Men love meat and ladies love chocolate, but I think it is not totally right as most of the men also craving for chocolate. The facts is eating chocolate produces feelings of euphoria that no other food can replicate, right? For those chocolate lovers, this page is dedicated for you that showing 3 chocolate mug cake recipes that can be made within 10 minutes.
Original Chocolate Cake
This is the basic recipe of chocolate cake. It is extremely easy to make but don’t let the simplicity fools you. It has a strong chocolate flavor that can fully satisfies the chocolate cravings. The key is to replace the cocoa powder with melted chocolate. Melting chocolate seems to be a step too much, but it is a painless process of less than a minute.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup (45g) semi-sweet Chocolate chips
- 3 tablespoons (45ml) low fat milk
- 2 tablespoons (15g) general purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ tablespoons (7.5 ml) Vegetable oil
Instructions
- Prepare an over-sized microwave safe mug and put the chocolate chips and milk inside. Heated in microwave about 40 seconds. Stir until the chocolate is completely melted.
- Now pour in the rest of the ingredients (flour, baking powder and oil), and whisk to smooth.
- Continue to cook in a microwave for about 60s – 75s unti the cake done.
- Let the cake cool for a few minutes. The cake is best served warm.
Chocolate Lava Cake
Chocolate lava cake is a delicate creation: warm chocolate cake with a melted gooey center. This dessert is so popular and shows up on almost all restaurants menus. With this recipe and once you learned how to do it yourself, you no longer need to wait for a fancy dinner to indulge in this sinful dessert.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup (45g) semisweet chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp (45ml) low fat milk
- 2 tbsp (15g) general purpose flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ½ tbsp (7.5ml) vegetable oil
- 3 chocolate rectangles (0.4oz) from a plain .5-oz chocolate bar, like Hershey’s milk or dark chocolate (each about 1 inch in width)
- 1 tsp confectioners’ sugar, optional
Instructions
- Prepare an over-sized microwave-safe mug and mix the chocolate chips and milk inside. Heated up in microwave for about 40 seconds. Stir until chocolate chips are completely melted.
- Add flour, baking powder, and oil and whisk until batter is smooth.
- Push the chocolate bar pieces into the center of the batter, until batter completely covers them.
- Continue to cook in microwave for 60s – 75s until cake is done. Let cake cool a few minutes, and then sift a little confectioners’ sugar on top. Cake is best served while warm.
Chocolate Truffle Cake
Is there anything better than a normal chocolate cake? A chocolate truffle cake: luxurious, creamy, melted in your mouth truffle chocolate pieces will give you a seriously decadent chocolate cake.
Ingredients
- 4 Lindt truffle balls, chopped in half (or 50g other chopped truffle chocolates)
- 3 tbsp (45ml) low fat milk
- 2 tbsp (15g) all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ½ tbsp (7.5ml) vegetable oil
Instructions
- Prepare an oversized microwave-safe mug, and mix the chocolate and milk inside . Heated up in microwave for about 40 seconds. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
- Add the rest of the ingredients (flour, baking powder, and oil) and whisk until batter is smooth.
- Continue to cook in microwave for about 60s – 75s unitl cake is done. Let cake cool a few minutes. It is best consumed while still warm.
White Chocolate Cake
This is the cake right for you if you are a white chocolate lovers.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup (45g) white chocolate chips
- 3 tbsp (45ml) whole milk
- 3 tbsp (22.5g) all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ½ tbsp (7.5ml)
- vegetable oil
Cream Cheese Frosting (optional)
- 2 tbsp (28g) cream cheese
- 2 tbsp (28g) butter
- 5 tbsp (40g) confectioners’ sugar, to taste
Instructions
- Preapre a extra size microwave-safe mug and put in the white chocolate chips and milk. Cook in microwave for about 40 seconds. Stir with a small whisk until the chocolate chips is completely melted.
- Now mix the flour, baking powder and oil, and continue to stir until the batter is smooth.
- Cook in a microwave for about 60sec – 75sec until cake is done. Set it cool for a few minutes.
- If you prefer the frosting topping, place the frosting ingredients in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer (or a handheld blender) and mix at high speed until light and fluffy. Top the cake with frosting. Served while still warm.