Microwave Banana Mug Cake

Name: Microwave Banana Mug Cake
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 1 min 30 s
Total time: 3 min 30 s
Cuisine: cake
Ingredients: 1/2 ripe banana, mashed (about 2 tablespoons); 1 egg; 2 tablespoon coconut sugar; 4 tablespoons blanched almond flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 – 3 tablespoons chocolate chips

July 1, 2021 // 6 Comments » //★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews

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This is an overhead image of a yellow mug with fluffy banana cake with chocolate chips. The mug sits on a white counter with a couple chocolate chips on the counter. — Banana mug cake is only 6 ingredients and bakes in under 2 minutes! The result? Fluffy and moist microwave chocolate chip banana mug cake!

Banana mug cake is going to be your new favorite dessert to make when you have an extra spotty banana. It’s only six ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes to prep and bake in the microwave.

Do you ever make something and you think, “well this is dangerously easy to make.” You mix it all up, you pop it in the microwave. From beginning to end the whole shebang takes less than 5 minutes.

If you like banana bread and fluffy cake, this easy mug cake is for you!

This is an overhead image of the ingredients needed to make microwave banana mug cake. There are small bowls, one with coconut sugar, one with almond flour anf baking powder, one with chocolate chips. There is also an egg and half a banana sitting on the white counter.

This is an overhead image of a yellow mug with raw banana cake batter topped with chocolate chips. The mug sits on a white counter.

Ingredients and substitutions for this Mug Cake

Banana. We just need half a banana for this recipe. The riper the banana, the better! Once you mash it, it’ll end up being about 2 tablespoons of mashed banana.

Egg. Just one! I haven’t tested this recipe with an egg replacer so if you do any experimenting with an egg-free option, let me know how it goes!

Coconut Sugar. I’ve tried this with a sticky sweetener (agave nectar) and have found granular sweetener works best. My favorite is coconut sugar, but another granular sweetener should probably work.

Almond Flour. I always go with blanched almond flour and haven’t tested it with other flours so let me know in the comments if you do any experimenting!

Baking Powder. For some fluff!

Chocolate Chips. You can really customize whatever you want to fold into this mug cake. Walnuts or peanut butter chips would be delish!

How to make banana mug cake

It’s so simple and you make it all in your mug! Mash the banana in your mug. Use a small whisk to whisk in the egg and coconut sugar.

Then, add the almond flour and baking powder. Whisk again until combined.

Fold in the chocolate chips, sprinkle some more on top and then microwave. I microwaved mine for 1 minute and 30 seconds. This made for a light and fluffy yet moist and tender mug cake.

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