Red Velvet Mug Cake (No Egg)

Name: Easy Red Velvet Mug Cake
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 2 min
Ingredients: 4 tbsp all purpose flour; 1/8 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 tbsp granulated sugar; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 2 tbsp buttermilk; 1 tbsp milk; 1/8 tsp distilled vinegar; 1/4 tsp red food coloring; 28 g cream cheese; 28 g butter; 5 tbsp powdered sugar

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This super moist and easy Red Velvet Mug Cake is only need 2 minutes in the microwave to be ready. You would want to try it at home every chance you would get because of its winner taste and equally the best texture.

Red Velvet Mug Cake may seem like a fancy dish to you, but you would be surprised at how quick and easy this recipe can be done.

It is mildly chocolatey from the cocoa with the touch and hint of tartness that compliments the cream cheese frosting on top of this decadent food. The texture is smooth, thick and rich, and each bite would feel like tasting the best mug cake you could ever think of.

You may serve this delicious Red Velvet Mug Cake at any time of the day. Showcase the glory of this dish to your family at breakfast, and serve it to your friends in the afternoon for a snack. However, most people would love this dish to be served as dessert. Its mildly sweet flavor and chocolatey taste are the most wonderful you can come up with for a good dessert after a satisfying meal.

For special occasions, especially the holiday season, this mug cake is one of the promising desserts to make since its red hue really matches the Christmas color. There is just something so obvious about this mug cake that makes you want to prepare it for the merriest time of the year.

Having been existing since the Victorian era, red velvet gives off the classy and elegant vibe to this mug cake. If you wish, you can even gift some servings of these mug cakes to your neighbors as they are extremely aesthetically pleasing, and the taste will never ever disappoint anyone.

Why Does This Red Velvet Mug Cake Recipe Works?

This mug cake might be just about the easiest recipe you can make at home, and here are more convincing reasons why you should whip the ingredients out of your pantry to start making this flavorful dish while you have nothing better to do in your house:

Quick and easy, easy peasy. You can finish making this recipe without making a mess in your kitchen, and without exerting much effort to achieve the ideal outcome.
The preparation time is short. You don't have to wait longer than 2 minutes to have the delicious mug cake ever known.
It is eggless. No eggs in the mixture mean thicker and richer texture since eggs create a spongey and airy mug cake. Plus, some people are allergic to eggs, but in this recipe, they need not worry about that.
A perfect Christmas dessert!
Soft, thick, overflowing with delicious goodness, this mug cake is indeed an absolute must-try recipe.
It is very festive and soft; hence children, even toddlers, will have no difficulty eating this dessert.

What's in This Red Velvet Mug Cake Recipe?

All-purpose Flour. Mug cakes will not have their desired texture without flour. All-purpose flour will help your mug cake to rise and achieve a softer texture.

Baking Soda. It helps all-purpose flour in leavening and rising the mug cake. With the presence of baking soda, the mug cake will rise and become lighter and softer in texture.

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder. Accompany your red velvet flavor of mug cake with the mild chocolatey taste of the unsweetened cocoa powder.

Granulated Sugar. Sweeten your mug cake mixture with sugar. It helps in the texture of the mug cake later on as well.

Vegetable Oil. A smoother version of this recipe will be possible with the use of vegetable oil. It also helps in creating a moist mug cake.

Milk. Creamy and thick mug cake? You should add milk to the mixture. The liquid form of the milk will also help the ingredients be combined as one mixture.

Buttermilk. Red velvet is known for its slight tang and acidity, and with buttermilk, this recipe will finally achieve the red velvet flavor. In addition to adding flavor, buttermilk tenderizes the dish as well.

White Vinegar. You should add white vinegar into the mixture for more acidity to help the buttermilk in creating the finishing touch of the red velvet flavor. White vinegar also assists in texturing the mug cake to be fuller, thicker, moister.

Red Food Coloring. Add red food coloring to complete the red velvet aesthetic in this recipe.

Butter. Thicken the cream cheese frosting of this recipe with the use of butter. Fluffy and creamy consistency will also be possible with the addition of this ingredient.

Cream Cheese. For the base flavor of your frosting, reach for the cream cheese in your pantry and make the softest and smoothest frosting texture.

Powdered Sugar. Sweeten your frosting with the use of powdered sugar, which easily melts once combined with cream cheese.

How To Make Easy Red Velvet Mug Cake?

In a small mixing bowl, combine all the mug cake ingredients. Whisk until the batter is smooth. Put in the microwave for about 1 minute.
Let the cake cool.

Make the cream cheese frosting: Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and whisk until the frosting is light and fluffy. Top the cake with the frosting and enjoy.

Top Tips!

Do not exceed the required amount of flour and baking soda. If you add too much flour and baking soda to the mug cake mixture, the outcome will not be smooth and rich as you expected it to become.
For perfect result, use natural cocoa powder and don't use the dutch processed cocoa powder as it may affect the cake's outcome color badly.
Use whole milk for a creamier and thicker texture, and use plant-based milk such as oat milk and soymilk if you are following a strict diet.
Too much white vinegar will ruin the desired mild chocolatey taste of this recipe, making it too acidic in taste.
Butter indeed helps in making a creamy cream cheese frosting. However, if you add too much of this to the frosting mixture, the frosting will become runny.
I recommend using gel red food color as it gives a better result than the liquid food color.

Recipe Variations

You may use apple cider vinegar instead of white vinegar for a more pronounced acidity.
You may replace the cream cheese frosting with whipped cream, if you like.
There may be an instance when baking soda is unavailable in your cupboard, feel free to swap it with baking powder. Both are leavening agent, and baking powder will do as good as baking soda for this recipe.