Easy Chocolate Cake Mug Cake
Our easy chocolate cake mug cake is just as moist and tender as traditional chocolate cake because it is cake! This rich, single-serve cake in a mug is full of classic flavor and texture, making it a fun idea for family desserts, parties, or an afternoon snack.
If you’ve ever wanted a slice of cake but thought making a full-sized cake was out of the question, this is the recipe for you. It gives you the perfect chocolate cake portion every time, and it’s always moist, tender, delicious, and, above all, EASY.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Basic Ingredients: This is a basic cake recipe, albeit in a tiny form. That means you only need basic baking ingredients.
- Easy: This is a simple recipe, requiring only mixing, pouring, and microwaving!
- Authentic Flavor: It’s a REAL chocolate cake with real chocolate cake flavor and texture.
- Versatile: This is a fun dessert for weeknight dinners, parties, or special occasions.
🛒Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Granulated sugar
- Baking powder
- Milk
- Butter – melted
- Vanilla extract
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Double Chocolate Cake: Add chocolate chips for a chocolate-chocolate chip cake.
- Coffee: Add just a touch of coffee to enhance the flavor of the cake.
- Chocolate Caramel Cake: Press a caramel square into the center of the cake batter for a chocolate cake with a caramel center.
- Frosting: Top with your favorite frosting or whipped cream.
🥄 Equipment
List of equipment needed to make this recipe.
- coffee mug
- spoon
- measuring spoon
🔪 How to Make This Easy Chocolate Cake Mug Cake
- Whisk the dry ingredients in a small bowl. Then, stir in the wet ingredients until just combined.
- Pour the batter into a large, microwaveable mug and cook on high for a minute.
- If a toothpick inserted into the center doesn’t come out clean, continue microwaving at 30-second intervals until it does.
- Cool slightly and enjoy with your favorite toppings.
💭 Tips
- Measure carefully to ensure the correct amount of ingredients.
- Mix your ingredients until just combined. Be careful. It’s easy to overmix such a small amount of batter!
- Use a microwaveable, non-porous mug to make this recipe.
🥫 Storage
This is a single-serve cake, so there should be no need to store leftovers. If you do have leftovers, you can refrigerate them in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Serve With
This is a classic chocolate cake in a mug, so we like to pair it with classic dinners like garlic butter chicken and rice, apple cider-glazed pork chops, and slow cooker pot roast.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
It’s hard to believe, but a mug cake is a cake in a mug. Using a fraction of the ingredients in the correct proportions, mug cakes taste just like regular cakes because they are regular cakes.
It’s always best to use at least a 6—to 8-ounce mug. The larger, the better. Mug cakes rise and can overflow from a smaller mug.
Rubbery mug cakes are usually the result of overmixing the batter, which is easy to do with such a small amount. When mixing mug cake batter, be sure to only mix until everything is combined.
In baking, just combined means mixing the wet and dry ingredients until the dry ingredients are moistened. The batter will usually be lumpy, but that’s okay!
🍽 More Mug Cake Recipes
If this mug cake sounds good, check out our Baileys strawberry mug cake and Grinch mug cake!
🧾Recipe Card
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Easy Chocolate Cake Mug Cake
Equipment
- coffee mug – microwave safe
- Spoon
- measuring spoon
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 3 tablespoons butter melted
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, and baking powder.
- Stir in the milk, melted butter, and vanilla just until combined.
- Pour the cake batter into a large microwave safe mug. Microwave on high for 1 minutes, then check for doneness. A toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean. Continue microwaving in 30 second intervals if needed until the cake is done.
- Cool slightly then add the toppings of your choice and enjoy.
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
