How does this sound – Hot, gooey, fudgy cake ready in 90 seconds?! Not only is it really delicious cake, it can also be assembled to give as a special gift for the chocolate lover in your life! Can you think of anyone who would appreciate a hot little cake that is ready except for three little ingredients? Mix it up, pop it into the microwave, and in 90 seconds the cake is ready to eat!
I found this recipe for Mexican Hot Chocolate Mug Cake in the recent edition of Southern Living Magazine. I whipped up four of these for my neighbors this week and they were super easy and cute as well! Each mug makes a really generous portion – so you could even share, but hey, it’s Christmas, right? You might want to enjoy the whole mug yourself!
Here are the ingredients:
Mexican Hot Chocolate Mug Cake
Ingredients
DRY MIX
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- 2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans
- 2 tablespoons bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons mini marshmallow
How to Make It
For each cake, combine all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, kosher salt, unsweetened cocoa, chopped toasted pecans, bittersweet chocolate chips, baking powder, and cinnamon in a small food-safe gift bag. Place mini marshmallows in a separate bag. Place both bags inside a 12-oz. microwavable mug.
To prepare each cake, stir whole milk, canola oil, and vanilla extract into the dry ingredients in mug. Microwave on HIGH until cake rises and is cooked through, 60 to 90 seconds. Remove from microwave; sprinkle marshmallows on top. Microwave on HIGH 5 more seconds. Serve immediately.
Here’s how I wrapped mine up to give away:
You might not be able to have everyone you love over for chocolate cake, but with this simple recipe, you might be able to give them all a cake of their own!
You can watch a video of the process here:
Happy baking/Gift-giving!
RefreshHer 
This is a perfect idea for my neighbor and several others!!:) How much milk and oil??
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You can get the instructions to attach to the bags at southernliving.com/tags.
The tag says to add 1/4 cup milk, 3 tablespoons oil, 1/2 tsp vanilla.
Enjoy!
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Christmas in a yummy mug! Love it.
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I hope you’ll make one! Thanks for commenting!
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I’m planning to make one of these for the person whose name I drew for our church gift exchange. So I decided to try the recipe out last evening. Oh, my, what a wonderfully delicious little dessert! The cake is SO good. I got out two iced-tea spoons and my husband and I shared the sample cake. He thinks maybe we need to do that again sometime, now that we know how easy the cake is to make. Thanks so much for sharing this!
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I love hearing that you tried this recipe! I was amazed at how good it is with as little prep as it requires! What a good gift exchange!! Thanks for letting me know you and your husband enjoyed it!
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