mug cake

like, really good mug cake

So I’ve done quite a bit of freelance work over my almost 10 years of blogging (still cannot BELIEVE it’s been almost 10 years). And I often have to create and photograph recipes that – well – are not always things that I would necessarily eat myself.

This typically comes up when an item is trending – which means I’ve taken what feels like a million pictures of cauliflower pizza, quinoa/sriracha/brussels everything, acai bowls and mug cake.

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I. Hate. Mug cake.

Seriously – if you want cake, make a cake. Even boxed cake mix tastes better than any mug cake I’d ever made.

Till now.

As luck would have it I came across a hack for making mug cake while we were in the thick of the quarantine in New York and the timing was perfect:

a) I was quarantined

b) I was bored

c) I wanted cake

Now, I’d already made cake with a can of coke and a box of mix. I’d already scaled a large bundt cake down to a more reasonable size (OMG it was so good). And I figured out how to make my giant flourless roulade into a small batch of cupcakes for our tiny Passover celebration.

So I was game.

And best of all? This cake was only 2 ingredients – ice cream and self-rising flour.

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And it’s the ice cream that elevates the always-meh mug cake into something that’s actually GOOD.

My problem with most mug cakes is the texture – always, always spongy. Which is great if you’re making a sponge cake. But not if you just want cake-cake.

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But the fat in the ice cream creates a seriously close approximation to the texture you get when baking a traditional cake, and I’ll take a cake that I can serve myself in 5 minutes.

No self-rising flour? No problem – I have the adaptation for you to use (as I’m sure you have baking powder on-hand, right?).

Give it a try, and by all means top that cake with more ice cream!

(Really Good) Mug Cake

1 cup full-fat vanilla ice cream, melted, plus additional ice cream for serving
1/2 cup self-rising flour*
sprinkles, optional (but are they?)

Combine the melted ice cream and flour in a 12-ounce microwavable mug. Microwave on 50% power for 3 – 4 minutes, till cake is set in the center.

Serve with additional ice cream and sprinkles.

*To make your own self-rising flour, combine 1/2 cup all-purpose flour with 3/4 teaspoon baking powder and 1/8 teaspoon salt.

(print this recipe)


This delicious recipe brought to you by Sheri Silver
https://sherisilver.com/2020/08/20/mug-cake/

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