Mug Cakes is one of the easiest dessert recipe which you can make under 5 minutes if you own a microwave. The recipe calls for simple ingredients like plain flour, cocoa, sugar, milk, oil or butter and toppings of your choice. You can make mug cakes in so many different flavours depending upon your preference, some favourite flavours are chocolate and vanilla mug cake. In this blog post I am sharing 7 different flavours of mug cake recipe with step by step pictures, video and detailed instructions.
Mug Cake
Microwave mug cakes are the easy cake recipe which can be made in few minutes. Cooking cakes in microwave has been very popular these days, you can find hundreds of recipes for microwave cakes all over the internet. I have made many microwave cake recipes in the past on this blog. Make sure you check out my black forest cake made in microwave. Now is the time to combine all the mug cake recipes in this single blog post so it will be easy for you to search if you are planning to make mug cakes.
About Mug Cake Recipe
Microwave cakes are so versatile, it can satisfy any sweet cravings at any time of the day even in mid night. Since this cake takes under 5 minutes to make from start to finish. I have shared few of the popular flavours in this recipe post. You can add nuts, dried fruits in it to make it more tasty.
I think these cakes are so amazing, because they can beat any types of chocolate cake by their cooking time. This cake takes 2 minutes to make and the end result is so fluffy, moist and delicious. They can be served as an instant desert even for parties.
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Mug Cake Ingredients
Plain Flour - Mug cakes are so adaptable. you can use plain flour or whole wheat flour for making this recipe. It is fail-proof and you can easily use wheat flour for a healthy alternative.
Cocoa - try and use good quality cocoa powder for making cakes. The taste and flavour of the cake depends on the quality of the cocoa powder.
Sugar - adjust sugar level as per your taste. You can add more or less depending on your taste.
Oil or Butter - It is very convenient to use oil in mug cakes instead of butter. If you are using butter you can melt them in microwave for few seconds.
Milk - regular full fat milk is preferred. But almond milk, soy milk can be used.
Instant Coffee - a pinch of coffee powder enhances the taste of the chocolate flavour in the cake.
Baking soda - helps make the soft, fluffy and rise.
Vanilla Extract - this is the flavouring I used for the cake. You can add any extract depending on your taste.
Optional - depending upon the flavour you are making, you can use mashed banana, chocolate chips, sprinkles, white chocolate, nutella.
How to Make Cake in Microwave
Choosing the Right Mug - always use ceramic or stoneware coffee mug for making mug cakes. The mug has to be microwave safe. The batter shouldn't go above half of the mug else it may over flow.
Cake Batter - pick any of your favorite flavour mug cakes listed below. The batter can be directly mixed in the coffee mug instead of a separate bowl. if you are mixing the batter in the same mug, make sure to wipe any batter from the sides to prevent burning.
Microwave Time - Mug cakes usually takes just 1 to 2 minute to cook. Depending on the power of the microwave the cooking time will reduce or increase. The cake will continue to cook after you remove it from the microwave so don't over bake.
Mug Cake Flavours
You can make mug cakes in any of your favorite flavours. You can bake a base cake and top it with any of your favorite toppings. Here are some creative ideas for microwave mug cakes.
Butterscotch - add some butterscotch nuts in the cake batter before baking. You can top with whipped cream and more chips.
Mocha mug cake - add a tsp of instant coffee powder in your chocolate mug cake.
Red velvet - add cocoa powder and red food colouring in vanilla mug cake and make it red velvet. Make sure you add cream cheese frosting on top before serving.
Snickerdoodle - add a dash of ground cinnamon in the vanilla mug cake batter and sprinkle top with some cinnamon sugar before serving.
Peanut butter - in the nutella mug cake, you can add peanut butter instead of nutella.
Here are few recipes available on the blog. 1 Minute Chocolate Lava Cake, Self-saucing chocolate pudding, Microwave Brownies.
Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe
1)Take cocoa powder, plain flour, sugar in a bowl.
2)Add in instant coffee powder.
3)Add in baking soda.
4)Mix well this is your dry ingredients.
5)Add in oil.
6)Add in milk.
7)Add in dash of vanilla.
8)Add in chocolate chips.
9)Mix well your batter is ready.
10)Take a microwave safe coffee mug and grease it lightly.
11)Spoon the batter in the mug.
12)Place it in microwave and cook for 2 minutes on high.
13) Microwave chocolate mug cake is ready.
Nutella Mug Cake Recipe
Nutella is addictive, hence the cake made with this is addictive too. This cake is so soft, moist, chocolaty, rich, fudge, gooey and it goes like this. Mug Cake is a 2 minute microwave cake made with flour, cocoa powder, Nutella and chocolate chips. This fudge cake made in microwave is a game changer. It is an eggless version of mug cake.
Ingredients Used
- 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- 4 tbsp Milk
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 2 tbsp Chocolate Chips
- 3 tbsp Nutella
How to Make Nutella Mug Cake
1) Take all your ingredients.
2)Take flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, milk, oil, chocolate chips and Nutella in a bowl. Mix well to a smooth batter.
3)Spoon the batter into a greased microwave safe mug and top with more choco chips. Pop it in microwave and cook for 2 minutes. Add more cream and nutella on top and serve.
Chocolate Banana Mug Cake Recipe
Banana cake can be made to use brown or overripe bananas. Chocolate is used along with banana, is a flavour combination that some people enjoy. Walnuts and macadamia nuts can be used in the batter as well as to top and garnish the cake.
This would seriously become an addictive recipe. It is super delicious, it needs just basic ingredients to make which you have already in your pantry. You can top it with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients Used
- 3 tbsp All Purpose Flour (Maida)
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 4 tbsp Mashed Banana
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- ¼ tsp Baking Powder
- 3 tbsp Chocolate Chips
How to Make Chocolate Banana Cake
1)Take ripe banana in a bowl and mash it well. Add in cocoa powder, sugar, plain flour and baking powder. Mix well to a smooth batter.
2)Add in chocolate chips and mix well.
3)Spoon this into a greased coffee mug. Top with chocolate chips and microwave for 2 minute. Remove it and let it stand for 2 minutes. Serve.
Caramel Mug Cake Recipe
Dark chocolaty fudge cake with the caramel chocolate pieces dotted all over it. Instead of using caramel chocolate you can add just caramel candies.
Ingredients Used
- 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 4 tbsp Sugar
- 3 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 Egg
- ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 3 tbsp Milk
- 3 piece Salted Caramel (i used cadburys silk caramello)
How to Make Caramel Mug Cake
1)Ingredients used for making caramel mug cake.
2)Take flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, salt in a bowl and mix well. Add in egg, oil, vanilla and milk. Mix well.
3)Add in chopped caramel chocolate and mix well. Spoon this into greased microwave safe mug and microwave it for 1 minute. Actually I microwaved it for 1.30 mins, so keep an eye on it. Once it is done, remove it and serve with a scoop of ice cream.
Chocolate Chip Mug Cake Recipe
Delicious fluffy microwave 1 minute chocolate chip mug cake which taste so delicious and soft. The chocolate chips turns nice and molten and the vanilla cake is so moist.
Ingredients Used
- 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 2 tbsp Brown Sugar
- ¼ tsp Baking Powder
- 3 tbsp Milk - 3 tblsp
¼ tsp Vanilla Extract - 1 tblsp Oil
- 2 tbsp Chocolate Chips
How to Make Chocolate Chip Mug Cake
1)Mix all ingredients together and spoon it into a microwave safe coffee mug. Pop it in microwave. Top with more chocolate chips. cook for 1 minute. Remove and serve.
Funfetti Birthday Mug Cake Recipe
Delicious fluffy mug cake recipe which has colourful sprinkles all over it. It taste delicious as it is or when topped with ice cream or whipped cream.
Ingredients Used
- 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- ¼ tsp Baking powder
- 3 tbsp Milk
- 1 tbsp Oil
- ½ tsp Vanilla few drops
- 1 tbsp Sprinkles
How to Make Funfetti Mug Cake
1)Mix all ingredients together and spoon it into a microwave safe coffee mug. Pop it in microwave and cook for 1 min. Remove and serve.
Vanilla Mug Cake Recipe
This simple vanilla cake can be made in microwave in less than 2 minutes. You can top it with whipped cream, chocolate frosting, vanilla frosting or simply drizzle it with plain vanilla icing.
Ingredients Used
- 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- 4 tbsp Milk
- 1 tbsp Oil or Melted Butter
- ¼ tsp Vanilla Essence
- Salt a pinch
- 2 tbsp Chocolate chips few for garnishing
How to Make Vanilla Mug Cake
1) Mix all ingredients in a bowl, except chocolate chips. Pour it into a microwave safe coffee mug. Microwave on high power (mine went to 800 watts) for 1.30 mins. Remove it and let it stand for a min. Top with chocolate chips and serve.
Expert Tips
- My microwave has a high power of 800 watts, if i t is more adjust the time accordingly.
- Add some white chocolate chips for making this as triple chocolate cake.
- Don't over bake the cake, else it will get dry.
- Use good quality chocolate and cocoa powder.
- Serve this warm with cold vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce for best taste.
- You can use the same bowl which you use to mix the batter for baking.
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Mug Cake | Mug Cake Recipe
Equipment
- Microwave
- Microwave Safe Coffee Mugs
Ingredients
Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe
- 3 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 4 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ tsp Instant Coffee
- ¼ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tbsp Oil or Melted Butter
- 5 tbsp Milk
- ½ tsp Vanilla Essence
- 3 tbsp Chocolate Chips
Nutella Mug Cake Recipe
- 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- 4 tbsp Milk
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 2 tbsp Chocolate Chips
- 3 tbsp Nutella
Chocolate Banana Mug Cake Recipe
- 3 tbsp All Purpose Flour Maida
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 4 tbsp Mashed Banana
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- ¼ tsp Baking Powder
- 3 tbsp Chocolate Chips
Caramel Mug Cake Recipe
- 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 4 tbsp Sugar
- 3 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 Egg
- ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 3 tbsp Milk
- 3 piece Salted Caramel Chocolate i used cadburys silk caramello
Chocolate Chip Mug Cake Recipe
- 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 2 tbsp Brown Sugar
- ¼ tsp Baking Powder
- 3 tbsp Milk
- ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 2 tbsp Chocolate Chips
Funfetti Birthday Mug Cake Recipe
- 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- ¼ tsp Baking powder
- 3 tbsp Milk
- 1 tbsp Oil
- ½ tsp Vanilla few drops
- 1 tbsp Sprinkles
Vanilla Mug Cake Recipe
- 4 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- 4 tbsp Milk
- 1 tbsp Oil or Melted Butter
- ¼ tsp Vanilla Essence
- Salt a pinch
- 2 tbsp Chocolate chips few for garnishing
Instructions
Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe
- Take all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Grease a microwave safe mug with oil. Pour the batter in and pop it in microwave and cook for 1 to 2 mins. Mine got done in 1.5 mins. Remove it from oven, let it cool a bit, serve with a scoop of ice cream or as it is.
Nutella Mug Cake Recipe
- Take a bowl, Add flour, cocoa, baking powder, sugar in it. Mix well with a small whisk. Add in milk, oil, and give a good mix. Now add in chocolate chips and nutella. Mix well till the batter is smooth. Take your coffee mug, spray it with oil. Pour the batter in, sprinkle with some chocolate chips over it. Place it in the microwave and cook for 2 mins or until it is cooked. Remove from the microwave and let it stand for 2 mins. Now top it with a dollop of fresh cream and some more nutella and dig in.
Chocolate Banana Mug Cake Recipe
- Take banana, sugar in a bowl and mix well. Add cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and chocolate chips and mix well. Pop it in a greased microwave safe bowl and pop it in microwave at high power and cook for 2 mins. Remove it and let it stand for 2 mins. Serve.
Caramel Mug Cake Recipe
- Take flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, salt in a bowl. Add in egg, oil, milk and vanilla essence. Mix to a smooth batter. Add in chocolate pieces and fold well. Pour this into a greased mug and microwave it for 1 mins. Actually i microwaved it for 1.30 mins, so keep an eye on it. Once it is done, remove it and serve with a scoop of ice cream.
Chocolate Chip Mug Cake Recipe
- Mix all ingredients together and spoon it into a microwave safe coffee mug. Pop it in microwave. Top with more chocolate chips. cook for 1 min. Remove and serve.
Funfetti Birthday Mug Cake Recipe
- Mix all ingredients together and spoon it into a microwave safe coffee mug. Pop it in microwave and cook for 1 min. Remove and serve.
Vanilla Mug Cake Recipe
- Mix all ingredients in a bowl, except chocolate chips. Pour it into a microwave safe coffee mug. Microwave on high power (mine went to 800 watts) for 1.30 mins. Remove it and let it stand for a min. Top with chocolate chips and serve.
Video
Notes
- My microwave has a high power of 800 watts, if i t is more adjust the time accordingly.
- Add some white chocolate chips for making this as triple chocolate cake.
- Don't over bake the cake, else it will get dry.
- Use good quality chocolate and cocoa powder.
- Serve this warm with cold vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce for best taste.
- You can use the same bowl which you use to mix the batter for baking.
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Anonymous
Preheating needed or not?
Soumyaa Ram
Omg Aarthi!!! I can't wait to taste it ... Thank u so much... One doubt... Can we make it even skipping the coffee powder ? Just as a choco mud to go with ice cream?
sindhuja
Coffee is my favorite one...sure I will try tis...thanks for sharing aarthi. ..
enaan
Awesome...am gonna try it..
Torviewtoronto
fabulous to snack on 🙂
Anonymous
Hi aarthi... my belated birthday wishes to ur daughter.... cup cake looks awesome.... I ve tried this but always failed!I dono wer it goes wrong. .. can we do this in oven without convection mode ?.... pls let me kno....
Aarthi
@AnonymousThis cake has to be made in normal microwave mode, not in convection mode
Aarthi
@AnonymousThis cake has to be done in microwave mode, no preheating is needed
Aarthi
@Soumyaa RamYes u can make it by skipping coffee
Anonymous
I tried oreo bis cake....uffff classic shot
Unknown
Omg... Looks so Gud 😊 I love coffee .. I must try this ..thank u for sharing
Anonymous
What temperature has to be SET?
Aarthi
@AnonymousThere is no temp..It should be cooked on normal cooking mode on high.
Anonymous
Can you substitute baking soda with baking powder? If not what difference will it make? Also is meetha soda the same as baking soda? Thx ...too many querries:)
Aarthi
@AnonymousNo you cannot substitute. Baking powder will make the cake rise too much. Baking soda should be used. Yes meetha soda is called as baking soda.
Shrividya Madhava Rao
Loved it...just what i needed for a midnight snack. I tried it without baking soda and chocolate chip...it still tasting wonderful. I am having it with some choco sauce. Thanks.
Anonymous
Can I substitute the chocolate chips with any chocolate pieces.
Aarthi
@AnonymousU can use any chocolate piece
Anonymous
Can we make this skipping cocoa powder. Also like in Oreo biscuit cake recipe baking powder was used similarly can we use same instead of baking soda?
Aarthi
@AnonymousNo you cannot substitute baking powder with baking soda. And yes u can leave out cocoa and make this. But add flour to the amount of cocoa used in this cake
Anonymous
its so easy and look yummy i must try
Anonymous
Hey can i make it like cup cakes or not plzz tell???
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can pour it in small silicon cupcake mould and microwave but it will be cooked in few sec.
Sreeragha
How can it b done without oven ?
Aarthi
@SreeraghaU need microwave oven for this
Anonymous
It tastes superb... N ur measurement r exact so I loved it.. Thanx for the recipe 🙂
Rajeswari Murali
Arthi i tried tis out and it came out so wel. Thank you so much. Quick nd easy recipes are need whn kids are around nd tis held a lot.
Anonymous
Thanks for sharing this recipe, I never tried making cake, the one just raised my confidence, thanks a ton!
Anonymous
I tried dis today .bt m nt much happy vd d taste i got frm dis.also it was stiky kind of texture.pls tell me whr did i go wrong
Aarthi
@AnonymousI think u must have gone wrong with the measurements. Just try it once more.
Anonymous
Hi arthi.tanku fo ur repl.vl try dat fo sure.also pls tell me hw can i make whippin cream usin milk cream dat i got frm milk top at hom itself.also shud i add som sugr??
Aarthi
@AnonymousI think u cannot whip thaose cream. Haven't tried it so far. But if u want to whip them, first whip them till it gets thick, once it gets thick lightly, add in some icing sugar and whip till stiff.
Anonymous
Thanks for the post. Tried ur recipe and it came out really well. Keep posting..
-Suganya
Skylar Young
Thought I'd let you know that since I didn't have instant coffee while making this, I replaced the water/milk with actual coffee and it turned out fantastic! The coffee taste isn't too strong and it tastes very fresh. You should try it out!
Anonymous
I was suddenly craving fr something chocolaty n came across this recipe n it was so simple n I made it in a jiffy... Like someone had commented, I substituted 2tbsp milk with 2tbsp freshly brewed coffee n it turned out heavenly... It made me melt... One of the best microwave cakes I'd ever tasted.. Half of it I topped with buttercream frosting n half I topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream... I'm going crazy here over this cake... Thank you so much fr the wonderful recipe..
Anonymous
At wht temp i set oven..as there are 3 levels..
Aarthi
@Anonymousset temp to high
Anonymous
In one word, perfect!
Really amazing. I tried it out!
Make sure all u guys use the perfect measurements.
This will satisfy ur sudden choco cake cravings if u have chocolate in hand!
Anonymous
Can we use wheat flour instead of maida
I tried the cake 4 times n it became hard every time after 15 minutes....as hard as a cookie
Aarthi
@Anonymousi think u have over cooked it. Try reducing the cooking time.
Nik
What?? It erupted out in just half a minute 🙁
Mary Nowlin Bendfeldt
I just made this today. I think it is even better than the Nutella recipe I have tried before. Mine also took less than 2 minutes (1 min 45 sec). This definitely needs a tall mug since it bubbles up while baking! I happened to have coconut oil which was extra yummy. Thanks for a great recipe! I always look forward to your updates here in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Haritha Bolisetty
I tried this recipe today. The taste was amazing. It was super yummy. I had one problem though. I microwaved it for 1 min 30 secs only but it came out in a biscuit form. Any idea why it could have happened. I didn't have baking soda and hence used baking powder. Will that make any difference?
Aarthi
@Haritha Bolisettyeach microwave varies, so mcrowave it less next time. And dont sub baking soda with baking powder. Because they both are different
Sneha
Superhit!! Thanks a lot for the recipe.
Anonymous
Amazing simple recipe! I just kept it for 1 min 10 secs...it was a little hard...wat would be the reason?
Aarthi
@Anonymousi think then u have to reduce the timing
Anonymous
@Aarthi Hi Aarthi, I substituted baking soda with baking powder (for 1/4 tsp of soda, added 1/2 tsp of powder) and it came out equally good. It had the same texture and was just ready in 1 min 30 sec!
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi, Thank you for the simple recipe. Do you think we need a pinch of salt just to cut thru' the sweetness of sugar + choc? I tried the recipe once but found it overly sweet.
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can reduce the sugar and add pinch of salt
meenakshi bhaskar
how to make this in oven?
Aarthi
@meenakshi bhaskartis recipe is for microwave oven
DeepaShri Rajan
the taste of the cake was yummm.. but mine was lil rubbery. and also some mixture overflowed and spilled out while microwaving.. dont know where the pblm is.. pls guide. thank u..
Aarthi
@DeepaShri Rajani think u used too much of baking soda
DivyaBrijesh
Hi, I have a query, if I keep 2-3 mugs will the cooking time increase?
Aarthi
@DivyaBrijeshno everything will cook in the same timing
Esther M. Williams
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Robert jones
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Jane
Hi, what do you mean by cooking on high?. Like if I press the start button it starts from 30 seconds microwave cooking. What do u mean by "cooking on high"?
Aarthi
@Janeyes you have start it and cook. that is the high mode
Anu Karwal
mam...yeh thanda hone k baad rubber jaisa to nahi jo jayega na...isko garam garam serve krna hai???????
Aarthi
@Anu Karwalcan u ask in english, dont know hindi
surbhi
can i use any cup for baking.. i mean is it safe to bake in cup.. i have OTG
John
Thanks very much, Aarthi, it is a nice cake, must be very delicious, I have one question, can I use a bread maker to do the same thing?
Aarthi
not sure about breadmaker
Jtionn D
Do all the ingredients need to be of room temperature before using them?
Aarthi
yes it has to be
Jtionn D
Which sugar should I use? Normal or Powder?
Aarthi
use normal sugar
Sakshi Yadav
Wht should be the temp of oven ? 180* ?
Aarthi
This has to be cooked in normal microwave mode. Not in convection. SO set it in cook mode on microwave and cook
Uma
Thanks again and again! Enjoying my delicious coffee cake as I type - its YUM!
Anonymous
Yum it was... thank you
Abullah-Al- Mamun
Really easy &tasty recipe
Preethi
Hi.. Can u share best brand for vanilla essence and cocoa powder to buy??
Dia
Tried it with given measurement ...tasted excellent must try