This fudgy, gooey eggless chocolate cake with a molten peanut butter center bakes up in just 1 minute. All you need are a handful of pantry staples, a microwave and a fellow chocolate lover!
Naturally, since we’ve all made it to midweek, that calls for a little celebration. And I’m calling for a Wednesday treat. Whadya say?
There’s a little chocolate-meets-peanut-butter lovefest is going on in that mug, and you should be a part of it. It’s full of cakey, creamy and decadent goodness. It’s made with just a handful of basic ingredients and a microwave. And it’s calling for your spoon to take a dive.
What are you waiting for? Go for it!
Mug cakes are magical, wonderfully easy treats to make when a sweet craving strikes. And this one definitely hit the spot! In just 1 minute, cocoa cake batter stuffed with a dollop of creamy peanut butter bakes up a fluffy, heavenly cake for two. Or one. No one’s judging here!
You just mix, pour, dollop a bit of peanut butter and zap in your microwave. Want to use another nut butter or spread? Feel free! You can swap the peanut butter for any spread, including Nutella and almond butter, or just omit it altogether.
How about an elegant (but super quick) dessert? Just grease your mug generously with cooking spray, cook as directed and pop out the cake onto a plate. Top with vanilla ice cream, or powdered sugar and berries (helloooo, Valentine). Voila! You have the EASIEST. EVER. molten cake to impress guests.
You have to try it to believe it!
1-Minute Chocolate Peanut Butter Mug Cake
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 Tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 Tablespoon creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 Tablespoon mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, sugar and baking powder until completely combined. Whisk in milk, butter and vanilla until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips. Pour batter into a large microwave-safe mug.
- Dollop peanut butter into center of mug, gently pressing down until even with top of batter. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Allow to cool for 1 minute before serving.
- Enjoy!
I am definetely going to make this tonight! I needed to find a dessert for 1 and this is just too perfect.
One of the prettiest and gooey-est chocolate mug cakes I have seen methinks, this definitely looks worthy of a Wednesday :D
I hope you have a good one! :) x
This is dangerously easy! I totally want one now…
i love mug cakes! this sounds fabulous.
I kid you not, I was just thinking the other day how I could realllly go for a choc/PB mug cake — and here it is! I’m totally making this tonight (or right now? ;)).
I am dying! This is right up my alley!!!
Whoa this is crazy awesome. I’ve never made a mug cake, but clearly I need to!!
I have been looking for a quick and easy snack recipe for my Girl Scouts and this looked good! I made a quick batch myself and was amazed at how easy and tasty these are! I’m sure the scouts will love them too!
I’m dead. And need this is my life….now.
I completely agree that getting to Wednesday deserves a celebration – I was ready to just sleep forever yesterday, could so have done with a mug of this cake!
this is the best mug cake I’ve ever eaten! That pb center is deeeeelicious
You know what’s scary? I have TEN minutes to spare. :) I’ll be back when they’re all gone. I LOVE this!
Never done baking in mugs. Loved this!!! My husband and boys too…
Its very tastly and a simple recipe ill definitely come back to, mine needed more than a minute to cook through, great recipe thoguh
It was simply amazing! Thank you very much for the recipe, we enjoyed it a lot!
Gee, I just made this mug cake and it was delicious!!! I “discovered” mug cakes last year during the holidays and have tried a few. This was definitely the best chocolate mug cake I’ve made. (I wasn’t feeling too peanut-buttery tonight, so I left the pb out. Yes, you’re allowed to do that) This cake was very moist, and not rubbery like some mug cakes can be. (Really…if you use 2 eggs for a full-sized cake, using 1 egg for any mug cake is way too much, and that’s what an make them have that rubbery texture some people complain about!) This one is a keeper! To everyone that says they are going to try this recipe, you’ll e glad you did! It’s great!
hi. i made this recipe the other day and it turned out fantastic!! it was moist and had pretty good flavor except i think it needed to have a bit more chocolate punch to it..but maybe that’s my fault lol
thanks for churning this out :) it worked out quite well
I’m making it right now
Thanks a lot. I made it! Yum…
Just tried this and it was so good!!!!!!!!!!!! Really fudgey and delicious. Will definitely be trying this again.
What temperature setting and time would you suggest if I wanted to make this in the oven instead? I was thinking 350 for 15-20 minutes?
I haven’t tried it in the oven before, but I think more like 10-15 minutes would be sufficient.
Finally!!!! A chocolate peanut butter mug cake that has just the right consistency!!!
Just made it and it’s just perfect!
I made this recipe a lot and I’ve done some modifications to it (to fit my tastes ;) ).
I put only one tablespoon of cocoa powder, and just a little bit less than cup of milk.
And sometimes I stuff it with nutella instead of peanut butter.
Awesome :)
I accidentally mixed the peanut butter in the batter and forgot the chocolate chips so I added them and some caramel chips to the center. It’s cooling now so we’ll see how it comes out.
This was the easiest, gooeist, most delicious mug cake ever. Give it a go!
This is one of the best desserts I’ve ever made!
Just made this and am SUPER impressed. I’ve never been a fan of mug cakes (I never felt like the flavor or texture was right) but this one has made a believer out of me!
Literally just made this mug cake!!
My first one ever!
I was in a desperate situation where I needed chocolate. Ladies know what I mean.. (;
This totally hit the spot!
5 stars!
Only thing I will do differently next time is add a bit for sugar for my own personal taste!
Thank you for sharing this recipe!!!
Amazing mug cake, the flavor and texture is good overall, since it uses real butter and milk it brings it close to a cake like if it was made in the oven. Not very sweet i added Reese’s pieces, cup pieces and chips so that added the extra sugar it needed. The peanut butter center brings out a salty flavor. I’m keeping the recipe!
This literally is the first mug cake that ive made that actually tasted good