3 Ingredient Microwave Chocolate Mug Cake

Chocolate mug cake recipe no egg needed only takes 50 seconds to cook in your microwave. Just 3 ingredients to How to Make a Mug Cake with Cake Mix. AND when you press a caramel inside it’s the perfect treat made just for one person. I make these at night when I have a sweet tooth!

I’ve created a lot of microwave mug recipes on The Typical Mom because well…..they’re so good and easy to do! When you just want a dessert for one in one minute they come in really handy and satisfy my sweet tooth without going overboard. Here’s how you make it. (affiliate links present)

My most popular chocolate chip cookie in a mug recipe was SO popular that I try to come up with more single serving desserts each week and this is my latest! The most amazing caramel chocolate mug cake recipe here takes just 50 seconds to cook and about 3 minutes to put together, that’s a huge and yummy win!

3 ingredient Mug Cake No Egg

If you don’t know how to make a cake in a mug it is really quite easy and you can use any flavor you like. Of course we used chocolate here but we’ve used this same concept and made a strawberry cake in a mug too which my kids loved!

Chocolate Mug Cake Ingredients

• Box of angel food cake mix – with the dry egg whites already mixed in
• 1 box of chocolate cake mix 
  • Mix these together and save in a plastic container
    • or just make one at a time with 1.5 tbsp of each + 2 tbsp water
• Water or you could use Coca-cola for richer flavor

To make you just need a few things, those are the very best ones. I did provide options such as submerging a caramel candy in the middle or you could sprinkle a few semi sweet chips in there too if you wanted. Want a hint of vanilla extract in there, just a dash will do. What I use as a base is;

How to Bake Chocolate Cake in a Mug

1. Scoop 3 tbsp. of your angel food/chocolate cake mix into a mug
2. Add 2 tbsp. of water
3. Stir
4. Push 3 Rolo candies into the center of your chocolate cake mix (1 put 2 on the bottom and rest the 3rd on top of those)
5. Put in microwave for 50 seconds
6. Enjoy this chocolate mug cake recipe!

Now let me answer a question that many have had with my pineapple angel food cake which I use the same box to make. Some have a packet of dry egg whites you have to combine in yourself, I have never seen or used that style so I don’t know if it would work the same. Want peanut butter and chocolate? Try our brownie in a mug.

Can mug cake mix go bad?

If you bought it already mixed in a box there will be an expiration date on it. You should make it before it expires for best results. It won’t hurt you to make it after but it will likely not rise as it should so you may be disappointed. Flavors won’t be as rich after that date as well.

Can you bake cake in the microwave?

Yes, in a mug is the easiest and fastest way of all. Wondering whether the cook times remain the same with this recipe below combining angel food cake and cake mix? Yep it doesn’t matter what flavor you use. Just microwave on high for a minute and you can even add mini chocolate chips inside too with vanilla ice cream on top. NO, don’t count the calories but it should be tried at least once in our mug cake creations.

Can you eat mug cake batter?

I mean raw ingredients aren’t great to consume but in this case it wouldn’t hurt you. Just like with angel food cake in a mug that has less calories made with just one ingredient, it just wouldn’t taste very good. Since this is egg free it isn’t dangerous but may upset your stomach non-the-less if eaten raw.

It just takes a minute to make this or our Our blueberry muffin in a mug recipe takes 2 so no real reason to rush to it, just pop it in and enjoy.

Love this idea but want other flavors to make? Let’s talk about other options you might want to try once you fall in love with the combinations below. At the store you will find a lot of flavors but if you go online you can find others as well. Once you have the base angel food style then think outside of the box from there and you can mix and match like;

Cake in a Mug with Cake Mix Combinations

1. 3/4 tbsp pineapple + 3/4 tbsp vanilla cake mix for a tropical blend
2. Use pumpkin cake mix for the Fall months
3. I have seen cherry which you could use 3/4 tbsp of with vanilla for a cherry cream soda like flavor
4. Coconut and half chocolate gives you a Hawaiian flavor of sorts
5. Red velvet is another fun add in which adds color as well as bolder flavor blends

I will say that with all of these I feel there needs to be a dollop of coolness on top. Frozen Cool Whip is our favorite for that. Since the bottom is warm is starts to melt just enough so it isn’t hard any longer and you get the mix of a hot and cold treat together.

Mug Cake Frosting with Pudding

• 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant pudding mix (flavor of your choice)
• 1 cup cold milk
• 1 container (8 ounces) Cool Whip, thawed

Then follow steps on our Cool Whip Pudding Frosting recipe here.