We all know it, we all love it: the smell when a home-baked cake comes out of the oven and the whole flat just smells heavenly. The thought of it makes your mouth water. After all, there's nothing like a cup of coffee and a delicious slice of cake in the afternoon! Yes, I'm sure we can all agree on that. But sometimes you just don't have the time or inclination to bake a big, elaborate cake - after all, you just want to quickly satisfy your own cake cravings. The solution to this dilemma: mug cakes! Mug cakes are quick and easy to prepare in the microwave, are perfectly portioned and taste incredibly delicious. Whether soft and fluffy or with a liquid centre - mug cakes are extremely versatile and can be spiced up as desired. We'll show you how you can easily make our favourite quick cake at home. So get your mugs ready and let's get started!
Fancy something sweet? The perfect mug cake
The basic recipe for your mug cake
As already mentioned, cup cakes are extremely versatile and can be refined with additional ingredients in no time at all. For this reason, we would like to introduce you to a simple basic recipe that can be varied as desired. Whether chocolate, berries or nuts - you decide what you fancy.
Here are our tastiest suggestions:
- Lemon or orange zest
- Chopped chocolate
- Cocoa
- Cinnamon
- Chocolate cream
- Nuts such as hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds
- Fruit such as blueberries, apples and bananas
- Peanut butter
You will need the following ingredients for the basic recipe:
- 30 g butter
- 1 sachet of vanilla sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp cream
- 5 tbsp flour
- 0.5 tsp baking powder
And this is how it works:
1. put the butter in a cup and melt in the microwave.
2 Add the vanilla sugar and egg to the butter and beat briefly.
3 Stir in the remaining ingredients.
4 Bake in the microwave at 800 watts for approx. 1 minute and 20 seconds.
Et voilá - take them out and enjoy!
As you can see, cup cakes can be prepared in a flash, so you don't have to miss out on a delicious cake even if you're short on time. Cup cakes, a delicious cappuccino and the perfect afternoon treat is complete. Now all you have to do is sit back and enjoy! We hope you enjoy making them and wish you a good appetite.