Cinnamon roll mug cake
A soft vanilla mug cake with a gooey cinnamon sugar swirl and a drizzle of glaze, everything you love about a cinnamon roll in about two minutes.
- 10 min total
- 7 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 1
- About $0.64 a serving
- 460 calories
- Vegetarian
Dolly says: It’s ready in 10 minutes, start to finish.
Ingredients
For 1 servings.
- 1½ tbsp butter
- 3½ tbsp milk, divided
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
From your pantry
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
Each serving has about 460 calories, 5 g protein, 68 g carbs and 19 g fat, and costs about $0.64 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No butter? Ghee works.
- No milk? Half-and-half works.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
Microwave the butter in a large microwave-safe mug for about 30 seconds, until , then pour about 1 teaspoon of it into a small bowl.
Melt. Melting means gently heating something solid, like butter or cheese, until it turns liquid. Low or medium heat keeps it from browning or burning.
How you’ll know: It’s smooth and liquid, and butter may foam a little but hasn’t turned brown.
Timer: 30 sec
Stir the brown sugar and cinnamon into the butter in the small bowl to make a paste.
Add the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, 3 tablespoons of the milk and the vanilla to the mug, and stir with a fork until smooth.
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.
Spoon the cinnamon paste over the batter and swirl it through with the tip of a knife.
Dolly’s tip: Two or three lazy figure eights is enough. You want ribbons, not an even brown.Microwave on high for 60 to 75 seconds, until the top and springs back when you touch it.
Set. Set means food has firmed up from runny to holding its shape, from cooking, baking or chilling. Set eggs have no clear, runny white left, and a set pudding stays put when you tilt the dish.
How you’ll know: Tilt the pan or press gently near the middle: it barely wobbles, and nothing runs.
Timer: 1 min
Stir the powdered sugar with the last splash of milk until smooth, then it over the warm cake.
Drizzle. Drizzling means pouring a thin, slow stream over the top of something. A thin stream spreads a little flavor a long way.
How you’ll know: You see thin lines across the food, not a puddle collecting underneath.
Dolly’s tip: Add the milk a few drops at a time. Glaze goes from too thick to too thin in a second.
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