This chocolate chip mug cake is soft, fluffy, and ready in just 60 seconds. It’s a quick and easy single-serve dessert with minimal ingredients (you likely have them in your pantry right now!).
My top tip: Don’t overcook it—pull it out when the center is just set for the softest texture!
Forget the mixer, forget the oven. The whole cake is made in one mug and tossed in the microwave, and within minutes, you have the best single serve mug cake. It tastes like a gooey chocolate chip cookie with ice cream on top.
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One Mug, One Minute, and the Best Chocolate Chip Mug Cake
Aside from being fast and easy, here’s a few other reasons to love this single-serve dessert:
- Satisfies the sweet tooth: like a warm cookie in minutes!
- Super soft and fluffy with melty chocolate chips.
- Quick & Easy to Make: This easy treat takes just one minute.
- Minimal ingredients – no extra bowls, no hassle.
Ingredients You Need
- Melted butter: You could use vegan butter or coconut oil if needed, but the butter adds a lot of flavor.
- Sugar: You can also use coconut sugar for a refined sugar-free option. Sugar is a great coconut sugar substitute.
- Vanilla extract: A little bit goes a long way in adding extra flavor.
- Milk: Use any regular or non-dairy milk (like almond milk or soy milk) you’d like.
- All-purpose flour: Use gluten-free flour if needed (I like Bob’s Red Mill)
- Baking Powder Helps the cake rise.
- Mini chocolate chips: Semi-sweet, milk chocolate, or dark chocolate chips and/or chopped chocolate.
How to Make Chocolate Chip Mug Cake
Step 1. Wet Ingredients. Use a medium to large microwave-safe coffee mug, spray the bottom of the mug with nonstick spray.
Add all of the wet ingredients, including the butter, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and milk to the mug. Use a small whisk or a fork to combine.
Step 2. Dry Ingredients. Add the flour and baking powder. Stir until just combined and all of the lumps from the flour are gone. Add chocolate chips or chopped chocolate and stir to combine.
Step 3. Sprinkle with Chocolate Chips. Sprinkle the remaining chocolate on top of the cake batter.
Step 4. Microwave. Microwave the mug cake batter in the microwave-safe mug on high for 60 seconds, until the edges and top are set. See recipe notes for cook times and microwave watts. Try not to cook it too long or the cake can become too dense.
Recipe FAQs
It depends on the recipe. Some mug cake recipes aim for a moist and slightly gooey texture, similar to a lava cake, while others may have a more cake-like consistency. Ultimately, it depends on the cooking time and the specific ingredients and ratios used in the recipe.
Yes, you can bake a cake in a ceramic mug. Ceramic mugs are suitable for baking individual-sized cakes like mug cakes. They can withstand the heat of the oven and provide a nice presentation for serving.
This could be due to a few factors. Some reasons might include: overcooking, an improper ratio of ingredients, over-mixing, or a lack of leavening ingredients like baking powder or baking soda. Be sure to check the cook times for your microwave wattage.
As long as you leave them in the microwave long enough for the flour and egg to cook through completely, microwave mug cake recipes are completely safe to consume
Storing & Freezing Tips
Mug cakes can be left out on the counter for 24 hours, but be sure to cover them in plastic wrap to prevent drying out. If you’d like to refrigerate them, transfer the leftover mug cake to an airtight container for up to 3 days.
When you’re ready to enjoy it, thaw it in the refrigerator overnight or at room temperature for a few hours. Once thawed, you can heat it in the microwave for a short period if you prefer to enjoy it warm
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Chocolate Chip Mug Cake
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Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon salted butter melted
- 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon light brown sugar packed
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour measured correctly
- 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 Tablespoon mini semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
Instructions
- Spray a medium to large microwave-safe mug with nonstick spray and set aside.
- Pour all of the wet ingredients, including the butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and milk to the mug and use a small whisk or a fork to combine.1 Tablespoon salted butter, 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar, 1 Tablespoon light brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 Tablespoon milk, 1 egg yolk
- Add the flour and baking powder and stir until just combined and all of the lumps from the flour are gone. Add the chocolate chips and stir to combine. Sprinkle with extra chocolate chips if desired.1/4 cup all-purpose flour, 1/8 teaspoon baking powder, 1 Tablespoon mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Microwave on high for 60-70 seconds, until the edges and top are set. See recipe notes for cook times and microwave watts. Try not to cook it too long or the cake can become too dense.
Notes
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Nutrition
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Revolting. I’ve tried a lot of mug cake recipes and these proportions were so weird; so liquidy and impossible to get the lumps out of the flour. It tasted like an egg-y, gloopy pancake. So disappointed I wasted my last serving of chocolate chips on this
Sorry you think so Amanda! I’ve made this a few times without this result. Would love to help you troubleshoot.
All I tasted was the egg.
Sorry you had this result, Trina. Would love to help you troubleshoot.