Black Forest Mug Cake

White mug with chocolate cake, topped with whipped cream and 2 fresh cherries.

This Black Forest Mug Cake cooks in under 2 minutes. It features a rich, moist chocolate cake with a tender crumb loaded with fresh cherries. It is sure to satisfy your chocolate cravings!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword black forest cake microwave, black forest mug cake, chocolate mug cake, easy black forest cake

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 2

Total Time 3

Servings Serving

Calories 632kcal

Author Maria Doss

Equipment

Cherry pitter

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

3 tablespoons all purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon baking powder
1 pinch salt

Wet ingredients

3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
½ teaspoon Cherry liquor such as Kirsch (or use vanilla extract)
¼ cup chopped cherries I like to use Bing

Instructions

Add all dry ingredients into a microwave mug and stir well with a spoon or fork.
Add all wet ingredients (except the cherries) and mix until smooth. Stir in chopped cherries (reserving some for garnish later).
Cook in microwave for 1 minute plus 50 seconds for a standard coffee mug, and one minute and 45 seconds for a wider mug.
Remove, let cool for a few seconds, before serving. Top with reserved cherries and sweetened whipped cream.

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Notes

Kirsch is a cherry-flavored brandy and is a key ingredient in black forest cake.

Bing cherries give the traditional black forest cake flavor. You can use any dark colored cherries instead.

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