This easy single serve microwave mug cake recipe makes amazing individual little cakes that are ready to eat in one minute, without the fat and calories of regular cake!
Quick and Easy Single Serve Mug Cake Recipe
These individual little mug cakes are amazing and ready to eat in one minute! They are perfect for whenever you feel like a treat without all the fat and calories that cake can have. Genius idea!
3, 2, 1 CAKE
1 box 1-step Angel Food Cake Mix
1 box Cake Mix – Any Flavor
2 Tbsp Water
In a Ziploc bag, combine the two cake mixes together and mix well. For each individual cake serving, take out 3 Tablespoons of the cake mix combination and mix it with 2 Tablespoons of water in a small microwave-safe container. Microwave on high for 1 minute, and you have your own instant individual little cake!
KEEP the remaining mug cake mixture stored in the Ziploc bag. You can top each cake with a dollop of fat free whipped topping and/or some fresh fruit.
Helpful Tips:
This recipe is called 3, 2, 1 Cake because all you need to remember is
3 tablespoons mix,
2 tablespoons water,
1 minute in the microwave!
TRY various flavors of cake mix like carrot cake, red velvet cake, pineapple, lemon, orange, etc. Just remember that one of the cake mixes has to be the angel food mix. The other is your choice. The flavor possibilities are endless!
NOTES:
The best thing is, you open both cake mixes into a gallon storage bag, one that ‘zip locks’ or ‘self-seals’, or a container that seals tightly, shake the two cake mixes to blend and then make the recipe. Storage of the mix is simple. Put it on a shelf. There is no need to refrigerate, since the mix is dry.
Angel food cake has egg whites so if you are allergic to eggs you can’t use this.
Thanks for sharing Gayla!!!
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You can do the same thing with just regular cake mix of your choice of flavor. I like to add toppings or mix-ins, my favorite is lemon cake with bits of cream cheese and a spoonful of strawberry or raspberry preserves swirled in before microwaving. Chocolate chips are good with chocolate cake, either in the batter or sprinkled on top right after its done, let melt then spread over the top. A drizzle of caramel or fudge sauce on top is yummy, too!
Just cake and water and mix-ins? What makes it rise?
The cake mix has the leavening in it. Basically what you are doing is baking a cake from the mix but instead of putting it in a cake pan you are just putting a little bit in a mug. If you were using the cake mix as usual you wouldn’t have to add leavening either.
Since your original post of this recipe, I have been experimenting. I love to keep a chocolate mix made up and a white or yellow mix made up. I sometimes will add a few chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, well drained canned fruit like chopped peaches or pineapple or sometimes a brown sugar and cinnamon streusel. You can use all kinds of different add-ins to change it up. I made up a batch of each flavor and I also made a batch of cocoa mix to send back to college with my nephew for the winter/spring semester. He called me the other night and is already out of the cake mix and wanted to know the recipe so he could make up another batch. He and his room mate think it is wonderful to study and have a mug of cake. His favorite? He likes the white cake mix with a maraschino cherry and uses a little of the juice to moisten his cake.