If you need a tasty mug cake to surprise your special one or to treat yourself on weekends, you have to try these quick microwave mug cake recipes!

These microwave mug cake recipes are surprisingly healthy, easy and they require affordable ingredients that are commonly seen in our kitchen.

No fancy techniques or expensive appliances are needed for these microwave mug cake recipes.

Plus, each of these microwave mug cake recipes only takes 10 minutes or less of hands-on work. Therefore, you can start trying for a healthy microwave mug cake anytime you want. You just don’t need to schedule several hours for a cake.

Microwave Mug Cake Recipes: How to Make a Microwave Mug Cake in Minutes

Vanilla Microwave Mug Cake

Ingredients:

• 28g of butter
• Some salt
• 1tsp of vanilla extract
• 50g of cake flour
• 25g of sugar
• 30g of milk
• An egg
• 3/4tsp of baking soda

Feel free to substitute butter with corn oil or salad oil if you don’t have any butter at hand. They will work just fine for this microwave mug cake recipe as well. However, baking soda is essential as it decides if the cake would be fluffy enough.

Cooking Steps:

Below is the detailed guideline on how to make a vanilla microwave mug cake:

Step1. Put the butter in a microwave-safe mug. And microwave it for around 40 seconds till the butter melts.

Step 2. Add sugar, salt, milk and vanilla extract to the melted butter, and mix them up.

Step 3. Crack an egg into the mixture and stir them together.

Step 4. Add the cake flour and baking soda into the mixture. Then, blend them well. The mixture we get at this step should be thick and viscous.

Step 5. Set your microwave oven on high power mode. Cook the paste in the mug in the microwave oven for 2 minutes. The cake would be well-risen in the microwave and become fluffy.

Now the cooking process is completed. You could also top the vanilla microwave mug cake with ice cream or caramel sauce, making it a super yummy dessert.

With this vanilla microwave mug cake recipe, you can make a refreshing and delicious vanilla mug cake within 5 steps.

Chocolate Microwave Mug Cake

Ingredients:

• 15g of butter
• 40g of dark chocolate
• 9g of cocoa powder
• 36g of cake flour
• 60g of milk
• 25g of sugar
• 3/4tsp of baking soda

Feel free to add extra sugar if you can’t really stand the bitterness of dark chocolate. It’s also okay to leave some sugar if you don’t like it too sweet. If you are using milk chocolate, it is recommended reduce the amount of sugar to prevent it from being too sweet.

Cooking Steps:

Step 1. Put the butter, dark chocolate, milk and sugar in the mug. Gently stir them to help the sugar blend.

Step 2. Put them in the microwave and cook them for 1 minute. By the time the cooking time ends, the butter and dark chocolate should be well melted.

Step 3. Add the cake flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder, sifting them in as you go. Mix everything together until it’s smooth.

Step 4. Microwave the paste for 90 seconds and done.

Oreo Microwave Mug Cake

Ingredients:

• 15g of butter
• 30g of cake flour
• 22g of sugar
• 25g of milk or light cream
• An egg
• 5g of cocoa powder (optional)
• 3/4tsp of baking soda
• 4 pieces of oreo

Cooking Steps:

Step 1. Put the butter in a microwave-safe mug and microwave it for 15-20 seconds till it’s fully melted. For this recipe, you can also substitute butter with vegetable oil, and you can skip this step.

Step 2. Crush 3 pieces of Oreo, and add to the oil we prepared on the first step. Save one piece of oreo to decorate your mug cake later.

Step 3. Crack an egg into the butter or vegetable oil and stir them up.

Step 4. Add the cake flour, baking soda, sugar and cocoa powder in the paste and mix them well. Then pour the milk or light cream in the mixture, then combine them well.

Step 5. Place the mug with paste in the microwave, and cook it on medium power for about 90 seconds. Retrieve the microwave mug cake and see if it becomes solid. If not, put it back in the microwave and cook for another 30 seconds.

Finally you can top the microwave mug cake with one piece of oreo for decoration.

Yogurt Microwave Mug Cake

Ingredients:

• 10g of honey
• 60g of milk
• An egg
• 30g of cake flour
• 80g yogurt
• 20g of sugar
• 2g of baking soda
• 1 tablespoon of lemonade
• Some fruit, blueberries, strawberries or sliced bananas are recommended

Step 1. Apart from the fruit, put all the ingredients in a microwave-safe mug. Stir them up till all ingredients are well combined.

Step 2. Place the paste in the microwave oven and cook it for 90 seconds.

Step 3. Retrieve the microwave mug cake and decorate it with the fruit we have prepared.

Orange Microwave Mug Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 75g of fresh orange juice or diluted juice concentrate
• 50g of salad oil
• 2g of baking soda
• An orange
• 40g of cake flour

Step 1. Crack the eggs into orange juice. Whip them up till they are fully combined.

Step 2. Add the salad oil into the mixture. Then mix them well.

Step 3. Pass the cake flour and baking powder through a sieve into the mixture. Whisk with a hand whisk until there are no more lumps and the mixture is smooth.

Step 4. Zest the orange and add it to the mix. Pour it into a microwave-safe mug. Sprinkle a little more zest on top.

Step 5. Place the mug in the microwave oven and microwave it for 3 minutes.

When the cooking process is completed, you can place some sliced orange on top of the orange microwave mug cake.