Recipe

Start Your Morning With This 5-Minute Coffee Mug Cake

By Emma Weir at St. Francis Xavier University

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

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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.

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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.

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Step 3

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

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Step 4

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

Photo by Emma Weir

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