It’s the age of the mini, when it comes to food, at least. Dishes are turning into smaller servings with teaspoon desserts and two- ingredient recipes. Another indulgence that’s taken a smaller, simpler form is the mug cake! As the name suggests, it’s made in a mug and requires minimal effort. Just mix the ingredients, pop it in the microwave, and in a minute or two, your dessert is ready! For those juggling busy WFH schedules, it’s the perfect quick and sweet treat. It’s no surprise that mug cakes became a lockdown favorite, flooding social media feeds everywhere.
This may be just one little mug, but it holds quite a few fun taste possibilities. Make anything from a plain sponge to gooey chocolate, carrot and pineapple cake and red velvet. Essentially, to make it, you use the ingredients for a normal cake, but in a much smaller proportion and everything is mixed together in the mug. Pop this into the microwave and it’s done!
Recipe for Banana-chocolate mug cake:–
All-purpose flour – 4 tbsp
Baking powder – a pinch
Cocoa powder – 1 ½ tbsp
Milk – ¼ cup
Vegetable oil – 2 tsp
Mashed banana – 3 tbsp
Method:-
Take a mug (it should be microwaveable) and mix the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder. Now add the milk, oil as well as the banana. Mix it well. Top with nuts (optional). Microwave it for a minute. Remove and let it cool down for sometime. Your mug cake is ready to enjoy now.
The dessert is popular on social media with folks adding their own delicious twist to it and the hashtag #mugacake has got 430,814 posts on Instagram and counting!
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