Best Coffee Mug Cake Recipes

COFFEE MUG CAKE

Steps:

• Stir 1 tablespoon softened butter and white sugar together in a coffee mug until fluffy; stir egg, sour cream, and vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Add 1/4 cup flour and baking powder into the mixture; stir until smooth.
• Mix 2 tablespoons flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Mash 1 tablespoon butter into the flour mixture with a fork or pastry cutter until mixture is crumbly; sprinkle over the cake batter in the mug.
• Cook in microwave oven on high for 1 minute. Continue cooking in 10-second intervals until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.

COFFEE CAKE IN A MUG

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a microwave-safe mug until softened, about 10 seconds. Stir white sugar into butter until dissolved. Mix 1/4 cup flour, applesauce, baking powder, vanilla extract, and salt into butter-sugar mixture until batter is smooth.
• Mix 2 teaspoons flour, 1 teaspoon butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl using your hands until the texture of lumpy sand is reached; sprinkle over batter.
• Cook in the microwave until coffeecake appears to be barely set, 50 to 80 seconds. Cool before eating.

EASY COFFEE MUG CAKE

Steps:

• Mix flour, coffee, creamer, and sugar together in a microwave-safe mug.
• Microwave on high power until cake looks done in the middle, about 3 minutes. Let stand for 1 minute before serving.

COFFEE MUG CAKE

Steps:

• Using a 10 to 16 ounce microwave safe coffee mug, spray the insides with the non stick spray.
• Add 7 TBS of the box cake mix. (Save the rest of the mix in a sealed container for later use.).
• Next add the oil and water to the cup and mix thoroughly.
• Finally, add the egg and mix well.
• Place in microwave and microwave on high for 3 minutes. The cake may rise above the top of the cup, but don't worry. When finished, check center with a toothpick. If pick comes out clean, then the cake is done.
• Allow to cool for several minutes and then turn cake out onto a dish or serve right in the coffee mug.
• Remember microwave strengths may vary and this might alter your time.

COFFEE MUG CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Required: 1 coffee mug.
• Add dry ingredients to coffee mug and mix well.
• Add the egg and mix well.
• Add milk and oil and mix well.
• Add vanilla, chocolate chips and nuts if desired.
• Put the mug in the microwave and cook on high for 3 minutes.
• The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed. Allow to cool a little and tip out onto a plate if desired.

LIGHT COFFEE MUG CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Use one large coffee mug.
• Combine dry ingredients in coffee mug.
• Add egg, milk, lemon juice, oil & vanilla to cup - mix well.
• Add any optional ingredients, if desired.
• Place the coffee mug in the microwave and cook on high for 3 minutes.
• As it cooks, the cake will rise above the cup but shouldn't make a mess (larger cups ensure this).
• Cool a couple of minutes and enjoy!

COFFEE MUG MOLTEN CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR TWO RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Microwave butter and chopped chocolate in large bowl, stirring often, until melted, about 1 minute. Whisk sugar, eggs, cocoa, vanilla, and salt into chocolate mixture until smooth. In separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Whisk flour mixture into chocolate mixture until combined. Divide batter evenly between 2 (11-ounce) coffee mugs. Place mugs on opposite sides of microwave turntable. Microwave at 50 percent power for 45 seconds. Stir batter and microwave at 50 percent power for 45 seconds (batter will rise to just below rim of mug). Press 2 chocolate pieces into center of each cake until chocolate is flush with top of cake. Microwave at 50 percent power for 35 seconds (cake should be slightly wet around edges of mug and somewhat drier toward center). Let cakes rest for 2 minutes. Serve.

COFFEE MUG MOLTEN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• We developed this recipe in a full-size, 1200-watt microwave. If you're using a compact microwave with 800 watts or fewer, increase the cooking time to 90 seconds for each interval. For either size microwave, reset to 50 percent power at each stage of cooking. Use a mug that holds at least 11 ounces, or the batter will overflow. The bittersweet chocolate is added at two points. 1. Microwave butter and chopped chocolate in large bowl, stirring often, until melted, about 1 minute. Whisk sugar, eggs, cocoa, vanilla, and salt into chocolate mixture until smooth. In separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Whisk flour mixture into chocolate mixture until combined. Divide batter evenly between 2 (11-ounce) coffee mugs. 2. Place mugs on opposite sides of microwave turntable. Microwave at 50 percent power for 45 seconds. Stir batter and microwave at 50 percent power for 45 seconds (batter will rise to just below rim of mug). Press 2 chocolate pieces into center of each cake until chocolate is flush with top of cake. Microwave at 50 percent power for 35 seconds (cake should be slightly wet around edges of mug and somewhat drier toward center). Let cakes rest for 2 minutes. Serve.

GLUTEN FREE COFFEE CAKE IN A MUG

Steps:

• 1. Using a 12 ounce microwave safe mug, soften 1 tablespoon butter in the microwave. Just 10 seconds. Stir in sugar until creamy, then add sour cream and just a few drops of vanilla extract. Mix well, then add the gluten free flour mix and the baking powder.
• 2. In a separate ramekin or small bowl, combine crumb topping ingredients. Mix with your fingers until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add the crumb topping to the mixture in the mug.
• 3. Start with 1 minute on high, adding 10 seconds and checking until it looks done to you. My microwave is 1100 watts, and it took 1 minute 20 seconds for this cake to cook. HERE IS THE IMPORTANT BIT! It's going to be very hot when you take it out of the microwave, so let the cake sit for a minute and cool down. Then go ahead and dig in!

CAKE IN COFFEE MUG GIFT

Steps:

• 1. Place dry cake mix and dry pudding mix into a large bowl and blend well with a whisk. This will be about 4 to 4 1/2 cups dry mix and will make 8 or 9 coffee cup cake mixes. Place 1/2 cup dry mix into a sandwich bag. Place mix into a corner of the bag and tie it there with a twist tie. Continue making packets until all your dry mix is used. Suggested Flavor Combinations: Lemon cake mix - lemon pudding Yellow cake mix - chocolate pudding Devils food cake mix - chocolate pudding Pineapple cake mix - coconut pudding Butterscotch cake mix - butterscotch pudding Select a large coffee mug. Make sure that it contains no metallic paint as it will be used in the microwave. Check it to ensure that it holds 1 1/2 cups of water.
• 2. Decorating the cups: (optional) Paint on the cup if you like. DecoArt Ultra Gloss Acrylic Enamel is one brand of craft paint that can be made dishwasher safe by baking the painted cup in the oven (instructions are on the bottle of paint). Glaze Mix: 1/3 cup confectioners sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons dry flavoring* * powdered lemonade mix, powdered orange breakfast drink mix, cocoa powder, vanilla powder (sold by coffee flavorings) NOTES Select the flavoring appropriate to the cake you are making. For the pineapple coconut cake include flaked coconut in a separate bag with instructions to sprinkle it over the frosted cake. Place the glaze mix ingredients into a sandwich bag and tie into corner of bag. Label this bag Glaze Mix and attach it to the other bag with a twist tie. Place one baggie cake mix and one baggie glaze mix in each coffee cup. Now attach the following baking instructions to each coffee cup: Bake a cake in a coffee cup. Generously spray inside of coffee cup with cooking spray. Empty contents of large packet into cup. Add 1 egg white, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and 1 tablespoon water to dry mix. Mix for 15 seconds, carefully mixing in all the dry mix. Microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes.( you may not get satisfactory results in a low wattage small microwave). While cake is cooking , place ingredients from Glaze Mix into a very small container and add 1 1/2 teaspoons water. Mix well. When cake is done, pour glaze over cake in cup. Enjoy while warm.

COFFEE MUG MOLTEN CHOCOLATE CAKE FOR TWO

Steps:

• Microwave butter and chopped chocolate in large bowl, stirring often, until melted, about 1 minute. Whisk sugar, eggs, cocoa, vanilla, and salt into chocolate mixture until smooth. In separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Whisk flour mixture into chocolate mixture until combined. Divide batter evenly between 2 (11-ounce) coffee mugs.
• Place mugs on opposite sides of microwave turntable. Microwave at 50 percent power for 45 seconds. Stir batter and microwave at 50 percent power for 45 seconds (batter will rise to just below rim of mug). Press 2 chocolate pieces into center of each cake until chocolate is flush with top of cake. Microwave at 50 percent power for 35 seconds (cake should be slightly wet around edges of mug and somewhat drier toward center). Let cakes rest for 2 minutes. Serve.
• We developed this recipe in a full-size, 1200-watt microwave. If you're using a compact microwave with 800 watts or fewer, increase the cooking time to 90 seconds for each interval. For either size microwave, reset to 50 percent power at each stage of cooking. Use a mug that holds at least 11 ounces, or the batter will overflow. The bittersweet chocolate is added at two points.

5 MINUTE COFFEE MUG CAKE

Steps:

• Add dry ingredients to mug. Mix well.
• Add egg. Mix thoroughly.
• Add milk and oil. Mix well.
• Cook in mug in microwave (1000 watts) for 3 minutes. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
• Allow to cool a little. Tip out onto a plate if desired.