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An easy microwave Vanilla Mug Cake (made without eggs) that's the fastest way to make dessert for one or two. Enjoy it plain, add nutella, or stir in a handful of chocolate chips and you're on your way to dessert bliss.
After I created my Chocolate Mug Cake recipe, I realized that nothing beats a cake you can prep in 1 minute, bake in 1 minute, and enjoy without having leftovers for days. Check out all my dessert recipes for more inspiration.
Vanilla Mug Cake
Some people may think I'm exaggerating when I say that Mug Cakes changed my life, but seriously, we're talking about a personalized serving of delicious cake, made in just about 5 minutes!
If you think it's too good to be true then I challenge you to give it a try! And, if chocolate is more your thing, then try my chocolate mug cake instead! If you love cake and baked goods like I do then I'm telling you, your sweet tooth cravings have met their match!
Here's what you'll need to make vanilla mug cake:
- all-purpose flour: cake flour also works.
- white sugar
- baking powder
- dash salt
- butter
- milk: any kind will work.
- vanilla
- sprinkles
Vanilla Mug Cake in 3 Easy Steps:
- Add the dry ingredients to a microwave safe mug; flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Stir in the wet ingredients: milk, melted butter, and vanilla. Add sprinkles, if desired.
- Microwave for 70-90 seconds.
For healthier mug cake, make these swaps:
- Milk: substitute skim milk
- Sugar: Cut the amount in half, or substitute an artificial sugar sweetener or honey. You could also leave out the sprinkles.
- Butter: replace with applesauce, or coconut oil
- Flour: use white whole wheat flour
Additional add-in ideas:
- Small scoop of Nutella
- chocolate chips (or other flavored chips)
- Small scoop of peanut butter
- Coconut
- Nuts
- Cinnamon
Can you make mug cakes dairy free?
You bet! For dairy free mug cake, substitute almond or soy milk and use dairy-free butter or coconut oil.
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Vanilla Mug Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¼ cup +1 ½ teaspoons all-purpose flour, (35 g)
- 2 tablespoons sugar, (25 g)
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, (1 g)
- dash salt
- 2 tablespoon butter, , melted (28 g)
- 3 tablespoon milk, (45 ml)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, (2.5 ml)
- 1 teaspoon sprinkles, (4 g)
Instructions
- Add flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt to a mug and stir together.
- Stir in milk, melted butter, and vanilla extract until smooth, being sure to scrape the bottom of the mug. Stir in sprinkles.
- Cook in microwave for 70-90 seconds* (until cake is just set, but still barely shiny on top). Allow to rest in microwave for 1 minute before consuming.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Definitely the best mug cake recipe I’ve ever tried!!!
Best mug cake I’ve ever tried. Other recipes always turned out with a rubbery texture. This one is amazing, delicious & hit the spot. I accidentally added too much vanilla & was still crave-worthy. Will make again. Thank you for sharing your fabulous recioe.
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This recipie was a huge suscess!! So easy!! So moist!! Would totally recommend!
I so appreciate your Vanilla Mug Cake recipe! My hubby and I are now addicted so I must make it every night. Thank you for making it easy to enjoy a nightly dessert without much effort.
OMG!!!! This is the best mug cake ever!!!! All the other mug cake recipes i have made have been really tough and were gross, this mug cake however was delish and had a nice texture. When I made this i used less sugar but I used brown sugar and I also added in some cinnamon and it was soo yum. Thanks so much!!!!!!
It was absolutely delicious loved it! However I did make one for me and my brother and got a bit of a stomach ache!
I tried a few different vanilla mug cake recipes and this was by far the BEST one! I’m a new fan of this site b/c of this alone.
I loved this, to make it even better though try adding half a tsp of cinnamon, a quarter tsp of pumpkin pie spice, and 2 tsp of maple syrup
Loved it I make when Im craving something sweet. instead of sprinkles I put choclate chip,s its sooooooooo good thats for the recipe!
It turned out great. I put it in for 70 seconds, I think 60 seconds would be fine. I added vanilla chips to it and topped off with whipped cream, I will definitely make this again.
This recipe is really good I make it when I crave something sweet. I recommend adding 1/4 cup of self raiding flour instead of all purpose and not adding salt and baking powder as it turns out much nicer and fluffier. I tried thee actual recipe and it was a disaster.
This recipe was really good. I left in microwave full 90 seconds. It was too long and still tasted good . It was fun to make at home instead of buying pre-made recipes at a store. Honestly from scratch taste way better.
this was dry and didn’t even cook at all it had way to much flour so it will never turn out right. This recipe was horrible 1 out of 5
It had both too much flour and baking soda.
Did you mean baking powder? Baking soda is something completely different and would totally change the taste to icky.
Easy and really tasty vanilla cake! I didn’t have eggs and this recipe was perfect to satisfy my sweet tooth.
Loved this recipe!! I couldn’t decide on mix-ins, so I went a little overboard. Lol I added a few chocolate chips to the top of the batter, cooked it, then added a drizzle of chocolate syrup, half a sliced banana, and a sprinkle of cinnamon. I stirred the whole thing up before eating (also cools faster this way). It was delicious! Will definitely be trying this again
Very tasty warm out of microwave with a small scoop of ice cream & cherries on top!
Recommend this tasty quick & easy recipe!
I made this cake in a mug and it was the best thing I have ever tasted in my life. Recommend everyone to try this recipe.
In my opinion this is not a real “in a mug” recipe because it requires you to melt the butter separately, which uses an additional recipient of some kind. That’s one dirty dish too many in my eyes, since I am the only dish washer here.
I melted the butter in my mug, then mixed the rest in. Came out the same. The dry are going in with the rest in second step so it changes nothing.
You could use oil to avoid the extra step, but it wouldn’t taste as good. You could also melt the butter in your mug first, thus skipping another thing to wash.