Start Your Morning With This 5-Minute Coffee Mug Cake

It’s pretty much a known fact that coffee should be the first thing you drink when you wake up in the morning… unless it’s homecoming (*cough* tequila). Eating cake at inappropriate times of the day is a skill that I have possessed within my short lifetime, and here is one of the few that will help you start off your lovely morning with a nice cup of joe (assuming you own more then one mug).

Coffee Mug Cake

• Prep Time:4 minutes
• Cook Time:1 minute
• Total Time:5 minutes
• Servings:1
• Easy

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoon applesauce or mashed banana
• 1 pinch vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoon flour
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

• Step 1

  Soften 1 tablespoon of butter and stir in 2 tablespoons of sugar until well incorporated. Next stir in applesauce, vanilla, flour, baking powder and salt, stirring until smooth.

  

• Step 2

  In a separate bowl combine 1 tablespoon of butter, 2 tablespoons of flour, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar and 1/4 tablespoon of cinnamon using your fingers to pinch and create a crumble for the top.

  

• Step 3

  Add your crumble on top of the batter and microwave for 50-80 seconds on high.

  

• Step 4

  Eat it while it’s warm and enjoy your delicious morning mug cake.