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A delicious and easy Chocolate Nutella Cake cooked in the microwave and ready in just 3 minutes!

Microwave-Nutella-Mug-Cake_001Hello! We are back from holidays and I’m throwing myself straight back into blogging (I’ve actually missed it…awww!) But first, can we talk about this weather? When we left it was typical British summer weather but we’ve seem to have come back to monsoon season. It didn’t even rain this much in Ireland! Luckily today’s recipe is perfect for miserable days like today….nutella…chocolate…cake….YES!!!

I actually made this recipe with my little fussy eater a few weeks ago. We were quarantined indoors for a couple of days with suspected chicken pox (she didn’t have it – another false alarm!) and to overcome our boredom I decided to introduce her to the wonder that is the microwave mug cake.

I’m the kind of person who will buy a whole cake, have one slice but then keep picking at the rest until I feel sick. So these individual mini cakes are perfect as I can just make one portion and there’s no waste. The short cooking time is also perfect for cooking with kids. At three years old my fussy eater’s attention span is pretty short and she loses interest in baking usually once the cake has gone into the oven. However she stuck with me while this mug cake cooked (for all of 25 seconds!) and was even happy to help decorate it before scoffing it down!

chocolate mug cakeNow if you’re expecting the lightest fluffiest sponge cake in the world then you are probably going to be a bit disappointed. This is a microwave cake, made in less than 30 seconds. It’s not going to win any awards. But that said it’s still a lot better than a lot of store bought chocolate cakes I’ve tried.

I would also recommend eating this mug cake straight away, while the half melted chocolate chips are still all deliciously gooey and the sponge is still lovely and warm. I took ours out of the ramekins and decorated it with icing sugar and strawberries. But there’s no shame in eating it straight from the mug!

For the full recipe check out the video (and don’t forget to subscribe to my You Tube Channel to stay up to date on all my videos!) and the written recipe is below too. And if you try my mug cake please come back and let me know what you think, I always love to get your feedback.

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Nutella Microwave Mug Cake

★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
  • Author: Ciara @ My Fussy Eater
  • Prep Time: 2 mins
  • Cook Time: 1 min
  • Total Time: 3 minutes
  • Yield: 2 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: European
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Description

A delicious gooey chocolatey Nutella Microwave Mug Cake, ready in just a couple of minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp nutella
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 0.5 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Put the nutella in a cup and melt in the microwave for 20 seconds.
  2. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa and baking powder together in a bowl. Add the egg and mix well. Add the melted nutella and chocolate chips. Stir the mixture until everything is well combined.
  3. Pour the cake mixture into two ramekins or small mugs and microwave each separately for 30 seconds. My microwave is 800 watt so you may need to adjust the cooking time to your own microwave.

Notes

**WARNING** This recipe obviously contains egg and although it is cooked in the microwave it is not cooked for a very long time. Pregnant women and any other people who have been advised to avoid raw or lightly cooked eggs should consider this when making this recipe.

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Comments

  3. Lucy Parissi says

    September 1, 2014 at 3:56 pm

    How is it possible that your microwave cake looks so perfect? Usually they explode! This looks wonderful as ever. Thanks for linking to #CookBlogShare : )

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  4. Barbara says

    August 31, 2014 at 2:47 pm

    Having lunch w/a co-worker or friend? Just pack a “salad in a cup” and a container of quinoa smoothie and you’ve got a delicious, homemade, tasty, and healthy lunch – in the park!

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  5. Barbara says

    August 31, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    Thanks for all these good ideas! I love putting quinoa and fruit together to make a smoothie – something all kids adore!
    We can be sure they eat healthily and still have plenty of good taste.

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  6. Vicki Montague says

    August 29, 2014 at 1:49 pm

    Wow that looks great and ready so quickly!! I am going to have a go at doing this glutenfree…I know it would go down a storm in this house! Thanks for sharing and good luck with getting your kids to be less fussy 😉

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  7. Emily says

    August 28, 2014 at 11:26 am

    You had me at Nutella! These look amazing, and the perfect recipe to try out with my two attention-span-limited pre-schoolers. Love the blog, a new discovery for me via #recipeoftheweek

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  8. Emily @amummytoo says

    August 28, 2014 at 6:10 am

    It just works, doesn’t it?! I don’t even eat Nutella any other way – mug cakes are the way forward! Thanks so much for linking up with #recipeoftheweek. I’ve pinned this post to my food board and a tweet will go out later 🙂

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  9. Danya says

    August 26, 2014 at 11:06 pm

    Wow! These were remarkably good. I must be late to the party with mug cakes? Or maybe they haven’t been figured out in the US? Regardless, I have celiac disease and made them with gluten-free flour. They turned out deliciously well.
    Warm regards from San Francisco (where we also have foggy cool summers).

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