Vegan Vanilla Mug Cake

5 from 48 votes

This vegan vanilla mug cake is fluffy, moist and rich and made in 90 seconds in the microwave! The easiest and most delicious single-serving cake recipe ever.

Prep Time3

Cook Time2

Total Time5

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegan

Servings:

Calories: 476kcal

Author: Alison Andrews

Ingredients

4 Tablespoons All Purpose Flour
2 Tablespoons White Granulated Sugar
¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
⅛ teaspoon Salt
3 Tablespoons Soy Milk or other non-dairy milk
2 Tablespoons Canola Oil or Vegetable Oil
½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

For Serving (Optional):

Vegan Whipped Cream
Sprinkles

Instructions

Add all purpose flour, white granulated sugar, baking powder and salt to a mug and mix together.
Add soy milk, canola oil and vanilla extract and mix into a batter. Don't overmix, but make sure you have scraped the sides and bottom of the mug so that everything is incorporated.
Place into the microwave and microwave on high for 90 seconds. The top should look set and done and the edges should have pulled away from the sides.
Let it cool before topping with sprinkles and vegan whipped cream (optional).

Notes

Baking time. Our current microwave is 800 watts and this mug cake needed exactly 90-seconds. However, if your microwave is more powerful it will need less time and if it's less powerful it will need more time. This microwave calculator allows you to calculate how much more or less time you'll need if your microwave is something other than 800 watts.
Have patience while it cools. When it comes out of the microwave this cake is HOT. So as much as you want to tuck in right away (because it also smells so good), you have to have patience and let it cool before you decorate and serve.
Make it gluten-free. If you'd like to make this mug cake gluten-free then try it with a gluten-free all purpose flour blend.
Nutritional information is for the mug cake only and excludes vegan whipped cream and sprinkles.

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