We’ve all been there. You’ve come home for the evening, put on your comfy clothes and cooked up a nice healthy dinner. It’s yummy and good for you but you get to the end of your meal and something is missing – you are craving something sweet and naughty, but there is nothing in the house and you, frankly, can’t be arsed summoning up your inner-Mary-Berry to create some baking extravaganza – you just need a treat for one the hit the spot.

I have just the solution. I am a proper chocolate fiend, and there is nothing I love seeing more on a menu when I go out for dinner than chocolate fondant (the gooey one that melts in the middle) – What if I told you that you could make it at home, with 4 ingredients, no washing up, in 5 minutes, and, for those of you who don’t eat gluten, it doesn’t require flour? You’re interested, I can tell – I can almost feel you leaning a bit closer to the screen for this one!
Here goes – Chocolate Fondant Mug Cake!
What You Need:
- 1 Mug
- 1 Egg
- 4 tbsp Sugar
- 3tbsp cocoa powder
- 10g butter
How To Do It:
- Whisk the Egg and the Sugar together in the mug.
- Melt the butter, add to the mug and mix.
- Add the cocoa powder and mix until the whole thing is throughly stirred together with no lumps.
- Put the mug in the microwave for 1 minute.
- Decorate with fruit (if you have the patience!) and Enjoy! 🙂



18 Comments
Emma C
August 15, 2015 at 11:31 amThis looks and sounds amazing. Perfect rainy day indulgent treat! X
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Renee
August 15, 2015 at 3:50 pmThat looks amazing! I wonder if it would work well to replace the egg with oil?
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Jasmine Riel
August 15, 2015 at 4:48 pmI love mug recipes and this one looks particularly enticing and uses fewer ingredients than most! THanks for sharing!
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Carmen Henry
August 15, 2015 at 9:39 pmThis looks so good. I definitely can't wait to try making it 🙂
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Ellie
August 17, 2015 at 9:05 amI keep meaning to try mug cakes and this one looks nice and easy – I'll give it a go. Perfect for a cheeky late night chocolate treat!
Flora Emay
August 17, 2015 at 2:43 pmWe do this all the time in our house! It's SO good for a quick (and super-intense) chocolate fix, isn't it? We use golden syrup instead of sugar for ours, as it adds a kind of caramelly flavour once it's been heated…and some raspberries or strawberries on the side really help to cut through all that cocoa (and also reduce the guilt a little..hah! ying yang, right!?!).
Flora
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Joanna
August 17, 2015 at 3:43 pmI bet you're not a chatterbox when you eat that pudding! 😉 Looks and sounds delicious!
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amilliongingerisms
August 17, 2015 at 7:21 pmThis looks so quick and easy… going to have to test this one out for sure!
Gem x
Laura McFadden
August 23, 2015 at 3:23 pmI've recently sworn off buying chocolate for the house…but I think I'm going to have to make an exception for this, since it's technically just a bit of cocoa powder.
Laura x
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Rosie Ladkin
August 28, 2015 at 5:47 pmGlad you like it! Let me know if you try it out! 🙂
R xx
Rosie Ladkin
August 28, 2015 at 5:47 pmOoh, I don't know! Do let me know if you try it! 🙂
R xx
Rosie Ladkin
August 28, 2015 at 5:48 pmThat's why I like it – fewer ingredients just means I'm more likely to have everything in when I get a craving!
Glad you like it!
R xx
Rosie Ladkin
August 28, 2015 at 5:49 pmGlad you like it – do let me know if you try it! 🙂
R xx
Rosie Ladkin
August 28, 2015 at 5:49 pmPlease do let me know if you try it – it's so easy and very very yummy! 🙂
R xx
Rosie Ladkin
August 28, 2015 at 5:50 pmOoh golden syrup – that does sound good!
That's how I justify everything – eat a mug cake, eat a strawberry – eat chips, each some lettuce – it's all in the balance, yeah?!
Ha!
R xx
Rosie Ladkin
August 28, 2015 at 5:51 pmNot at all – it's the only time I shut up! Hehe!
R xx
Rosie Ladkin
August 28, 2015 at 5:51 pmDo let me know if you try it out – It's so very yummy!
R xx
Rosie Ladkin
August 28, 2015 at 5:52 pmYeah, it's not chocolate, it's powder – totally justifiable!
Let me know if you try it! 🙂
R xx