Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe (2024)

No flour?

Poured Bailey's over mine.

If you’re expecting a French-bakery level chocolate cake, you will be sad. If you are a person who has made Pinterest mug cakes on occasion when the late night chocolate cravings hit, you will be happy. This is a good mug cake, probably because there is no raw flour taste. I cut out a tablespoon of sugar because it seemed like a lot, but then the cake didn’t taste sweet, so vanilla ice cream was a necessary addition. Your call. I’m satisfied.

after making this 15 times; my husband and I feel we may have to test it one more time to make sure we have the steps down. Still working on the right proportion of ice cream to accompany it though so may need more than 1 more try.

Ok I just got off the couch and made this. Prepared as instructed but added a dash of instant espresso powder and skipped the chocolate chips. First couple bites were good so I sprayed on some Redi Whip. I’m still fascinated by how this genuinely makes a “cake” consistency. If you need a chocolate fix this is a winner. Two thumbs up.

Does anyone know the timing for “baking” more than 1 mug cake at a time in the microwave?

Made this 2 times following the recipe but for using salted butter & so eliminating pinch of kosher salt. Chose 3T for the sugar & was plenty sweet. Fun & delicous & looked just like photo. The 3rd time I thought about the question someone asked about using oil instead of butter. I didn't want to try oil (I love butter) but it made me wonder if tahini - a great chocolate partner - would work instead. Used 1TBSP tahini plus a few drops of water in place of butter. Worked very well.

That's correct! It does not contain flour, which in my opinion, is one of the reasons it's so good! I did not have the deflated issue though. Hm...

Only used 1T of sugar and came out sweet enough with pronounced dark chocolate flavor. Definitely under cook this. 1min 30 seconds is way too long and results in a very dry cake. Cook for about 50 seconds for a perfectly gooey molten cake.

This is a great recipe! Now I want one for a lemon mug cake! WOW. Delish!

My children have left the nest, but my inner child thinks this is yummy.

Tried this recipe and another one that uses flour. Preferred this one. Once you get over the idea that it isn't a cake, it's not bad, & would be fun with kids, but think for a quick fix I prefer my chocolate straight (with the alcohol on the side)! If you're going to make this, 3T sugar was enough and 50 sec was just about right in my microwave (and still maybe a tad too long).

I followed the recipe, except used only 2 T. sugar. I baked in a conventional oven at 375 for 12 minutes. Perfect. I can't wait to make these with my granddaughters!

I dont own a microwave. What can i do to cook chocolate mixture?

How fun this was to make! We used salted butter (Kerrygold) so skipped the pinch of kosher salt. Otherwise made as written and opted for 3 TBSP sugar which was plenty sweet. I bet this would be yummy with a tiny scoop of vanilla ice cream but alas none in the house. This is a perfect little recipe to introduce kids to cooking or to bring out he kid in we...old...umm...well seasoned cooks who love to play in the kitchen.

I loved this recipe! it is amazing! Thank you!

This struck me as kinda chocolate-y rubbery scrambled eggs. Didn't meet my chocolate dessert desires.

Made this in a cereal bowl with 3T sugar, microwaved for 1 min, which resulted in a cooked cake (not gooey). Topped with some whipped cream. Yum!

Lovely, easy, brownie-like cake! Have made it a few times and it only needs 2 tbs sugar. Trials with 3 or 4 were too sweet for us, and less didn’t change texture. Recommend spraying mug with a bit of cooking spray or can be hard to scrub off. 70 seconds in the microwave is just right.

Delicious as written! Where to get that beautiful mug?!

microwave's power is surely critical. 700 vs 1200 requires different timing.

What if you don't have a microwave?

I don’t know what I did wrong, but I found it much too eggy…

super yummy in my tummy

Well, that was not what I expected. Looked like cake and probably would’ve tasted like cake if I hadn’t used an artificial sweetener instead of sugar to reduce the calorie load. This was ill advised. Yuck. Putting cake back on the special occasion list! The recipe does produce “cake” tho.

Threw a tablespoon of chopped walnuts in there, I'd call it a win.

I made it for my stepkid's friend at their birthday party when my kid, at the last minute, informed me, "Oh yeah, this friend is celiac and can't have any gluten" which makes it tough to share a birthday cake! So I whipped this up in a heart-shaped little baking dish for the g-f kid so she could have cake too, and it was a hit! I took a little taste- it was suprisingly tasty for microwave baking, ha! Thanks for this one.

I make this with Sharffen Berger unsweetened cocoa powder, and the upgrade is worth it! Delicious.

Only used 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of chocolate chips, next time I think I will do 3.75 tablespoons of sugar and no chocolate chips.

I substituted sugar with swerve, used high fat Dutch process cocoa and it came out great. However, the middle was undercooked and the sides were well done but I think that has to do with the size of the mug that I used. Also, topped it off with coconut whipped cream from Trader Joe’s, which was delightful.