Lately, I have been seeing so many fun recipes that are made by microwaving in a mug. I found my self pinning several ideas from Pinterest and thought, “Hey, why not do a whole week of these thing on my blog”. So here you have it – a weeks worth of posts that are “In A Mug”.
One thing that I have discovered about these mug recipes are the items do not turn out light and cakey, tend to be more on the dense and gooey side. You also do not want to over cook them because they will end up dry and chewy, so error on the side of under cooking. Since all microwaves are different, cooking time can very which does make it a little hard to figure out since you do not want to over cook. Start with the lowest time and cook in 5 second intervals. Also, you can always try the toothpick method to see if it looks done.
Now you can mix the cakes in the mugs, but the perfectionist in me won’t allow that. I mix it in a bowl, then add it to the mug, but either way works.
We are beginning ”In a Mug” week with a coffee cake. This cake turns out gooey and topped with a yummy struesel. It is a fun way to begin a morning!
- 1 Tbsp butter, softened
- 3 Tbsp sugar
- 2 Tbsp applesauce
- splash of vanilla extract
- ¼ cup flour
- ⅛ tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- Struesel Topping:
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 Tbsp flour
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- In a small bowl, add the butter and sugar. Stir until well combined.
- Next add the applesauce, vanilla, flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir just until combined.
- Spread the mixture evenly in the bottom of a mug.
- In another bowl, add the struesel ingredients and cut the butter in using a for until you just a nice lumpy mixture.
- Place the struesel on top of the batter in the mug.
- Cook in the microwave for 50 – 80 seconds. Begin with 50 and the do 5 second intervals until the top looks barely set.
This is my go-to breakfast on days off when I feel like indulging. I sub almond extract for the vanilla … sooo good! Thanks for the great recipe!
Great blog and recipes. You probably don’t love the grammar police but… to err instead of error as in ‘so err on the side of undercooking.’ Also use ‘cooking time can vary’ not “very”. I would want to know, I hope you do too. Thank you for posting great recipes.
This is delicious! I love the topping, which to me is the best part of a coffee cake. Hits the spot when you don’t want to make a whole cake. I plan on making it again tonight.
I started out with the Brownie recipe, satisfied my craving for chocolate & sweets w/o making enough for 4. All these one serving recipes are amazing!
I have done this recipe twice,minus the applesauce,and used cream cheese instead.neither time did it work for me. I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. It turns out to be a big clump of dough,that looks like it isnt thoroughly cooked. It is not crumbly. The first time I cooked it for 1 minute 30 seconds. the second cup, I cooked for 2 minutes. I have seen this recipe where others have substituted the applesauce for either cream cheese or cottage cheese. I just happened to have the cream cheese. can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong?
Waiting for more coffee cup recipes!!!
Nice! Even your signature looks like the Pinterest logo!
This recipe is so awesome that i have it on my fridge for quick reference!
That looks delicious. I’d like to try that.