I know this picture sucks, but I had 3 minutes to take a picture. Busy days. Desperate measures. And I wanted to eat it. You know my self control.

Coffee cake still doesn’t make sense to me. There’s no coffee in it. I mean, I get it. You eat it with coffee. When I was younger, my good ole’ ma and I would go to a donut shop and get coffee cake donuts. I never ate them with coffee, so the name was dumb to me, but efffffffin’ A did I love them. I mean LOVE. And this little cake in a mug is pretty damn close to what it tasted like. And just so you know, I never called my mother, ma. Ever.

Sometimes, I really wish I didn’t love food so much. I’m pretty sure I’d be much smaller. And my thighs wouldn’t rub together while I ran. Then I could wear shorts!! But alas, I love food just way too much. Dang it.

So the other day, I walked out of a spin class 10 minutes early because I was so bored with the music. She was playing music from the Thriller era. I can’t sprint to that. I just can’t. I’m sure people feel that way about my music in the gym BUT….I got nothing. Now I know how it feels.

Has anyone else seen the Durex commercial for their massage stuff? Anyone else think it’s weird that the two people making out in the shower have clothes on? I do. I think it’s super weird. And unrealistic.

Enough about weird stuff I like to talk about. Let’s talk about a couple paleo products I’m into right now. Just a couple. If you’re looking for a snack that’s already made for you, you need to check out these 2 products.

  1. Nohmad Snacks. They have all raw snacks which include chocolate chip and carrot cake cookies. AND raw chocolates like peppermint crunch and hazelnut with sea salt. I was STOKED when I tried these snacks. I absolutely love them. And right now, if you use the promo code ‘paleomg’ you will get free shipping on orders over $25!! Woot! Cool noise, eh?
  2. Kolat Fusion nut butters. Like, whoa. Delicious. I even used one of their products in my mini ice cream pops. Their nut butter flavors include Blueberry Cinnamon Walnut, Dark Chocolate Coconut, Cherry Vanilla Almond, and Espresso Hazelnut. I want to swim in their nut butters. Well, that was weird.

And just so you guys know, this is definitely my favorite cake in a mug. I’ve made a chocolate cake and a 21DSD pumpkin cake both in mugs, but this one is the best so far. You’re gonna LOVE it. Like for real foo.

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Microwave Coffee Cake in a Mug

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Ingredients

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For the cake

For the topping

  • 2 tablespoons grass fed butter, at room temperature or slightly cold
  • 1 tablespoon almond flour/meal
  • 1 tablespoon coconut sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon

For the whipped cream

Instructions

  1. Mix all cake ingredients in a mug and mix well.
  2. Place all topping ingredients in a bowl and use your hands to pinch the ingredients together.
  3. Add topping ingredients on top of cake ingredients. Place in microwave and cook for 3 minutes. Let sit to slightly cool.
  4. While the cake is cooking, place the solid cream that has hardened at the top of the can in a bowl and whisk together with maple syrup.
  5. Top cake with whipped cream. Eat up. Amazing. Truly amazing

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92 Comments

  1. Anne says:

    OMG, that is an AWESOME idea for a whipped cream substitute. You rock Juli!






  2. dani says:

    I’m pretty sure you *eat* it w/coffee (not drink) and I’m just as sure that you can wear shorts. In fact, I dare you to do so tomorrow. You have warm weather. I do not.

    1. juli says:

      I wore shorts when I ran yesterday. Not fun. Chaffing occurred.

      1. Jen says:

        Thank god for body glide! It lets me eat yummy things like this cake and still run in shorts. 🙂

  3. elyse Hubbard says:

    what can i use-if anything in place of the butter? coconut oil?

  4. JennyP says:

    I love that you are using coconut sugar. Can’t wait to try this!!

  5. elyse says:

    never mind lol i see the answer now! silly me

  6. Abegail says:

    The promo code doesn’t work! Sad! I want my cookies!!!!!!

    1. juli says:

      where do you live abegail? it should be working! it has for other people!

  7. Jessica says:

    I wish I had coconut sugar so I could make this right now!!!

  8. Claire says:

    I never knew this about American coffee cake! In England ours has actual coffee in!

  9. mj says:

    best nut butters ever: Fastachi – I could drink the roasted pecan….also have had pistachio, almond, walnut (so walnutty it’s a bit much, Artisana blend might be better), cashew – all superb. Fresh roasted some raw, ground when u order.

  10. Kristen says:

    What an easy treat. I love mug cakes! 🙂