Simple easy and delicious this Banana Mug Cake is the perfect single serving dessert to perk you up when your sweet tooth is calling!
Have you jumped on the mug cake train yet? If not your really should. They are easy, tasty and perfect for a single serving dessert, which is great when you have a husband who has an aversion to sweets. Seriously, I don’t think he is from this planet and I can’t comprehend how we even got together. Opposites attract I suppose.
This Banana Mug Cake is my go to mug cake recipe when I don’t feel like making a huge pan of something or if I get that sweets craving at those inconvenient time! Which seems to be pretty much all day for me. I don’t stop craving sweets. Ugh…
This cake can be whipped up in about 3 minutes and is filling. Since it has bananas, does that qualify it as being healthy?? I sure hope so, because I could live off these bad boys.
My non sweets loving husband tasted mine and he HAD to have me make him one. I made mine in these cute little ramekin bowls that I had. You can make these in a mug as well. Don’t use too small because they will overflow. It does puff up but don’t let that scare you, it will deflate once it cools!
Do you have 3 minutes to spare? Can you mix things in a cup? This recipe calls fo simple ingredients that you already have in your pantry to begin with, so it’s great! You can’t go wrong with this. Plus the extra special part is that it has a brown sugar glaze…um yes who doesn’t absolutely love that you can make cakes in a mug?!? Glazes make everything better, especially with banana!! You’ll thank me later.
Banana Mug Cake
Ingredients
- 3 Tbs all-purpose flour
- 3 Tbs brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Dash of salt
- 1 Tbs butter melted
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 1 Tbs milk
- 1 banana mashed
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
GLAZE
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 Tbs butter
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- Small splash of milk
Instructions
- In bowl, or mug itself mix together your flour, sugar and baking powder and salt.
- Stir in your butter, milk, banana, egg and vanilla until combined.
- Microwave for 3 minutes, checking halfway through.
- Let sit to cool.
GLAZE
- Combine all ingredients in small bowl and microwave until bubbly.
- You may need to stop a few times as this likes to bubble very quickly.
- Keep microwaving for about 30 seconds to 1 minutes.
- Stir to combine completely.
- Drizzle over the top of the cake.
- Top with sliced bananas if desired and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
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Sal the Gal
Greetings from gorgeous Gippsland in Victoria, Australia! I’ll apologise in advance, because this is going to be a War & Peace essay.
So…like most of us, I had that proverbial banana sitting in the fruit bowl, staring at banana heaven. So this week I was determined to save it, & happened to find this recipe. After reading all the great reviews, I just HAD to try it myself, & so very glad I did, because although I love to cook, I don’t particularly like to bake, because it’s too precise for my very busy little head. I’m also one of those annoying folk who rarely stick to a recipe, but I REALLY tried hard with this one; I honestly did.
Anyway, the 2 teeny little things I did different was to use just 1/3 of the sugar (but only because hubby & I don’t like overly sweet “sweets”), & I used grapeseed oil, instead of butter because it was what I had at hand.
I actually made mine in a 500ml Pyrex jug, & in my 1000watt microwave, it took the whole 3 minutes to cook, (I checked it at 2 mins). I then left it to rest for about 6-7 mins to allow it to finish cooking. I wouldn’t call it a cake as such; more what we call a pudding over here, BUT that’s not to say it wasn’t good. It was perfectly cooked & with a little vanilla ice cream, it satisfied my perpetual sweet late night craving & absolutely delicious!!!
As an ex-chef, I have to say that if I could give this 10 stars I would, because it’s one of the best recipes I’ve tried from an online source in…forever! This will definitely be on rotation for me & hubby, over the cooler months.
P.S. Hubby also wanted me to say “Thank you Alli, for helping us find a way to save those poor little, often-neglected bananas”. Cheers!!
Liam Hackett
Delicious my banana was way ripe so I cut the sugar in half like the comments recommended and cut the glaze measurements in half and added semi sweet chocolate chips and it was amazing. Easily the best mug cake recipe I’ve ever tried.