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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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I LOVE IT SO MUCHHHH whoever made this I love you
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
Made this for my kids at their request. Followed recipe to a tee. Cooked for 70 seconds and that was enough. Tasted horrible. Both kids spit it immediately. Dry sponge. Very little taste.
It tastes gross. Followed it exactly the way they said and it’s awful. Never trying it again
I have made this 3 times so far. I was too lazy to dirty a measuring cup so I guessed the measurements and it still turned out amazing.
I had a hankerin’ for cake so I did a search for microwave cake and found this. I doubled the recipe and added crushed Mexican chocolate instead of sprinkles. It took 1 minute 45 seconds and was still a little gooey on the top in the center. It looked awful but tasted good!
Would it make a big difference if the flour is whole wheat or will it still turn out great?
It will just have a slightly more dense texture.
i used whole wheat and it was still delicious! more of a cakey texture though.
Super quick and yummy! I love funfetti cake and this recipe was great. Didn’t need to make icing either. Would totally make again
hate it super bad
very disapointing
Taste like a pancake
It didn’t work for me. The cake came out really raw even though I microwaved it for longer than the recipe said to. It was really gross and I could only have one bite although it was probably my fault not the recipe’s fault.
I hate mug cake, but was in a pinch.
This is THE BEST mug cake. Follow the directions of cooking only for 70 seconds. In my case I needed 85 seconds total. I also added a Tablespoon of chocolate chips. Next time I’ll use Monkfruit Sugar and Soy Milk. But this was really good.