This is a recipe for a basic yellow mug cake. It might be a bit dry but it is perfect when you want cake in under five minutes. Feel free to add fruits, lemon juice/zests, chocolate chunks, or anything else really, to make it fancy!

Ingredients (one bowl of cake):

  • 1 egg1
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 4 tablespoons of flour
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder2
  • 3 tablespoons of milk
  • 1 tablespoon of salted butter3

Preparation:

  • mix the egg with the sugar
  • add the flour and baking powder, mix
  • add the milk, mix
  • melt the butter in the microwave, add it and mix
  • add any additional (flavoring) ingredient

Cooking:

  • microwave about 1min204

Credits:

This is my take on this recipe.

  1. The smallest you have on hand will be perfect. You can also, and it works surprisingly well, substitute it for a similar amount of yogurt. ↩︎

  2. Don’t hesitate to be generous with the baking powder. This cake can tend to be too compact. ↩︎

  3. I know, it is a terrible measuring unit for butter. However, here we are going for easy no-fuss measurements so spoons it is. In a pinch, you can replace the butter with olive oil. ↩︎

  4. Baking time will vary depending on your microwave. If your mug cake needs more cooking, add time in slices of 10 seconds until you are happy with the result. ↩︎