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.
- 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?
- 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.
Microwave Coffee Cake in a Mug
Ingredients
For the cake
- 1 tablespoon grass fed butter, melted -I used Kerrygold butter (you could coconut oil as well)
- 1 heaping tablespoon coconut sugar
- 1 tablespoon applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg, whisked
- 2 tablespoons almond flour/meal
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
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
- 1 (7 ounce) can of full fat coconut milk, stored in fridge overnight
- ½ teaspoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Mix all cake ingredients in a mug and mix well.
- Place all topping ingredients in a bowl and use your hands to pinch the ingredients together.
- Add topping ingredients on top of cake ingredients. Place in microwave and cook for 3 minutes. Let sit to slightly cool.
- 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.
- Top cake with whipped cream. Eat up. Amazing. Truly amazing
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More Easy Mug Cakes:
Sugar Detox Pumpkin Cake in a Mug with Chocolate Whip
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I adore coffee cake but haven’t made it in ages. Just made this for my Saturday breakfast and this recipe may just be the best mug cake I’ve had. Ever. (and I love the chocolate banana ones) I just bought a large bag of coconut palm sugar as an experiment and it was really fabulous in this recipe. (organic palm sugar at Costco!) This plus some bacon and avocado just became my go-to weekend breakfast.
(p.s. From what I’ve read, it looks like most coconut palms have up to 3 flower spikes. One flower spike is tapped for sugar while the others produce coconuts – so if it’s done rotating around the tree in succession, it could be pretty sustainable.)
(And that was supposed to be rated 5 stars. Seriously. Amazing.)
Im very allergic to almonds, would I be able to replace the almond meal for something else? It looks amazing! I hope I can figure out a replacment.
you could use a different nut and grind it into a flour
Do you happen to know the nutritional information for this? Tried figuring it up but thought I would ask. Thanks!
nope
Do you happen to know nutrition info for this recipe?
Nope
This was literally the easiest, tastiest mug cake I have EVER made – you’re a genius, Juli.. a GENIUS!
Holy deliciousness, Batman! This hit the spot for me today after being totally drained after a very sweaty hot yoga session! I had some leftover pumpkin puree, so I used that instead of the applesauce and then added extra cinnamon and nutmeg to the batter – so super delicious! Thank you!!!
I was out of applesauce so I smushed up some banana instead – it was delish! (The print feature didn’t work for me either.) Thanks Juli!
I am looking at your fall round up recipes and this looks pretty good. I’m trying to find meal ideas and all I ever want to make is dessert. What is coconut sugar? Where do you get that?
its sugar made from coconut. i find mine at whole foods or sprouts
yum! just what I was craving. I realized after starting that I was out of almond flour so I used 2 tbs of almond butter instead (and omitted the butter). worked great! someone with an almond allergy would probably be successful using a different nut butter.