Name: Eggless Red Velvet Mug Cake
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons milk; 3 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon distilled white vinegar; 1/8 teaspoon red gel food color (do not use liquid color); 1/4 cup all purpose flour; 3 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon cocoa powder; 1/4 teaspoon baking powder; 1 pinch salt; 2 tablespoons plain greek yogurt; 1 to 2 teaspoons sugar

Eggless Red Velvet Mug Cake is one of the easiest dessert recipes you’ll ever make this Valentines day! Light and velvety cake is topped off with sweetened greek yogurt for a quick fix when your red velvet cake craving strikes.

removing a spoon of red velvet cake topped with greek yogurt from a mug

Valentines day is 5 days away!! This year might not involve date nights at your favorite restaurant or short romantic get away, but it can still be cozy at home with some delicious homemade dinner, dessert and Netflix.

Mug cakes are one of our favorite things ever. It is easy, quick, great way to satisfy your sweet tooth and my favorite part is that, it makes just one serving <— Portion control for the win.

Greek Yogurt instead of Cream cheese

Red velvet cake traditionally is made with cream cheese frosting. Since, we are a making a single serving cake, using just a tablespoon of cream cheese and then we end up wasting the remaining block. So, we tried substituted sweetened greek yogurt which gives the same taste as cream cheese frosting and more convenient.

Eggless Red Velvet Mug Cake is

Ready in about 2 minutes (including prep time)
Perfect Valentines day treat
Vegetarian
Soft and light
Delicious
One serving <— Portion control

Main ingredients:

Standard mug cake ingredients: Flour, sugar, baking powder, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla extract

Red velvet cake add-ins: Red food coloring, Cocoa powder and the secret ingredient white vinegar.

How to make microwave red velvet cake?

Stir milk, vegetable oil, red food coloring, vanilla extract and white vinegar together in a microwave safe coffee mug. Stir in flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, until smooth and lump free.

Cook in microwave for 70 to 80 seconds. In the mean time, stir together some greek yogurt and sugar together.

Serve mug cake hot with sweetened greek yogurt.

process of how to make red velvet cake in a mug

Expert tips:

This cake cooks for a shorter time when compared to other mug cake recipes due to the addition of vinegar. Don’t be gravitated to cook longer.

White distilled vinegar is flavorless, so please stay away from other vinegars like apple cider vinegar, rice vinegar, wine vinegar or other types.

Stir batter until lump-free – Using a spoon, stir the cake batter until smooth and no lumps remain.

Microwaves differ – This recipe was tested in two different microwaves and it took 70 seconds in one and 80 seconds in the other.

Best eaten hot – Enjoy this cake HOT! As with mug cakes, some might dry out a little when left at room temperature.

Food Coloring – The amount of red food coloring is up to you. I tested with varying amounts, to get the dark red color you see here, use about 1/4 teaspoon gel food coloring.

Red food coloring comes in both gel and liquid. We highly suggest using only gel since the quantity of liquid food coloring that needs to added to obtain the deep red color will add additional liquid to the recipe which will result in changing it.

Skip food coloring? Absolutely! This cake is just as delicious without the food coloring.

Serving suggestion:

Enjoy the cake hot as soon as you remove from the microwave with big scoop of sweetened greek yogurt. Some mug cakes (depending on the type of microwave used) might get a little dry if left at room temperature for a long period of time.

FAQs

Is red velvet cake just a chocolate cake?

Though both the cakes have cocoa powder as a key ingredient, red velvet cake contains a very small portion of cocoa powder when compared to chocolate cake. Also, red velvet cake has an iconic velvety texture that is due to the addition of vinegar with buttermilk when compared to chocolate cake that is more tradional.

Is red velvet cake bad for you?

The cake contains a heavy dose of artificial food color to obtain the deep red hue and covered in a thick and creamy cream cheese frosting that is high in fat and calories as well.

How many calories in one serving of red velvet mug cake?

There are 690 calories in one serving.

red velvet mug cake topped with greek yogurt along with a spoon digging some cake placed on a small white plate

More MUG CAKES:

Mocha Mug Cake

Black Forest Mug Cake

Mango Mug Cake

Banana Mug Cake

Chocolate Chip Cookie Mug Cake

Chai Cake in a Mug

Yield: 1 Serving

Eggless Red Velvet Mug Cake

Prep Time 1 minute

Cook Time 2 minutes

Total Time 3 minutes

Ingredients

Wet ingredients

3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
1/8 teaspoon red gel food color (do not use liquid color)

Dry ingredients

1/4 cup all purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt

Topping

2 tablespoons plain greek yogurt
1 to 2 teaspoons sugar

Instructions

1. Add all wet ingredients into a microwave safe mug and stir well.

2. Stir in all dry ingredients until smooth and lump free.

3. Microwave for 70 to 80 seconds DO NOT OPEN THE MICROWAVE IN BETWEEN.

(This recipe was tested in two different microwaves and it took 70 seconds in one and 80 seconds in the other. We recommend testing out the time in your microwave the first time and then sticking to that after wards)

5. Remove mug from microwave, top with sweetened greek yogurt and enjoy!

Sweetened greek yogurt

Stir yogurt and sugar together for a few seconds to dissolve sugar.

Notes

Stir batter until lump-free – Using a spoon, stir the cake batter until smooth and no lumps remain.

Microwaves differ – This recipe was tested in two different microwaves and it took 70 seconds in one and 80 seconds in the other.

This cake cooks for a shorter time when compared to other mug cake recipes due to the addition of vinegar. Don’t be inspired to cook longer.

White distilled vinegar is flavorless, so please stay away from other vinegars like apple cider vinegar, rice vinegar, wine vinegar or other types.

Food Coloring – The amount of red food coloring is up to you. I tested with varying amounts, to get the dark red color you see here, use about 1/4 teaspoon gel food coloring.

Skip food coloring? Absolutely! This cake is just as delicious without the food coloring.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 690Total Fat: 42gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 36gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 289mgCarbohydrates: 71gFiber: 1gSugar: 43gProtein: 8g

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