Lava cake in a mug. Here is a perfect chocolate Lava Cake cooked in a mug in the microwave. This is a delicious dessert that is just ready to be shared especially on Valentines Day but of course you can share it on any day. It is gooey and moist and perfectly delicious - so go ahead and make someones day.

So I gave up on them and surrendered to Cakey, moist and fluffy on the outside, with a pool of chocolate lava sauce on the inside. It's kind of a hybrid between the ever-so-popular molten. Molten chocolate lava cake is one of my all-time favorite desserts. You can have Lava cake in a mug using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lava cake in a mug

Prepare 1/3 cup of self-rising flour.
Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
You need 2 tbs of Hershey's cocoa powder.
You need 2 tbs of vegetable oil.
Prepare 1/4 cup of milk.
You need 1 of egg.
You need 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
Prepare 1/2 cup of semi-sweet choc chips, or Reeses pb miniature cups, or Hershey minis.

A rich fudgy cake filled with warm melted chocolate. You can't go wrong with it. But making chocolate lava cake is a process and I don't always have time for that. Which is why I love making a single serving in a coffee mug.

Lava cake in a mug step by step

In small bowl, whisk together oil, milk, eggs, and vanilla..
Add flour, sugar, cocoa, and whisk to combine..
Place half the candy in the bottom of the mug. Pour 1/4 cup batter over. Place other half of candy. Pour 1/4 cup batter over..
Microwave on high 90 seconds. Cake should be fluffy and bounce back..
Repeat for second mug..

Quick and easy chocolate molten lava cake is made in a mug in your microwave. Pour half of it into a microwave safe bowl or mug and push the chunk of chocolate/Dove chocolate right into the center of the batter. Do not overcook or the cake will be dry. Can this mug cake be made in the oven? No, this was solely developed for the microwave.