Mug cakes tend to be dry, this one succeeds at being reasonably moist and tasting like… Chocapic breakfast cereals?

Ingredients (1 large1 mug)

  • 30 grams salted butter
  • 1 large egg
  • 50 grams sugar
  • 12 grams unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 15 ml olive oil2
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 45 ml milk
  • 30 grams flour
  • 1 gram baking powder

Preparation

  • melt the butter in your mug
  • whisk together the melted butter, sugar, oil, egg, cocoa, and vanilla until smooth
  • add milk and whisk until combined
  • add flour and baking powder, folding gently until you no longer see dry flour (don’t overmix)

Cooking

  • microwave on high for 1 minute 30 seconds3
  • let rest for a couple minutes before eating

Credits

This is based on Chef John’s Minute Chocolate Mug Cake.

  1. You could also do two smaller coffee-cups worth of cake, in which case you will want to reduce the baking time. ↩︎

  2. This, and limiting the time in the microwave, is the secret to a moist cake. ↩︎

  3. Depending on your microwave, start checking at 45 seconds. The cake should rise, look set on top but still be moist on the inside. ↩︎