Category: Sugar

Syrup mug cake recipe

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)

  1. Weigh the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until pale and creamy.
  2. Add the egg and beat well until combined with the butter and sugar.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Fill the mug with the cake batter, it should be somewhere around 1/3 full.
  6. 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.
  7. When it’s done go round the edges with a knife or pallet knife and turn it out onto a plate.
  8. Enjoy!

Costing

61p per cake

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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Liquid glucose recipe

Liquid glucose is pretty much what it says it is, liquid sugar.

It’s used mainly for confectionary, adding liquid glucose to something that already has glucose (sugar) will (or should) stop the sugar from crystallising.

I recently put up a recipe for fudge which calls for liquid glucose, buying it from a shop can be surprisingly expensive, about £2 for 140g whereas making it cuts the cost down to £1 for about 500-700g.

Ingredients (makes about 600g)

  • 500g sugar, granulated has a lower chance of crystallising but I’ve always used granulated
  • 200ml water
  • 5g cream of tartar
  • 2-4g citric acid, or lemon juice

Equipment

  • Saucepan
  • Something to put the glucose in, I use glass jars
  • Wooden spoon

Prep and cooking (10+ minutes)

  1. Put all the ingredients in a pan on a low heat and stir gently until everything has dissolved.
  2. Leave the heat low and cook for anywhere between 5-35 minutes, I like to use as low a heat as possible. It should thicken up when it’s ready. Remember to stir occasionally.
  3. Transfer to jars or whatever you’re using to store it in.
  4. Use when needed.

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