Mug cake – delicious in taste and made so easy!

Adam January 5, 2022 0 Comments

On ice-cold winter days, you often feel like snacking on something delicious or having a small pastry. Often, however, it is not worthwhile to bake a whole cake for one or two people. For this reason, a new idea for those with a sweet tooth has caught on – small pastries in a cup! Yes, exactly! A mug cake is very easy to make and tastes divine! It also has some pluses. Firstly, a cup cake is quick to prepare, secondly, it tastes just as delicious as any other pastry, and thirdly, it is practical to have something sweet in the cup and consume it straight from it. A mug cake can be prepared in no time, you don’t need a lot of products. Furthermore, it is baked in the microwave within a minute! That means you don’t have to wait long for these delicious pastries. After the short baking time, you can eat it warm out of the cup!

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Chocolate mug cake with strawberries – the real temptation!

Creamy and sweetened with honey!

Mug cakes are small tidbits that are extremely easy and quick to make.

Mug cakes – the mug cakes are known worldwide under this English name. No matter what we call them, these are always small delicacies that allow numerous variations in preparation. Depending on your mood or your own taste, you can vary the ingredients and in this way conjure up a slightly different pastry in the cup every time. Below we show you three basic recipes and you can draw further inspiration for delicious cupcakes from the picture gallery. It should be said here that these can be nibbled as a snack in between or represent a wonderful and perfectly suitable dessert for the children. Even in the event that you get an unexpected visitor, you can quickly prepare cupcakes for your guests and offer such delicacies with their coffee. The preparation time is approx. 5 minutes, which means that the small pastries in the cup are ready in no time!

You can pleasantly surprise your unexpected visitor with this classic vanilla mug cake.

For your children, dessert has to be tasty and healthy at the same time, which is why we recommend this cup cake with carrots.

Three easy and quick cup cake recipes

Although the mug cakes are extremely easy and quick to prepare, you can always count on surprisingly good results. Here we present three basic recipes for mug cakes that are particularly popular with those with a sweet tooth.

This delicious apple cake in a cup is the most popular dessert in winter.

Recipe 1 – apple fritters in a cup

For this fruity apple-flavored mug cake you need the following ingredients:

2 tbsp flour
½ teaspoon brown sugar
1 pinch of baking powder
½ teaspoon applesauce
Pinch of cinnamon
½ teaspoon oil
Some milk
Half a vanilla pod

The preparation is more than simple. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. If the mixture is too thick, add a little more milk. Then pour the finished mixture into the cups and bake in the microwave for about two minutes.

The alternative brownie with caramel

Recipe 2 – Brownie as a mug cake

For chocolate lovers, we offer the following brownie recipe, prepared in a cup.

Ingredients:

-4 tbsp flour

-4 tbsp sugar

-2 tbsp cocoa powder, unsweetened

– 1 egg

– 3 tbsp milk

– 3 tbsp oil

– Add very little vanilla powder or 1 to 2 drops of rum, depending on your taste

Preparation:

Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix well until you get a smooth batter. Then divide this into cups and bake in the microwave for 2 minutes. Then let your brownies cool down a bit and then pour hot chocolate over them! Tastes great!

Mug cake with oatmeal and Nutella

Recipe – cup cake with Nutella core

The attached video shows how quickly and easily this cup cake with Nutella core can be made at home or in the office.

Last but not least, we would like to warn you that the mug cakes are delicious and you could become addictive! But if you eat them from time to time, that wouldn’t be a problem. Enjoy your meal!