I only discovered these things a while ago and they’re great!
With the use of a microwave these mug cakes take a grand total of about 4-5 minutes to make.
To the recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 50g butter
- 30g caster sugar
- 50g self raising flour
- 4-8 tbsp golden syrup
Equipment
- A mug
- Small mixing bowl
- Scales
- Wooden spoon
- Microwave
Prep and cooking (5 minutes)
- Weigh the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until pale and creamy.
- Add the egg and beat well until combined with the butter and sugar.
- Sift the flour (if you have a sieve) and mix well until you have a nice cake batter, add 2-4tbsp of golden syrup and mix well. If it’s really (too) thick add a little milk.
- Rub a little butter or oil around the inside of the mug the put another 2-4 tbsp of golden syrup in the bottom of the mug.
- Fill the mug with the cake batter, it should be somewhere around 1/3 full.
- This part depends on your microwave because let’s face it, they’re all different. I find it usually takes about a minute and a half on full power (850w) but you’ll have to experiment.
- When it’s done go round the edges with a knife or pallet knife and turn it out onto a plate.
- Enjoy!
Costing
As you can see the most costly part is the butter, if you substitute this for a plant/oil based spread it can cut the cost to as little as 41p per cake.
Nutrition
Nutritional values per cake, as you can see it packs quite a calorific punch🤛.
Here the nutrition info per cake if you’re using a plant/oil spread instead of butter, not much budge though it’s about 20kcal less than butter, the biggest difference is the amount of fat but that only just over a gram.
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