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Red Velvet Mug Cake

Posted by Lisa | Sweet 2 Eat Baking on February 10, 2017

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This Red Velvet Mug Cake is the perfect treat for your loved one this Valentine’s Day. It’s moist, egg-free and utterly delicious with that distinctive red velvet flavour. I’ve even topped it off with a complimenting cream cheese frosting. Perfect, easy and ready in no time!

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Hey friends. How are you all?

Are you excited for upcoming Valentine’s Day? The only day of the year where it’s acceptable to bust out all the Barry White CDs (or rather MP3s these days!) and listen to cheesy 80s love songs to get yourself in the mood for lurrrrrve.

Well, scrap the cheese (but not the cream cheese, obvis) because today I’m bringing the love to you with this amazing Red Velvet Mug Cake.

Are you feeling special yet? Because you should, this mug cake is awesome.

We all know that some mug cakes can be terrible. Even I have had my fair share of chewy and rubbery mug cakes, blech! But this red velvet mug cake? It’s the epitome of mug cakes! No rubber here, peeps.

Let’s first talk about how ridiculously easy this mug cake is to make. A few store-cupboard ingredients for the cake, and voila! We’re talking around 6 minutes from start to cooked, then some cooling time (which can be sped up in the fridge or freezer) before frosting and enjoying.

This mug cake recipe is egg-free. I’m sure that this recipe could be easily adapted for a gluten-free diet, and the milk can be substituted for almond or coconut milk for those with diary restrictions.

And finally, this red velvet mug cake actually tastes like how a red velvet cake should taste too. And with that cream cheese frosting… utter perfection.

Yield: 1 mug cake

Red Velvet Mug Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This Red Velvet Mug Cake is moist, egg-free and utterly delicious with a complimenting cream cheese frosting. Make this easy mug cake for your Valentine today!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 1 minute

Ingredients

Mug Cake

2 tbsp buttermilk
1 tbsp cider vinegar
1½ tbsp vegetable oil
red gel food colouring
2 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder
pinch salt
pinch bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
4 tbsp self-raising flour, see notes

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 tbsp (14g) unsalted butter, softened
1 tbsp (15g) cream cheese, softened
4-5 tbsp icing (confectioners') sugar
½ - 1 tsp milk, if needed
sprinkles, optional

Instructions

To make the mug cake, add the wet ingredients (buttermilk, cider vinegar, vegetable oil and 2-5 drops of red food colouring) into a mug. I only needed 2 drops of Americolor super red food colouring.
Add the sugar, salt and cocoa powder and whisk with a fork until smooth. Fold in the flour and baking soda, and heat on full power in the microwave for between 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds, depending on the power of your microwave. Check at 1 minute, and 1 minute 15 seconds. The cake should be moist so if testing with a toothpick, some crumbs may cling.
Remove from the microwave and allow to cool fully before frosting. You can speed this up by popping in the fridge for around 30 minutes - 1 hour. Or pop in the freezer for 15 minutes if you're impatient like me.
Once fully cooled make the cream cheese frosting by adding the butter and cream cheese to a clean mug and beat with a clean fork until softened further. Gradually add in the icing sugar, beating after each addition. You may not need to add in the milk, so only add if needed.
Spoon or pipe the frosting over the cooled cake and sprinkle on some sprinkles, if desired.
This cake is best enjoyed immediately or on the same day - cover with plastic wrap and pop in the fridge for later.

Notes

Notes:

Don't have any self-raising flour on hand? You can substitute with plain (all-purpose) flour and add ¼ tsp baking powder.
Valentine's is for 2, you say? Double this recipe to make 2 mug cakes and enjoy that special day... together.

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Valentine's Red Velvet Mug Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe by Sweet2EatBaking.com – It's moist, egg-free and utterly delicious with that distinctive red velvet flavour. I've even topped it off with a complimenting cream cheese frosting

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Posted by Lisa | Sweet 2 Eat Baking on February 10, 2017

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7 Comments on “Red Velvet Mug Cake”

The Partiologist — February 12, 2017 @12:21 pm Reply

This looks divine! And I love that it is a small portion and I can eat the whole thing! :)
Aamir Iqbal — October 15, 2018 @9:29 am Reply

My 7 year old says “Best Mug cake EVER!!!!” We posted a picture, it’s the one with the bite already taken out cause he couldn’t wait to eat it. Thanks
Jacklyn — November 7, 2018 @8:18 am Reply

Hi lisa
Today i tried this mug cake and it was delicious. I doubled the amount of ingredients and divided it into Three normal mugs. Then I tried what time it would need.
Do you have any ideas how to change the time in the Microwave if i put more than one mug in it?
Greetings from Newyork

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