The Moistest

Chocolate Mug
Cake
Published: February 13, 2018 - Last updated: July
13, 2021

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This chocolate mug cake recipe has no eggs

and can be made for one or two (if you like
to share). It is one of the easiest dessert
recipes you’ll ever make and you’ll never
make another mug cake again after you try
my recipe!

The Moistest
Dark Chocolate
Very Vanilla Mug
Mug Cake
Cake

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Holy bananas, you guys. This chocolate

mug cake recipe is one of your all’s
favorite desserts to make.

The simplest chocolate dessert yet

incredibly moist, easy, and the best single-
serving dessert out there (to share or
not to share)!

Mug cake for one or two!

You likely have ALL the ingredients in

your pantry already. When you get that
late night craving? Or want a small batch
dessert (and not whip out a giant baking
pan to make brownies to nip that
craving)? This chocolate mug cake IS
FOR YOU!! If you haven’t made this yet;
you are 100% missing out.

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The Moistest Chocolate Mug Cake

The BEST Chocolate

Mug Cake recipe out
there!
Seriously though, you’re probably so over
mug cakes and you’re probably rolling
your eyes at me right now but STOP! I
promise you this isn’t like any other mug
cake out there.

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I’ve tried a bunch of mug cakes and I

hated them.

I thought they were a really neat concept

for a quick dessert fix but nothing would
ever beat baking an entire cake or
cupcake. I hated that all the mug cakes
came out SPONGY and they had the
grossest texture.

Last week, I was CRAVING chocolate

like none other. It was a pretty dire
situation. We didn’t have any desserts in
the house because I hadn’t been baking
and I didn’t want to run out to get
anything so I thought I’d give a mug cake
a shot.

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It ended up turning into a recipe

development hour because the first
batch came out horrible. Like, I threw it
in the trash can and it was just one
lumpy sponge thing.

The second one was slightly better but

still really bad. The third, I switched out
some ingredients and added a little bit
more of some and it came out how I
wanted but I knew it could’ve been
better so on the fourth try, I finally got it
to work and the exact texture I wanted.

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What is a mug cake?

I still seem to get this question a lot and
a mug cake is literally as it sounds. A cake
that is made in a mug!

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It’s great because you don’t need to whip

out a bunch of tools to make this simple
mug cake.

This chocolate mug

cake is made without
eggs. Why?
Okay, I get asked this a lot too and the
reason why this mug cake is made
without any eggs is because that is what
makes it have a spongey texture!

If you think about it, it makes sense. Why

would you put an entire egg into a mug
cake when a regular full-sized cake often
asks for one or two eggs?

This isn’t a full-sized cake. And of course

I’m not going to ask you to divide an egg
in half.

#FlattenTheCurve

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Just omit it! Best texture, ever!

Can I make this with

self-raising flour?
You can, but I tested it with self-raising
flour and it just came out spongey and
not the texture I wanted.

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I like my cakes light, fluffy, and moist and

with the self-raising flour, it just didn’t
yield the results I wanted.

There have been many people who have

used self-raising flour in this recipe and
didn’t notice a difference so if you’re up
for the challenge, I say go for it.

Can this mug cake be

made in the oven?
No, this was solely developed for the
microwave. I have had readers who have
baked this but I honestly recall how it
turned out and/or what temperature or
time.

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Are you a visual

person? Watch this
video below to see
how easy it is to make
this chocolate mug
cake at home!

Chocolate Mug Cake Kit

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If you love mug cakes, you may

like these different variations on
my chocolate mug cake:

Dark chocolate mug cake

Very vanilla mug cake

Peanut butter chocolate mug cake

Espresso chocolate mug cake

Pumpkin spice mug cake

Salted caramel apple spice mug cake

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It’s basically chocolate

cake in a mug! Grab
your mug and recipe
below!

The Moistest
Chocolate Mug Cake
This best and moistest chocolate mug cake
you will ever have. It’s not spongey or dry like
other mug cakes! You will never use another
chocolate mug cake recipe again!

4.5 from 733 votes

Prep Time: 1 minute

Cook Time: 1 minute
Total Time: 2 minutes
Servings: 1

Author: Julie Chiou

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