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This microwave Chocolate Mug Cake recipe will become your new obsession; it's the easiest and fastest way to make dessert for one or two, and you wont believe how delicious it is! This mug cake recipe is made with chocolate chips and no eggs.
My late-night sweet tooth is a real thing and it has led to the creation of some of my favorite dessert recipes, like S'mores Bars, Blintzes, and Monster Cookies. But nothing beats a chocolate cake in a mug or cup in just one minute, in the microwave!
I tried my first mug cake recipe a few years ago and it was a disaster. A few days later I tried another recipe. Again, a disaster. Most recipes were dry and tasteless, and contained eggs.
Inspired by my favorite chocolate cake recipe, I set out to develop a rich chocolate mug cake without eggs (you don't need a whole egg, for only one serving of cake), that wasn't dry or spongy and that satisfied my chocolate cake craving. I'm so excited to share the best chocolate mug cake recipe with you!
Ingredients Needed:
- All-Purpose Flour and granulated sugar
- Cocoa Powder, Baking Powder, and Salt
- Milk
- Canola Oil or Melted Butter
- Vanilla Extract
- Chocolate Chips
How to make a Chocolate Mug Cake:
Combine Dry Ingredients: Pour flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in your mug.
Add Wet Ingredients: Pour in milk, canola oil, and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth.
Stir in Chocolate Chips.
Microwave: Cook in the microwave then let this easy chocolate mug cake rest for one minute before diving in!
Additional Add-In Ideas:
- Nutella: small scoop
- Peanut Butter: small scoop
- Coconut flakes
- Nuts
- Cinnamon: just a small pinch
- Flavored chocolate chips (peanut butter, mint, butterscotch)
For a Healthier Mug Cake:
- Sugar: Cut the amount in half, or substitute an artificial sugar sweetener or honey.
- Oil: Replace with applesauce, or coconut oil.
- Flour: Use white whole wheat flour.
Can I make it dairy free?
To make dairy-free chocolate mug cake, substitute almond milk or soy milk, use non-dairy butter or coconut oil, and dairy free chocolate chips.
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Recipe
Chocolate Mug Cake
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour (23 g)
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar (25 g)
- 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder (7.5 g)
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder (1 g)
- dash salt (0.5 g)
- 3 tablespoons milk (any kind of milk) (45 ml)
- 1 tablespoons canola oil (or melted butter) (15 ml)
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract (0.6 ml)
- 1 tsp chocolate chips , or your favorite flavor baking chips (5 g)
Instructions
- Spray the bottom of a microwave-safe mug or coffee cup lightly with cooking spray.Add flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt and stir together.
- Add milk, canola oil, and vanilla extract and stir until smooth, being sure to scrape the bottom of the mug. Stir in chocolate chips or sprinkle them on top.
- Cook in microwave for 70-90 seconds (see note) until cake is just set, but still barely shiny on top. (see notes below). Allow to rest in microwave for 1 minute before consuming.
Notes
- Nutella: small scoop
- Peanut Butter: small scoop
- Coconut flakes
- Nuts
- Cinnamon: just a small pinch
- Flavored chocolate chips (peanut butter, mint, butterscotch)
- Sugar: Cut the amount in half, or substitute an artificial sugar sweetener or honey.
- Oil: Replace with applesauce, or coconut oil.
- Flour: Use white whole wheat flour.
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I originally shared this recipe July 2019. Updated January 2022.
dudes I don’t normally leave reviews BUT. this is the only mug cake recipe I’ve found that actually has the texture and taste of cake. I sifted all my dry ingredients, so keep that in mind.
i rank mug cakes. this is the best so far. use butter!!!
Best mug cake recipe I’ve ever made. Super easy and the best single serve dessert!
This is the best mug cake recipe I’ve ever tried. I’ve made it several times with great results each time. This is my new go to late night craving treat!
I have tried so many mug cake recipes throughout the years and this is truly the best one! So So good
Best chocolate mug cake I’ve ever made!
The only chocolate mug cake recipe you will ever need. It’s absolutely perfect!! I made it two days in a row.. will be a challenge not to make it everyday.
favorite chocolate mug cake recipe! always a go to when im having a late night chocolate craving. super moist and i really like how the chocolate chips make it so fudgy. perfection.
Thank you!!! This is a perfect recipe and exactly what I was looking for! I’m so glad that when I searched for a single serving Hershey’s Chocolate Cake recipe, it brought me to you! For decades that was our go-to recipe, but we don’t want a 9×13 or even an 8×8 cake anymore. Thank you so much for figuring it out for the rest of us! (I did make a small change, to bump up the chocolate flavor I added an additional 1 Tbsp. of cocoa, so I reduced the flour to 2 Tbsp., and in the end I needed to add about 1 Tbsp. water to make it the right consistency. It cooked perfectly in 90 seconds. We LOVED it, it tasted just like we remembered!)
Best mug cake recipe.
I used whole-wheat flour and subbed sugar with a tbsp date syrup. A big spoonful of Greek yogurt on top once cooked, delicious
Worst very dry and not how much u should add
Hi, coconut oil is not healthier than seed oil.
Great recipe though
Substitute the milk for 1 tbs of water and 2 tbs of sour cream. It’s very rich and moist.
5 stars!! If anyone did not like this then they must have done it wrong. 85 seconds and it was perfect. I put some Xtra choc chips in and when it was done I put icecream on it. I also used veg oil and it worked fine
This chocolate mug cake is fantastic! Unlike some comments, on my opinion it has a great chocolatey flavour! I didn’t have any chocolate chips so I replaced them with a lotus biscuit chocolate bar chunks which worked very well. The only part of the recipe I think I would change is the microwave time. I had my microwave on its highest setting (1000 watts) and found it was still stogy and uncooked after 70 seconds so I did another 20 seconds taking it up to 90, but found it needed longer. In total I cooked it for 1 minute 50 seconds. It’s was lovely and fluffy! Hope this helps!
Very Airy and explodes in the microwave but still Tates good.