3 Ingredient Mug Cake (2024)

Published: Jan 21, 2023 · Modified: Feb 8, 2024 by Dr. Erin Carter · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

This 3 ingredient mug cake is the best! It's rich, fudgy and chocolatey and ready to enjoy in less than 5 minutes. This single serving dessert is naturally gluten free, dairy free and refined sugar free too!

Why you will love this recipe:

• Even though it's made from scratch this chocolate mug cake recipe is so simple and easy to make and only requires 3 ingredients!
• This flourless mug cake has the best flavour - it's chocolatey, fudgy and so rich.
• The best part is that this single-serving dessert is ready to enjoy in less than 5 minutes! It's such a quick dessert recipe.
• It's made with pantry staple ingredients including maple syrup and cacao powder.
• This healthy mug cake is naturally gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free and paleo. Just note that this is not a keto mug cake recipe.
• This chocolate mug cake can be made with either cocoa powder or cacao powder.
• It's made with no flour, no butter, no milk, no soy milk, no coconut oil,no powdered sugar, no oil, no baking powder, and no refined sugar.
• This mug cake is cooked in a microwave so you don't need to heat up your house by turning on the oven.

If you love microwave mug cakes you will also love my chocolate caramel mug cake, chocolate almond flour mug cake recipe and gluten-free chocolate mug cake.

Taste and texture:

This homemade chocolate mug cake is rich, fudgy and chocolatey. It tastes like a dark chocolate brownie. It is never dry, but is so moist and decadent. It's perfect if you have a sweet craving and is the fastest way to make a chocolate cake that I know of.

Key ingredients and substitutions:

You should be able to find all of these basic ingredients at any local grocery store. For the exact measurements refer to the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

• Cacao powder - cacao powder is what gives this mug cake that delicious, dark chocolate flavour. Instead of cacao powder you can use cocoa powder.
• Egg - one egg is used to bind the ingredients in this cake together and help it rise when it cooks in the microwave.
• Maple syrup- maple syrup is used to naturally sweeten this delicious chocolate cake and keep it refined sugar free.

Step-by-step instructions:

Step one:

First, put the dry ingredients and wet ingredients into a large, microwave-safemug.

Step two:

Now whisk together the ingredients until you have a smooth batter and there are no clumps remaining.

Step three:

Place the mug in the microwave and heat it on high heat for approximately 60-70 seconds (until it puffs up and has a cake-like consistency).

Tips:

• I recommend using a large mug to make this gluten-free mugcake. If you use a short mug it might overflow when you cook it.
• Be sure to use a microwave-safe mug for this cake. Otherwise the mug might break or explode in the microwave.
• Be sure to stir or whisk the ingredients well so there aren't any clumps remaining.
• For best results don't cover the mug when you heat it in the microwave. If you do the cake ends up with more of a slimy texture or rubbery texture rather than a cakey texture.
• Let the cake cool for a couple minutes before adding the caramel and peanut toppings. This helps give the cake the perfect cake-like texture.
• Don't overcook this cake - if you cook it too long it will turn out more dry and crumbly rather than moist and fudgy.
• Cooking time may vary depending on the type of microwave you use.

Variations and optional ingredients:

• You can use cacao powder or cocoa powder to make this coffeemug cake.
• Feel free to add a handful ofchocolate chips to make this into a double chocolate mug cake.
• You could add some nuts such as chopped pecans or walnuts to give this mug cake even more texture.
• You could add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to give this cake even more flavour.
• Feel free to add a pinch of salt to the top of this chocolate cake. Salty chocolate is my favorite!

How to serve:

This mug cake is delicious served as is, but you could also top it with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, coconut whipped cream, fresh berries, vanilla yogurt, chocolate sauce or even chocolate chips.

You could also top this easy mug cake recipe with creamypeanut butter to turn it into a chocolate peanut butter mug cake or Nutella to turn it into a chocolate Nutella mug cake.

How to store:

This 3 ingredient chocolate cakeis best served right away but you could cover it and store it in the fridge overnight. I don't recommend trying to freeze mug cake.

Frequently asked questions:

Other recipes you will love:

• Vanilla protein mug cake
• Orange chocolate fudge
• Coffee cookies
• Chocolate coffee banana bread
• Chocolate almond butter bars
• Dairy free brownies with caramel

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