Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe By Chef Team ZZ

Sometimes there is a lot of desire to eat cake in the middle of the night, but all the shops and bakery shops are closed, what to do in such a situation, so today I have brought this recipe, which is mug cake. It tastes like a cake and it takes less than 10 minutes to prepare. This mug cake can be made in less than 10 minutes, so your midnight cravings are solved in today's recipe. let's talk a little about this dish

Table of contents

• About mug cake
• Difference between mug cake and cupcake
• Ingredients
• Preparations 
• How to make the dish

About Mug Cake

Sweta Kishore who is an engineering graduate made this mug for the first time. At that time she was in Chennai for 18 years, but this cake was popularized by a YouTube video that came out in 2009.
Whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a mug. Pour milk, canola oil, water and vanilla extract. Cook in the microwave until the cake is cooked in the centre, about 1 minute 45 seconds
Whenever you are cooking confectionery food, take care of the measurement or add the ingredients by measuring with a utensil.
Mug cakes are not just chocolate flavoured, there are variations like vanilla mug cake, coffee mug cake and many more. It can be made with or without an egg
There is not much difference between cupcakes and mug cakes. Almost the same ingredients are used in both.
So let's talk a little about cupcakes and mug cakes

Difference between cupcake and mug cake

A cupcake is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminium cup which are decorated with cream or any topping of choice. whereas mug cake is literally a cake that is made in a mug. It is typically made in the microwave as most mugs are not oven safe. Some ingredients are common in both like flour, butter, sugar, baking powder, salt, and egg. The only difference between them is cupcake contains buttermilk while mug cake contains milk and canola oil in it. Chocolate, vanilla, coffee, and red velvet are some of the most popular flavours of both cakes. Eggless and vegan cakes are also an option for cake lovers. 
But today we are going to make chocolate mug cake, so let's see the ingredients which are going to be used in today's recipe

INGREDIENTS FOR MUG CAKE RECIPE

1. ½ cup refined flour (maida) 
2. ¼ cup cocoa powder 
3. ½ cup powdered sugar 
4. ¼ tsp baking soda 
5. ½ tsp baking powder 
6. 1 tsp vanilla essence 
7. ½ cup melted butter 
8. Pinch salt 
9. ¾ cup milk 
10. Chocolate pieces

HOW TO MAKE MUG CAKE

1. Take a bowl and add refines flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mix it well.
2. Take a separate bowl and add milk, melted butter, vanilla essence, sugar and mix well with a whisk.
3. Now we will mix all the dry ingredients in it which we prepared earlier in the bowl.
4. After mixing it well, we will take a mug which is heat proof and pour this mixture in it. After pouring the mixture, we will put the pieces of chocolate in it and press it in the center.
   NOTE: Remember that the chocolate pieces have to be pressed and kept in the centre only, don't take them all the way down, otherwise they will stick to the bottom of the mug
   Now we will put this in a preheated oven @ 180 for 12-15 minutes

QUICK RECAP OF MUG CAKE RECIPE

INGREDIENTS FOR MUG CAKE

1. ½ cup refined flour 
2. ¼ cup cocoa powder 
3. ½ cup powdered sugar 
4. ¼ tsp baking soda 
5. ½ tsp baking powder 
6. 1 tsp vanilla essence 
7. ½ cup melted butter 
8. Pinch salt 
9. ¾ cup milk 
10. Chocolate pieces

Method To Make Mug Cake

1. In a bowl, sieve flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and mix well 
2. In a separate bowl, add milk, butter, vanilla essence, sugar and whisk well 
3. Add dry ingredients and mix well
4. Pour the mixture into a heat proof mug, add chocolate pieces and push it inside. 
5. Bake it in preheated oven @ 180 for 12-15 minutes