This 1 Minute vegan cake in a mug is a simple stir, microwave and eat recipe! Just a few simple ingredients and you can indulge your sweet tooth with a single serve cake that tastes rich and decadent.
Vegan Cake In a Mug - Chocolate Peanut Butter!
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Wholewheat Flour or flour of choice, plain flour, gluten free flour etc
- 2 tsp Cacao Powder
- 1/4 tsp Baking Soda OR Baking Powder
- 1 tbsp Raw Sugar or Maple Syrup Maple syrup tastes extra delicious and adds nice moistness
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 tbsp Plant Milk (I used organic soy milk)
- 1 tbsp Peanut Butter I prefer to use smooth
- 1 tsp Extra Peanut butter to dollop on top
- 1/4 tsp Cacao Nibs or Vegan Choc Chips
Servings: cup
Units:
Instructions
- Place everything except the extra peanut butter and cacao nibs into a mug or cup and stir until all the ingredients are mixed well and resemble a batter. This will take about half a minute to a minute.
- Plop the extra peanut butter in the center of the top of the batter and sprinkle some cacao nibs over the top.
- Place in the microwave for 1 minute and check if it has cooked. If it has risen and the center bounces back when you touch it, you know it is done. If it needs a bit longer, place it back in 10 seconds at a time until done. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Check out the video at the top of this recipe page for a full cooking demonstration of how to make this recipe.
Also, you can bake it in the oven instead. 175C/350F for about 20 to 30 mins (till the top springs back when you lightly push on it).
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Hi Anja, thanks for sharing this lovely easy recipe, it will be much appreciated by my puddingolic hubby. Just wondering if the texture similar to a mudcake. Love getting your recipes via email and your blender gravy was a hit too.
Glad you are enjoying the recipes. As for this one, I would say that it is a bit more dry than mud cake. Enjoy!
Anja, thank you for this recipe. I had to make this yesterday after our dinner. I used date sugar and kept everything else the same. I loved how it wasn’t overly sweet. It was perfect!
Fantastic Chen!!
I was unable to print this recipe up. Looks great
Just press the print symbol underneath the star rating section of the recipe. Enjoy!
Hi Anja
Fantastic idea just before the school holidays! Just wondering if I can use another nut butter since my daughter is allergic to peanuts?
Thanks!
You could try almond butter or cashew butter… possibly even some tahini would work if she likes it.
We have been making them with almond butter because we didn’t have peanut butter on hand and it is soooooo good.
So glad you like it 🙂
Oh yum! So easy, not too sweet! Thanks for your great recipes. Just made your polenta and veggies dish last night! I don’t bake it anymore, I just steam my veggies and toss in. I make this dish frequently!
So glad you like the recipes 🙂
Correction on the polenta….I meant I don’t put it in the springform pan and cool it. My husband and I love it warm
Very good! Not overly sweet. I used almond milk and baking soda and works perfect in the standard size mug!
So glad you like it 🙂
Yum! This looks like the perfect dessert!
Yes, perfect simple serve 🙂
Just made this. And it’s delicious!
Now cake is always only 3 minutes away 😀
Could i use water instead of milk?
Yes, but it might not taste as rich.
I came across this modification a bit by accident (and lack of ingredients at the time):
1. put in 2 teaspoons of flax meal
2. 1 extra teaspoon of milk
3. instead of the peanut butter drop in the middle I put in strawberry (or cut it up so it’s throughout the cake)
4. sprinkle the top with crushed walnuts
5. after microwaving, pop a lid on or plastic wrap onto the mug and let it sit for about 15-60 minutes
This somehow turns it into a moist mud cake. That is if you can stop yourself from eating it before it has time to settle…..
Has anyone tried this recipe with coconut flour?
I dont use a microwave. Can I bake it?
You can bake it in the oven instead. 175C/350F for about 20 to 30 mins (till the top springs back when you lightly push on it).
Sounds like a great plan and I will have to try it
Will this work without the nut butter? I’d love a plain chocolate cake. I’m guessing the cake needs the fat, so I’d probably have to add fat of some sort.
Can I replace the whole wheat flour with Brown rice flour as my son is allergic to wheat
Yes, that should work.
Can I use oat flour? I usually make my own oat flour.
I subbed almond butter and raw cane sugar, and it was SO good! I also added a few chopped walnuts. Thanks!
Delicious little treat when nothing planned
Thanks for posting this. I made this 2 days in a row and my husband also wanted one so I made it 3 times already.
That’s awesome! So glad you both like it as much as I do 🙂
This is so so good! Thank you so much!
So glad you like it as much as I do 🙂
I left out the baking soda and microwaved it less and got a brownie. (I’m a college kid and I don’t have baking soda right now)
delicious
Fantastic! So glad you like it 🙂
This was delicious – and just the right size when you need a sweets fix! Thanks for sharing!
Glad you like it 🙂
I had a 2 am craving for sweets and decided to make my first ever mug cake. It’s a genius concept when you think about it. And your recipe is great. It turned out perfectly, the melted peanut butter gave it nice moisture and it was soooo full of flavour. I’m definitely gonna make it regularly!
I’m so glad… Thank you so much for your lovely feedback, I really appreciate it 🙂
I have tried so many mug cakes and this is by far the best recipe!