Chocolate Mug Cake

Chocolate Mug Cake is a dessert recipe ready in 5 min. It makes 1 serving, each 560 kcal with 8 g protein. Beginner level, 9 ingredients.

Recipe by @bakewithzoha, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 5 mintotal
  • Beginnerlevel
  • 560kcal a serving
  • 8 gprotein
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Chocolate Mug Cake

What is Chocolate Mug Cake

A single-serve eggless chocolate cake cooked in a mug in the microwave, with chocolate chips inside and chocolate hazelnut spread on top.

More:15-minute meals

How to make Chocolate Mug Cake

Tips from the cook

  • Make sure there are no lumps in the dry mix.
  • Keep the edges of the mug clean so they do not burn.
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Chocolate Mug Cake substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Flour1 option
  • Gluten-free plain flour blend (rice/potato/tapioca) 1:1 by weight

    Pizza dough needs extra water and binder.

Milk3 options
  • Unsweetened soy drink 1:1

    Thickens less than dairy.

    Still contains soy.

  • Gluten-free oat drink 1:1

    Must be labelled gluten-free.

  • Unsweetened almond drink 1:1

    Thin; tree nut.

    Still contains tree nuts.

Chocolate chips2 options
  • Dairy-free chocolate chips or chopped dairy-free dark bar 1:1 by weight

    Still contains soy.

  • Raisins or cocoa nibs use 3/4

    Not sweet.

Chocolate hazelnut spread1 option
  • Leave out leave out

    Loses that topping only.

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