A simple and easy dessert to replicate at home, the mug cake is the perfect snack for midnight sweet cravings, too. Mug cakes are the easiest and most convenient form of dessert, ever. Eating a mug cake ensures that all the crumbs of your delicious bake fall right into the cup. Mug cakes aren’t only meant for your sole consumption; they are pretty awesome to have at a party, too. This versatile dessert has a crowd pull as the portion is just right per person, for a one-time binge, making second helpings unnecessary. You could serve mug cakes at your next party and break the old trend of plated desserts. Making a mug cake is extremely easy, and all you require to have is a massive microwave-friendly coffee mug and a few basic baking ingredients. Here are some simple mug cake recipes that you could try out, even if you’re an amateur baker.
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Vanilla & Peanut Butter Mug Cake
Good quality vanilla extract mixed with refined flour, leavening agents, sugar, milk and birthday sprinkles makes for a colourful and extremely simple vanilla mug cake that will take you back to simpler times. Add a spin to it with some peanut butter as well. Smooth peanut butter with chocolate chips, milk, sugar and refined flour makes for a lovely nut butter cake that is to die for! If you're going for texture in your cake, swap out smooth peanut butter for crunchy peanut butter, and your mug cake will still come out the other side, all yummy and nutty!
Red Velvet Mug Cake
Make red velvet cake in a mug and relish the decadent flavours in the comfort of your home. In a mug, combine the flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Then add some milk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, white vinegar, and red food colouring. Make a smooth batter and bake it for 2-3 minutes. Watch how the cake rises beautifully and enjoy it straight from the mug once it's done. The red velvet beauty is believed to have been created somewhere around the 1800s. It was the Victorian Era when the demand for luxury cakes with cocoa started to rise. The cakes started to be called ‘velvet’ because of being served at fancy parties. The word ‘velvet’ would help the guests understand that the cake is smoother and softer.
Peanut Butter Banana Mug Cake
This recipe is dedicated to those who can't imagine life without peanut butter. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, milk, mashed banana, and peanut butter in a mug. Add chocolate chips if you like. Then make a lump-free mixture for better baking. Bake it for 1-2 minutes and sprinkle chocolate chips on top before serving. Perfect for late-night dessert cravings or lazy sweet cravings, it transforms overripe bananas into absolute comfort with a spoon. Easy, enjoyable, and, to be honest, far better than it should be.
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Funfetti Mug Cake
What is life if not for enjoying single-serve treats that you are not required to share? If you too think the same, try your hands on this rainbow coloured funfetti mug cake, which takes just a few minutes to prepare and tastes like birthday cake. Try your hands on this rainbow coloured funfetti mug cake, which takes just 1 minute to prepare and tastes like birthday cake. This kind of mug cake is a perfect dessert to celebrate everyday small achievements and is enough to leave one weak in the knees, asking for more. However, if you do want to store up funfetti cake, keep it covered in an airtight container or cake keeper, and it will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or at room temperature for up to 3 days. Serve or binge eat after bringing it to room temperature.
Vegan Lemon Mug Cake
A singlе sеrving of vеgan lеmon mug cakе is a sеnsation that boasts a luscious blеnd of vеgan ingrеdiеnts, marrying thе zing of frеsh lеmon with plant-basеd goodnеss. Its tеxturе is a harmonious dancе bеtwееn moist and fluffy, achiеvеd through thе carеful balancе of ingrеdiеnts and a quick microwavе tеchniquе. It fеaturеs vеgan ingrеdiеnts likе maplе syrup, coconut oil, sugar, flour, almond milk, lеmon zеst, and lеmon juicе. Enjoy thе vibrant burst of citrus flavours, complеmеntеd by thе subtlе swееtnеss of plant-basеd swееtеnеrs. This dеlеctablе trеat is a tеstamеnt to thе vеrsatility of vеgan baking, proving that еthical choicеs can coеxist with irrеsistiblе tastе and tеxturе.