The rich chocolate mug cake displayed before your very eyes can be made in under 5 minutes.
And it serves just one person.
Unless you’re crazy and decide to share…
You’re not crazy, are you?
Yeah, me neither. 😉
When I heard today was National Coffee Break Day, my first thought was to write a post highlighting all of my previously-published coffee recipes. But then I decided posting a new recipe would be much more fun… especially if said new recipe involved coffee and chocolate! (Chocolate is always more fun.)
So I came up with something I’d been meaning to try for a while: a mocha version of the popular One-Minute Chocolate Cake:
One Minute Mocha Mug Cake
Topped with Homemade 4 Ingredient Ice Cream.
- 1 tablespoon plus 2 tsp cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp spelt, white, or Arrowhead Mills gf flour
- 1/2 tsp instant coffee granules, decaf if desired
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 tsp granulated sugar or xylitol
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- pinch uncut stevia OR 1 additional tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp coconut or veg oil (Edit: many commenters have said it still tastes good if you sub applesauce or mashed banana. I can’t personally vouch for the results if you make that substitution.)
- 3 tbsp milk of choice
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Combine dry ingredients and mix very, very well. Add liquid, stir, then transfer to a little dish, ramekin, or even a coffee mug. If using a microwave, cook 45-50 seconds (or more, depending on how powerful your microwave is). If using an oven: cook at 350F for about 14 minutes. If you don’t want to eat it straight out of the dish, be sure to spray your dish first (and then wait for the cake to cool before trying to remove it).
See the original version for: Mug Cake Calories and Nutrition Facts.
In honor of today, serve with Copycat Healthy Starbucks Frappuccinos.
What are your favorite sources of caffeine?
Coffee? Tea? Chocolate? If you don’t already know mine, you must have forgotten what blog you are on!
I have something that’s similar to PB2. Do you think I can use that in place of flour?
Sorry, I don’t know what that is.
Chocolate + Cofee = LOVE.
Coffee + chocolate = LOVEEEEEEEE.
Oops sorry for the double comment, Katie! My computer is in a bad mood 🙁
Chocolate for sure! Looks great 🙂
That is a great chocolate cake and the ice cream just makes it better.
Coffee always enhances chocolate. That’s why instant espresso is the secret ingredient in the famous Neiman Marcus cookies (http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/service/nm_cookie_recipe.jhtml). But, when I’d bake a vegan version, my hubby could always guess what was in it. He doesn’t like coffee.
Your cake looks delish, as always 🙂
how did you know…chocolate and coffee are one of my fav combos! This looks simple and just great. Works for me!
Thanks Katie.
Looks delicious. I love coffee…I couldn’t live without coffee!
Oh the cake looks great and love that it’s a one-serving for those times when you don’t want to make a whole cake.
I forgot about the Starbucks Frap recipe. That would be a perfect source of caffeine right about now.
This looks great although I will be right behind Rachael making the no-coffee version.
Can you please provide time and temp for a conventional oven?
Thanks!!
Sorry, I don’t know. I’ve never made it in the oven.
FAB recipe, Katie – thanks!!
Great Combo of coffee and chocolate. Your recipes are just getting better and yummier 🙂
This looks so good and I love all of your recipes. I have a question that I’ve been dying to ask you for a while now. I cannot stand the taste of Stevia and unfortunately most of your recipes call for it. What do you suggest as a substitute? Just plain sugar? Or is there another sweetener that would be better? Thanks!
xo Nicole
Hi Nicole,
I’m a little confused! Don’t I always list a stevia substitute in all my recipes? For example, in this one it specifically says “1 stevia packet (or 1 more tablespoon sugar)”
🙂
Caffeine, caffeine… Definitely not for me. But I am addicted to the smell of coffee so I bought a jar of decaf instant coffee and I put it in almost everything sweet I eat. Milk, oatmeal, cookies, cakes, even yogurt – they are all familiar with my coffee obsession. Sometimes I even sacrifice myself for an overpriced cup of coffee and then can’t sleep for a night or two 🙂 . So now I know what I am going to bake tomorrow.
“What are your favorite sources of caffeine? Coffee? Tea? Chocolate?”
All of the above! 🙂
Share… I NEVER share. Lies.. so many lies;)
I climb out of bed and go directly to grind my own home-roasted ‘Birds & Beans’ coffee… one cup on the couch and I’m ready to start my day;) But any other time of the day Chocolate is my drug of choice.
Another Brilliant single serving cake. Yummy!