Delicious chocolate cake made in a mug and ready in just one minute!
I was lost in a Pinterest rabbit hole the other day. When this 3-2-1 mug cake was in front of me I was fascinated.
I mean, literally in 1 minute the cake was ready. This is a emotional eaters dream come true!
I mean, not that I am an emotional eater or anything. I only eat when I am happy, sad, confused, bored, tired, surprised, afraid, giddy… well you get the idea.
The concept is easy.
One box angel food cake mix. One box any flavor cake mix. Combine.
When ready to eat:
3 tablespoons cake mix
2 tablespoons water
1 minute in the microwave
And yes it is that easy!
But lets get real about a couple things.
This cake does not compare to a homemade Perfect Chocolate Cake. Or a Homemade Yellow Cake. Or any from-scratch cake that you make.
What is does, quite beautifully actually, is serve a craving. It’s chocolate. It’s hot. It’s quick.
It’s a small portion so you don’t have to add ‘major guilt trip’ to your list of daily tasks.
I experimented with a LOT of flavors and settled on chocolate cake with mini chocolate chips and massive fun toppings with sprinkles.
Because, sprinkles.
These are Mini Rainbow Chocolate Chips which is right up there with sliced bread in terms of inventions that make my life awesome.
I just want to look at this picture and forget that there is a child climbing on top of my printer and pressing buttons with wild abandon.
On to the recipe!
Barely adapted from Duncan Hines.
Tips for Success:
The cake mixture recipe is meant to be fun and easy! Play with it. Have fun. Add whatever you have in the pantry! (I love the idea of a white cake with McCormick® Orange Extract in the summer!)
If you want to double the recipe (if you have a large mug as I did) you can. Simply add an additional 10 seconds in the microwave.
If you are adding a garnish like whipped cream, it will melt if the chocolate cake is hot. (which tastes amazing but doesn’t look as pretty)
This sweet treat is a hug in a mug!
It was an absolute delight to create this Chocolate Mug Cake with McCormick. Thank you so, so much for supporting the brands that support this blog. I only work with the best, and am thankful that McCormick is willing to partner with me! <3
What size mug do you use?
what is the nutritional information on this
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I realize that McCormick is sponsoring you. But I think a whole teaspoon of vanilla is ridiculous. We’ve been making this at school as a quick recipe for teaching lab skills/microwave procedures/calorie analysis, etc… without flavoring or fany toppings. When a whole recipe only requires 1 tsp. This seems excessive to me!
The amount of vanilla has nothing to do with sponsors… I find it to be the perfect amount. If you want to use a different amount, please feel free! 🙂
Where did you get the mugs that are pictured
Where did you get the cute glass containers to put them in (for gifts)?
I’m thinking the dollar store
Is there an alternative to the Angel Food Cake Mix? So hard to find in Australia without ordering online or going to speciality stores.
This mug cake works well with angel food cake mix because it has powdered egg whites in it. If you can find powdered egg whites, experiment with the batter.
this is a fun and yummy idea but are you sure about the “1 teaspoon of vanilla” for such a small cake?
I found this combination to be soooooo much better.
2 boxes cake mix
1 box angel food
6 tablespoon mix
2 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon oil.
One minutes in the microwave.
Try it if you find this one too spongy.
I wondered why no oil or even a bit of egg. Thanks!
I have used this for some time…got jars at the dollar store along with some cute mugs to give as gifts. I do put vanilla in mine, but don’t exactly measure it out…and to enhance the chocolate flavor a little instant coffee granules. Have added chocolate chips, peanut butter chips…and even raspberry jam. Fun, easy recipe for a quick treat!
What us the nutritional info?
Thank you for sharing information!
I made my own version of this just now and it turned out perfect. I had no chocolate cake mix or angel food cake… So I took what I had which was a yellow cake mix & chocolate chip cookie mix and put those in a bowl, added like 4-5 TBSP of dark chocolate unsweetened cocoa, a couple TBSP of white granulated sugar, and 3 TS of baking powder. Blended it well. And then I added 6 TBSP of the mix, 1 TBSP of oil and 2 TBSP of water. Microwave for 1 minute
Topped with butter pecan ice cream. Mmmm sooo good!!!! Thank you for the idea. I also made again and added a little vanilla which was also delicious as well 🙂
Edit* I used 1 TBSP of coconut oil. I’m sure any oil would work though. 🙂