"Cake in a Mug" Duo
A few years ago I ran across a wonderful post on Diethood which had links to a collection of microwaved 'cakes in a mug'. I copied several of the recipes and even made one ... a "Strawberries and Cream" version. I served it with some macerated strawberries on top.
It was tasty but, for some reason, I never tried any of the other recipes in the collection I saved. Until this week.
By the way, I heartily recommend checking out Katerina's blog. She's a talented home chef, wife and mother of two young girls, and a beautiful person, inside and out.
Chocolate and Peanut Butter 'Cake in a Mug'
Chocolate and Peanut Butter 'Cake in a Mug' - makes 1 cake
Dry ingredients: 1 tbsp all purpose flour, 1 tbsp cocoa, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tbsp brown sugar
Wet ingredients: 1 egg, 2 tbsp peanut butter
Add ins: 1 tbsp chocolate chips
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients and combine. Add the chocolate chips, giving the 'batter' a quick stir.
Pour the batter into a mug. Make sure that your batter only fills about 1/3 of the mug because it will rise A LOT.
Place the mug into the microwave and cook for 1 min 45 sec or 2 min on 80 % power.
Trial 1: Cake cooked for 2 minutes. Good texture (maybe a touch too firm) and taste. I'll try 1 min 45 sec next time.
Blueberry 'Cake in a Mug'
Blueberry 'Cake in a Mug' - makes 1 cake
Dry ingredients: 5 tbsp all purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 3-4 tbsp granulated sugar
Wet ingredients: 1 egg, 2 tbsp blueberry yogurt, 1 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 tsp vanilla extract
Add ins: 2 tbsp frozen or fresh blueberries
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients and combine. Add the blueberries, giving the 'batter' a quick stir.
Pour the batter into a mug. Make sure that your batter only fills about 1/3 of the mug because it will rise A LOT.
Place the mug into the microwave and cook for 1 min 45 sec or 2 min on 80 % power.
Trial 1: Cake cooked for 1 min 45 sec. Texture of the cake was very good, more tender compared to the slightly tougher one of the chocolate and peanut butter one that was cooked longer.
Crumb of the cake
I split open the 'cake' to see the distribution of the frozen blueberries. Everything was great UNTIL I tasted it and realized that I had forgotten to add the sugar.
So I poured the rest of the container of blueberry yogurt over the top and dug in. A tablespoon of sweetened whipped cream would have worked too. Or maybe some honey.
It was tasty but, for some reason, I never tried any of the other recipes in the collection I saved. Until this week.
By the way, I heartily recommend checking out Katerina's blog. She's a talented home chef, wife and mother of two young girls, and a beautiful person, inside and out.
Chocolate and Peanut Butter 'Cake in a Mug'
Chocolate and Peanut Butter 'Cake in a Mug' - makes 1 cake
Dry ingredients: 1 tbsp all purpose flour, 1 tbsp cocoa, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tbsp brown sugar
Wet ingredients: 1 egg, 2 tbsp peanut butter
Add ins: 1 tbsp chocolate chips
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients and combine. Add the chocolate chips, giving the 'batter' a quick stir.
Pour the batter into a mug. Make sure that your batter only fills about 1/3 of the mug because it will rise A LOT.
Place the mug into the microwave and cook for 1 min 45 sec or 2 min on 80 % power.
Trial 1: Cake cooked for 2 minutes. Good texture (maybe a touch too firm) and taste. I'll try 1 min 45 sec next time.
Blueberry 'Cake in a Mug'
Blueberry 'Cake in a Mug' - makes 1 cake
Dry ingredients: 5 tbsp all purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 3-4 tbsp granulated sugar
Wet ingredients: 1 egg, 2 tbsp blueberry yogurt, 1 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 tsp vanilla extract
Add ins: 2 tbsp frozen or fresh blueberries
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients and combine. Add the blueberries, giving the 'batter' a quick stir.
Pour the batter into a mug. Make sure that your batter only fills about 1/3 of the mug because it will rise A LOT.
Place the mug into the microwave and cook for 1 min 45 sec or 2 min on 80 % power.
Trial 1: Cake cooked for 1 min 45 sec. Texture of the cake was very good, more tender compared to the slightly tougher one of the chocolate and peanut butter one that was cooked longer.
Crumb of the cake
I split open the 'cake' to see the distribution of the frozen blueberries. Everything was great UNTIL I tasted it and realized that I had forgotten to add the sugar.
So I poured the rest of the container of blueberry yogurt over the top and dug in. A tablespoon of sweetened whipped cream would have worked too. Or maybe some honey.