This Easy Oreo Microwave Mug Cake is the dessert recipe that would answer and quench all of your desires and cravings for sweetness and delightful goodness during or even after the holiday season.
The fact that this Oreo Mug Cake can be done and served in just 1 minute makes it more ideal for people to bake at home.
This recipe offers a sweetness that is mild and perfect for your stay-ins
amidst the cold weather outside. The Oreo and cocoa powder made the dish mildly chocolatey. The texture is just as good as how the mug cake taste; it is soft, gooey, moist, and thick while oozing with the combined sweetness and chocolatey goodness.
It seems rather too selfish to place this mug cake on the premise of holidays alone. Its perfect taste and texture should be bestowed upon folks any time of the year and day. Serve this mug cake in the morning when you wake up after a long and relaxing sleepover. Bake this dish for dessert in the evening to finish off the good dinner you have made for yourself and your family. Whip the mugs out for a snack in the afternoon while cozying up with your books by the window as the rain of snowfall.
What is a mug cake?
Mug cakes have been around for so long now, but it is only around 2021 that it really got famous all thanks to that one viral video on Tiktok. As the name suggests, mug cakes are cakes baked in mugs placed inside the microwave. It is extremely easy and simple to make, and you will never have to ask for any professional assistance just to perfect this recipe at home. All over the world, mug cake proved to be one of the perfect dishes to serve as treats or snacks as it can be a single serving food.
Why Does This Recipe Works?
Mug cakes have varied flavors; there are strawberry, hot cocoa, vanilla, cinnamon, and even espresso mug cake! However, Oreo Mug Cake is not any less than those mentioned flavors. In fact, kids would love it better as it has the Oreo cookies that most of them love. Here are some of the best reasons why you should not sleep on this recipe at home:
- Oreo Mug Cakes are extremely quick and easy to make. You just have to combine the ingredients and then bake them for no longer than two minutes. See how quick that would be? Everything will be done by the time five minutes have gone and passed!
- This recipe is budget-friendly, and the ingredients are basic pantry stocks that you may find at your nearest store.
- Soft, gooey, chocolatey, sweet, the list will go on and on about how good this dish taste.
- This mug cake is perfect for dessert, and it is also a good snack for people to share.
- You may bake this dish any time you want to.
What’s in This Oreo Microwave Mug Cake Recipe?
Plain Flour. Build the foundation and structure of your soft and gooey mug cake by adding plain flour into the mixture. Plain flour is your base dry ingredient.
Baking Powder. This ingredient will allow your mug cake batter to rise and become softer.
Granulated Sugar. Sweeten your mug cake mixture by pouring in the right amount of granulated sugar. Granulated sugar also helps in enhancing the texture of the mug cake.
Milk. Creamy and thick, that will happen to your mug cake once you use milk to mix the dry ingredients.
Oil. Aside from helping the milk in combining the dry ingredients in this recipe, the oil will also assist in producing a moister and more gooey mug cake once it comes out of the microwave.
Oreos. Oreo Mug Cake treats crushed Oreos as a necessary ingredient!
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder. For a mild chocolatey flavor that will accompany and complement the flavor of Oreo cookies, add unsweetened cocoa powder.
Chocolate Chips. Top your already chocolatey mug cake with more chocolatey goodness in the form of chocolate chips.
How To Make Oreo Mug Cake in Microwave?
- In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, sugar, cocoa powder and salt.
- Mix in milk and oil until there are no lumps.
- Sprinkle on top the chocolate chips and crushed Oreos.
- Pour the mixture into a microwave-safe mug, microwave for 1 minute and 40 seconds.
- Let cool slightly, then serve!
Top Tips!
- Do not even think of trying to use a mug that is not made out of microwave-friendly materials. You will risk your safety by doing so.
- Measure your flour correctly! Too much flour is equivalent to a hard and dense mug cake, and the texture you are aiming for in this recipe should be soft, thick, and gooey. Too little flour, however, will make this dish almost watery and too soft for anyone’s liking.
- The amount of milk to be added in this recipe should be just enough to mix the dry ingredients thoroughly. Too much of everything and too little of everything will result in a failed mug cake.
Some Variations
- To make your mug cake thicker, richer, and smoother, you should use whole milk to mix the ingredients. If you are aiming for a lactose-free mug cake, it is best to use plant-based milk such as soy milk and oat milk; the texture, however, will not be as thick and rich.
- You may use canola oil in this recipe as it does not add any unnecessary taste, and will actually let cocoa powder and Oreo shine in their natural flavors.
- You can top your mug cake with whip cream before drizzling it with chocolate chips and crushed Oreos.
Serving Suggestions
Oreo Mug Cake can be served alone and without any other side dishes. But if you wish to eat or drink something along with it, butter crunch cookies are perfect for serving it with. Others prefer eating mug cakes with hot chocolate too. While some prefer to serve mug cakes with sliced bananas.
Recipe FAQs
Truth be told, mug cakes are best eaten just a few minutes after baking. But if there are still some of it left, you may refrigerate. Its shelf life is rather too short, though.
Too much leavening agent like baking powder makes the baked good taste terrible with a bitter flavor. Do not add too much baking powder; measure it properly!
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Oreo Microwave Mug Cake Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¼ cup plain flour
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 4 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 tablespoon chocolate chips
- 2 oreos , lightly crushed
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, sugar, cocoa powder and salt.
- Mix in milk and oil until there are no lumps.
- Sprinkle on top the chocolate chips and crushed Oreos.
- Pour the mixture into a microwave-safe mug, microwave for 1 minute and 40 seconds.
- Let cool slightly, then serve!
Notes
- Do not even think of trying to use a mug that is not made out of microwave-friendly materials. You will risk your safety by doing so.
- Measure your flour correctly! Too much flour is equivalent to a hard and dense mug cake, and the texture you are aiming for in this recipe should be soft, thick, and gooey. Too little flour, however, will make this dish almost watery and too soft for anyone’s liking.
- The amount of milk to be added in this recipe should be just enough to mix the dry ingredients thoroughly. Too much of everything and too little of everything will result in a failed mug cake.
- To make your mug cake thicker, richer, and smoother, you should use whole milk to mix the ingredients. If you are aiming for a lactose-free mug cake, it is best to use plant-based milk such as soy milk and oat milk; the texture, however, will not be as thick and rich.
- You may use canola oil in this recipe as it does not add any unnecessary taste, and will actually let cocoa powder and Oreo shine in their natural flavors.
- You can top your mug cake with whip cream before drizzling it with chocolate chips and crushed Oreos.
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Hannah Khan
Delicious! I love mug cakes because they are so easy to make.