Chocolate Lava Mug Cake

Chocolate cravings…..I’ve had a few. I try not to keep chocolate in the house in fear that I will eat it all. When I do have chocolate lying around, it’s in the form of unsweetened cocoa powder or chocolate chips. Don’t get me wrong…I’ve been known to pound a few fistfuls of chocolate chips back in my day. But most of the time I can contain myself. 

As you can tell, I love baking. But baking comes with a price. One recipe alone makes a lot of delicious treats that serve, on average, 6 – 8 people. Our house consists of myself, my husband and our two insane cats. We all try to maintain relatively healthy diets (yes, the cats eat better than we humans!), so when I need to bake for the blog, that’s when things go sideways. Cookies, bars, cake remains on the counter for days if I can’t offload it at work or at hockey. So much for that ONE cheat day we are supposed to have a week. 

Mug cakes are the most perfect dessert in the world for a chocoholic/cakeaholic/bakeaholic like myself. It’s the perfect portion for one person and they can be made in 5 minutes flat. This recipe in particular is absolutely incredible. Warm, delicious chocolate floating in more liquid chocolate. And it’s in one mug so I don’t have to share?! C’mon! It’s a dessert dream come true. I cannot tell you how great this mug cake tastes. I definitely was skeptical when I put it in the microwave. I don’t even know if I can actually call this a baked good, given I didn’t even use an oven. Good thing I don’t really care! This is 100% worth those one cheat meal a week calories. 

In the bottom of a large, wide-mouthed mug, add your flour and baking powder. 

Add your sugar. 

Add cocoa powder and salt. 

Whisk using a fork until completely combined. 

Next add your melted butter.

Add Egg.

Add vanilla. 

Add milk.

Whisk again with fork until completely combined and no lumps remain.

Ensure you are scraping the bottom to incorporate all the flour. 

Sprinkle chocolate chips in the center of the batter. Do not push them down. 

Add water to the batter.

Place in microwave on full power for at least 1 minute and 20 seconds, or until the cake rises to the top and the edges look set and the center looks shiny and wet, yet bounces back a little when you press your finger on it. 

The cake should look like the picture above and not have a wet, liquidy center. 

Allow to cool 5 minutes in the mug before you dig in. 

You don’t want to over bake this beauty.

You want this molten chocolate center. 

Trust me.  

Rich and heavenly.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Lava Mug Cake

2016-02-21 21:08:27

Serves 1

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Prep Time

4 min

Cook Time

1 min

Total Time

5 min

Prep Time

4 min

Cook Time

1 min

Total Time

5 min

Ingredients

1. 1/4 cup flour
2. 1/4 cup white sugar
3. 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
4. 1/2 tsp baking powder
5. pinch of salt
6. 3 tbsp melted unsalted butter
7. 3 tbsp milk (I used skim, but you can use full fat or almond as well), room temperature
8. 1 egg, room temperature
9. 1/2 tsp vanilla
10. 1 oz. semisweet chocolate chips
11. 1 tbsp water

Instructions

1. In the bottom of a large, wide-mouthed mug, add your flour and baking powder.
2. Add sugar, cocoa powder and salt.
3. Whisk using a fork until completely combined.
4. Next add your melted butter, egg, milk and vanilla.
5. Whisk again with fork until completely combined and no lumps remain. Ensure you are scraping the bottom to incorporate all the flour.
6. Sprinkle chocolate chips in the center of the batter. Do not push them down.
7. Add water to the batter.
8. Place in microwave on full power for at least 1 minute and 20 seconds, or until the cake rises to the top and the edges look set and the center looks shiny and wet, yet bounces back a little when you press your finger on it. It should not be
9. Allow to cool 5 minutes in the mug before you dig in.
10. Enjoy!

By Claudia's Cookbook

Adapted from Cleobuttera

Adapted from Cleobuttera

Claudia's Cookbook http://www.claudiascookbook.com/