Quick and easy chocolate mug cake recipe (no egg)

This easy recipe for a chocolate mug cake without eggs can be made in minutes! Just stir a handful of simple ingredients, pop your mug in the microwave and enjoy. If you love mug cake recipes, this chocolate mug cake will be definitely one of your favorites. And even better: no eggs needed for this recipe!

Making a Mug Cake

In the early 2000s, mug cakes became very popular in America and a few years later they were popular in The Netherlands too. I thought the idea of a cake in a mug that you could microwave in just two minutes was brilliant for a sweet tooth like me and made it for the first time a few years ago.

Unfortunately, my first chocolate microwave cake recipe didn’t turn out so well. It was not tasty at all and not even close to a fluffy mug cake. At that moment, I was done with mug cakes and didn’t think about them for a long time. It took me a few years to try again and develop a recipe for this small batch dessert.

My first (new) attempt at making a chocolate mug cake was pretty okay, but I decided to make some changes to the recipe. A few mug cakes later, I came up with a recipe that is similar to a regular chocolate cake. It’s the best mug cake I’ve ever tried. Very tasty!

It’s not exactly the same, of course. It can’t be, because the ingredients are different. Still, I was pleasantly surprised, and it proves that a microwave mug cake can be really tasty! And more important: I don’t need to bake an entire cake when I’m craving some chocolate cake.

Can you make this chocolate cupcake in the oven?

This question came up so often that I really had test it for you. With a simple adjustment in the recipe, you can bake this chocolate mug cake in the oven. You add 2 grams of baking powder (a little less than half a teaspoon) to the cake batter and then bake your little cake in the oven at 180°C/350°F (top and bottom heat) for 20-25 minutes until done.

Test the cake with a cake skewer to make sure it is done, otherwise leave it in the oven for a few more minutes. It’s a great recipe with a little adjustment to bake in the oven.

Want to bake more than one cupcake in the oven? Take my recipe for chocolate cake and divide it by four, for example, to make two to three cup cakes. In my opinion, this is still the most perfect recipe for baking a delicious cake in the oven.

More mug cake recipes

I have made many mug cakes over the years and I will absolutely translate all those recipes for you and share them here. Here are a few that I already shared with you:

• easy vanilla mug cake
• perfect Oreo mug cake
• healthy banana bread mug cake
• banana oatmeal mug cake with blueberries

Did you know you could also add some ingredients to this chocolate mug cake for some variation? Some of my favorites:

• Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the batter. It’s a good addition, even with chocolate cake.
• Add a tablespoon of peanut butter on top of your mug cake before you pop it into the microwave. You can’t go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter.
• Add a handful of  chocolate chip to the cake batter. You will thank me later, it’s a perfect addition.
• Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream after baking the mug cake, it’s a perfect treat and a quick dessert fix.