Strawberry cake in a mug recipe that uses just 2 ingredients and takes just 1 minute in the microwave! So moist, How to Make a Mug Cake with Cake Mix for one individual serving! There’s no egg or milk, just cake mix and water so it’s great for everyone.
Yes…I’m back again with a new mug dessert recipe! This time it’s a perfectly pink strawberry cake in a mug recipe with just 3 ingredients! This is so easy to do. With this trick you can make chocolate cake in a mug too. We’ve been wild about mug recipes this year. Now we’re all about creating new ones like this! (affiliate links present)
Mug Cake with Cake Mix
First we made a chocolate chip cookie in a mug and it went crazy on our Facebook page! That one was homemade with flour, sugar and a few other ingredients from the pantry. From scratch is great but a cake mix mug cake is even easier. You can make all different kinds of flavors using a boxed mix too.
Then angel food cake in a mug made us thing about tweaking it into this! I mean who doesn’t love a bit of fresh fruit flavors…..
Cake Mix Mug Cake
Doesn’t this look yummy??!! We’ve experimented a lot with easy mug cake recipe ideas since our first coffee cake in a mug dessert last month. Since my youngest loves strawberry we decided to try that flavor this time.
We created Angel food cake in a mug and this cake mix along with the strawberry cake mix creates a lighter texture than just making strawberry cake for one in a mug alone.
You pop it in the microwave after mixing it with a bit of water for 1 minute and it’s done to perfection! Just as fluffy as if you were to make it in a pan in your oven baked for over half an hour. Yet perfect for one serving and just enough for after dinner or late at night.
Strawberry Cake in a Mug
Like I said, really any type of cake mix will work when mixing it with angel food cake mix for this dessert in a mug. Mix both boxes together in a bowl and mix really well, then store the rest for later. You will need:
Ingredients
- Large coffee mug (or else it will boil over in the microwave)
- One box angel food cake mix
- 1 box cake mix of your choice (we used strawberry here)
- water
You may also want a sealable plastic container to store rest of mix when you combine the two so you can make more later. All you do is microwave on high for 1 minute! Now just get a large plastic container out – this will hold everything
- Empty the contents of both the box of angel food cake and the other type of regular cake mix you want into it and mix until they’re combined well.
- Then you have your cake in a mug mix ready to use whenever.
How to Make Cake in a Mug
- Combine contents of angel food cake mix and strawberry cake mix into a bowl, mix.
- Add 3 tbsp. of your combined cake mix into the large mug.
- Pour in 2 tbsp. water into your mug and stir well.
- Microwave at 100% power for 1 minute.
- Remove, top with Cool Whip and enjoy!
If you want to make this same thing but as an entire bundt cake, try our 2 ingredient strawberry cake recipe. It’s that easy! You can make strawberry cake mix cookies with boxed mix too.
- Our ever popular blueberry muffin in a mug
- Chocolate mug cake recipe
- Our peach angel food cake is great along with our 2 ingredient cookies too
How to make your cake over the top??!!
- Add a dollop of whipped cream on top
- Slice fresh strawberry pieces and sprinkle some on top of that.
Typically this issue is due to it sitting too long. When you microwave cake you want to eat it immediately or it will quickly begin to get harder as it cools and have a chewy slightly rubbery texture to it. It is best fresh and hot with Cool Whip on top.
One reason it may fail is that your ratio of boxed cake mix to water is off. It should be the texture of batter you would normally bake in the oven. Another fail is if you don’t mix cake mix with a fluffier angel food mix it may become too dense for your liking. Try mixing equal parts of these for the ideal fluffy cake.
How to Make Strawberry Mug Cake
Time needed: 1 minute
Strawberry Cake in a Mug
- Prepare
In a storage container mix together entire box of cake mix and box of angel food cake. Add 3 tbsp. of your combined cake mix + Add 2 tbsp. water into your mug and stir well. Use a spoon to mix all ingredients together well. OR you can mix 1.5 tbsp of each in your microwave safe mug well, then add water.
- Cook
Microwave for 1 minute. Enjoy, topped with a dollop of cool whip is great too!
Before you go I want you to sign up for my free newsletter!! You will get all my new recipes emailed to you a few times a week that will help with meal planning for the week.
Want to see a few of my favorite things that I am totally obsessed with?? Take a peek and see how many you might already have…twinsies!
Looking for more easy family recipes and tips? LIKE The Typical Mom Facebook page because we share all our new creations there every single day. And follow me on Pinterest for more inspirations! 😉
***** If you LOVED this recipe give it 5 Stars below and let everyone know what you thought about it. 😉
Strawberry Cake in a Mug
Ingredients
- 1.5 tbsp cake mix
- 1.5 tbsp angel food cake mix
- 2 tbsp water
Instructions
- In a storage container mix together entire box of cake mix, any variety, and box of angel food cake. Use a spoon to mix all ingredients together well.
- Add 3 tbsp. of your combined cake mix + Add 2 tbsp. water into your mug and stir well. Microwave for 1 minute. (Alternatively you can mix 1.5 tbsp of each dry mix in your mug well and then add water.)
- Enjoy, topped with a dollop of cool whip is great too!
Barb
Sunday 31st of May 2020
Can you just bake it in toaster oven if you dont have a microwave? If so how long?
Belinda
Wednesday 14th of August 2019
Is your calorie count for the entire mix ? About how many calories just for 1 serving?
The Typical Mom
Wednesday 14th of August 2019
Sorry recipe card was acting weird, fixed now.
kathy
Friday 29th of June 2018
Can you put strawberries in the mug.?c
The Typical Mom
Monday 2nd of July 2018
They would become mushy
Diane Atkins
Friday 19th of January 2018
Angel food mix Lemon cake mix 1Tbsp. Water 1Tbsp. Of fresh squeezed lemon juice
If you love lemon...this is the perfect mix.
Katie
Thursday 16th of November 2017
What is the texture of this cake? Would it make a good cake smash cake for 1 year old?