Cooking and Serving: 7 minutes | 1 mug cake
Ingredients
¼ cup (64 g) smooth no-stir nut butter | 3 tablespoons (50 g) smooth applesauce | 1 (50 g (weighed out of shell)) egg, weighed out of shell), at room
Description
Prep Time: 5 minutes | Cook Time: 2 minutes | Total Time: 7 minutes | Servings: 1 mug cake
Ingredients
¼ cup (64 g) smooth no-stir nut butter
3 tablespoons (50 g) smooth applesauce
1 (50 g (weighed out of shell)) egg, weighed out of shell), at room
1 tablespoon (21 g) honey, or more if you like it sweeter, up to 2
2 tablespoons (10 g) unsweetened cocoa powder, (natural or Dutch-processed
⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon baking powder
Whipped cream and berries, (optional) for serving
Instructions
Grease a large, microwave-safe mug with cooking oil spray, and set it aside.
just makes it more difficult to whisk properly.
In a small bowl, place the nut butter, applesauce, egg, honey, cocoa powder,.
thick and may be a bit lumpy, which is fine.
Transfer the batter to the prepared mug. You can, of course, whisk the batter.
Place the mug in your microwave oven and cook at about 850 watts for 30.
Notes
* Remove the mug from the microwave, and stir the batter.
* Return it to the microwave, and cook again at about 850 watts for about 1
minute more, or until the cake is mostly set. It’s fine if the cake seems a
bit wet in the center, which is preferable to overcooking it.
* Allow the cake to cool briefly before serving with whipped cream and berries,
About microwave wattage.
It is important to be able to approximate 850 or 900 watts of power in your
microwave oven. My microwave is 1200 watts, so I set it to 70% power for this
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an
This flourless chocolate mug cake is rich and decadent enough for a single-serve
dessert, and healthy enough to have for breakfast.
flourless chocolate mug cake is rich and decadent enough for a single-serve
dessert, and healthy enough to have for breakfast.