Chocolate Mug Cake

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.

More Mug Cake Recipes:

• Peanut Butter Mug Cake
• Pumpkin Mug Cake
• Vanilla Mug Cake

Recipe

4.95 from 1926 votes

Chocolate Mug Cake

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.

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Author Lauren Allen

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 1

Calories 363

Prep 4 minutes mins

Cook 1 minute min

Total 5 minutes mins

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Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 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

*Because all microwaves are different, it's difficult to give a precise cook time.  Start with 70 seconds, wait 1 minute while it cools, then look to see if it is set. Add an additional 15-25 seconds if needed. Allow it to rest in the microwave for 1 minute. The trick with mug cakes is to stop cooking the cake earlier than you think, because you want it to be soft on the inside, and the cake will also continue to cook as it cools.

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)

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.

Dairy-free: For a dairy-free chocolate mug cake, substitute almond or soy milk, use dairy-free butter or coconut oil, and dairy free chocolate chips.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 363kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 5gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 125mgPotassium: 183mgFiber: 2gSugar: 29gVitamin A: 73IUCalcium: 128mgIron: 2mg

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I originally shared this recipe July 2019. Updated January 2022.

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