13 Easy Microwave Mug Cakes Week 2: Microwave Strawberry Vanilla Mug Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Glaze

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Hi Friends,

Our second week of these fantastic mug cakes will certainly get your attention because it's in the microwave and in only 90 seconds; who doesn’t love cake, with strawberries woven into it, with a puddle of vanilla buttercream glaze added for good measure. Let's get the day started off properly with cake for breakfast, YAY! And it’s healthy because you’re getting in a serving of fruit along with a serving of frosting, which is the best way to start the day, of course.

Ready, set, go!
Let’s make cake, in the microwave, in 90 seconds...

Microwave Strawberry Vanilla Mug Cake with Vanilla Glaze
(with Vegan and Gluten Free Suggestions)

Makes one very generous portion

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 large egg (exclude if too spongy)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (or 1 teaspoon+ if you love vanilla)
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (or 3 tablespoons if you want it sweeter)
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 to 3 tablespoons strawberries, diced (I used TJ’s frozen strawberries and diced them. Halve or quarter your berries as desired)

In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients (except strawberries), and whisk until batter is just smooth, but do not overmix. Gently fold in the strawberries. Prepare a mug by spraying it very well with cooking spray and pour batter into mug, taking care that there is plenty of room for growth. The batter/cake will nearly double in height in the microwave so select a large mug and do not fill more than halfway. (You may have leftover batter or you may get two mugcakes from this recipe, but don’t overfill or you will have a big mess) Microwave on high for 75 to 90 seconds, or until done. Microwave cooking times vary widely and I suggest standing in front of the microwave the entire time. It could be done in 60 seconds, it could take 2 minutes; it’s very hard to say but should take about 90 seconds. While the mug cake is cooling, make the glaze.

• Vanilla Buttercream Glaze
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (or 1/2 teaspoon+ if you love vanilla)
• 1 tablespoon+ cream (or milk)

Combine all ingredients (except for cream) in a small bowl and whisk, adding the cream based on desired consistency of glaze. Spoon glaze over the mug cake while it’s in the mug and allow glaze to soak and permeate into the cake. Or, remove cake from the mug by running a knife around the sides and inverting it onto a plate and spooning the glaze over it.

Suggestions: Substitute Butter wuth Avocados from Mexico

Notes: Do not bother with mixing dry ingredients first, then wet; making this in one bowl and everything added at once is fine. You can also mix this all together in the mug and skip the bowl entirely, taking care you’ve sprayed it well with cooking spray. Do not fill your mug more than halfway full as the batter/cake will expand and nearly double in size. Allow plenty of room for growth.

To keep vegan, use margarine in place of butter, use nut milk in place of cream/milk, and use a flax egg. To keep gluten free, use a gluten-free flour blend.

Cake making is as easy as combining everything in one bowl except for the strawberries, stirring, and folding those in last. Don’t bother mixing the dry and mixing wet ingredients separately.

This is a convenience recipe and it’s much more convenient to just do it all at once. You can even mix everything in the mug, making it even more convenient so you have one less dish to do.

• Pour the batter into a mug if you didn’t mix the batter in a mug.
• Make sure your mug is TALL enough to support this recipe. Select a nice, tall mug because the batter will expand considerably; nearly doubling in height.
• Don’t fill your mug more than halfway with batter or you will end up with spillover and a microwave cleanup project that would be a major inconvenience.

Upon initially taking it out, the batter is puffed up very high, even a little higher than the mug’s rim, but as it cools, it will shrink down.

Poured the glaze on top of the cake while inside the mug, and smooth it all around with a spoon. Eat it like hot fudge poured over ice cream in a mug, all messy and blended together, which is the best way. This is so good because it has the sweetness of vanilla cake with the bonus of berries woven in, and then that glaze, Wow! The vanilla glaze really enhanced the vanilla cake flavor. If you are a vanilla fanatic, this is right up your vanilla alley because there is cake involved, frosting is present, and the microwave was used; my kinda recipe...

Bon Appétit, my mug cake lovers...

Check back next Tuesday for another quick and easy Microwave Mug Cake from your friends at Interior Design!

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Live well,
Yvonne