Nutella Mug Cake

a spoonful of chocolate nutella cake placed above a white mug.

This Nutella Mug Cake cooks in 90 seconds! It is rich, deeply chocolatey, fudgy, and indulgently moist. All it takes is just 4 ingredients, to satisfy your chocolate craving!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword 4 ingredient mug cake, Nutela brownie in a mug, Nutella brownie mug cake, Nutella mug cake, Nutella mug cake recipe

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 1

Total Time 2

Servings SERVING

Calories 470kcal

Author Maria Doss

Ingredients

¼ cup Nutella
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon all purpose flour
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
⅛ teaspoon salt

For serving (optional)

Vanilla ice cream

Instructions

Add all ingredients into a microwave safe coffee mug. Stir well until smooth.
Tip: Stir your Nutella vigorously before using. Like natural peanut butter, the oils typically rise to the top of the jar as it sits. It poses a huge problem of being greasy and not having enough structure.
Microwave for 1 minute and 35 to 50 seconds.
Tip: My initial cook time was 1 minute and 30 seconds. However, some readers found that the cake wasn't cooked through in that time. So, upon further testing in different microwaves, I increased the cook time by a few seconds.
Takeaway - Remove from microwave after 1 minute and 35 seconds, if your cake is still wet inside, then pop it back into microwave and cook for an addioanl 10 to 20 seconds.
Serve hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Notes

If using a fresh jar of Nutella, make sure to give it a good stir before using.

Stir well - Nutella is very thick and might be a little stubborn to mix.

Time - Some readers found that the cake wasn't cooked through in the mentioned time. So, upon further testing with different microwaves, I learned that some microwaves needed 5 to 25 seconds longer.

Don't use a large mug.

Use a ramekin - A 4-ounce ramekin is perfect for this single serve Nutella mug cake recipe. It might be difficult to stir ingredients in a small ramekin. So, I like to mix the Nutella mug cake batter in a separate bowl and the transfer it into the ramekin, before cooking.

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