 165°F.
Microwave on high for 70 to 90 seconds, until the top looks dry and springs back when you touch it.
Timer: 1 min 10 sec
Dolly’s tip: Microwaves vary. Start at 70 seconds and add 10-second bursts until the middle is set, not wet.Let it sit for 1 minute, then eat it warm, right from the mug.
Timer: 1 min
Dolly’s tip: The mug gets hot. Hold it by the handle.
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