

Gluten free Mug Cakes are fast, easy and delicious. They’re cooked in the microwave and are ideal for any occasion when you need a quick dessert. Whether it’s a special day at school, visiting friends or those large family gatherings where no food choices feel safe; mug cakes might be the answer.
This recipe uses one egg and serves one or two people. The cooked cake will fill a 16-ounce mug or the batter can be divided into two smaller mugs and baked together at the same time.
You’ll have to make a few mug cakes to find your favourite mugs and the serving size that’s right for you. Have a Mug Cake Party and invite a friend.
In a 90-minute virtual cooking class we figured out the right microwave settings in every kitchen, tried different mug sizes and shapes, plus we made three different mug cakes. Everyone tasted all three cakes, determined the right serving size and had fun with different garnishes.
You can organize a simple Mug Cake Party like this at home. Now that we all know several ways to connect virtually you could even host a party with far away family or friends. Send them the link to this post and they’ll have all the recipes.
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Celiacs know how to transport food and these mug cakes are ideal for travel. The cake can be mixed up at home and taken in a 2-cup Mason jar. For over night trips or if you don’t want to fully mix the batter in advance take the dry ingredients in a large jar for baking and mix the wet ingredients in a smaller jar. It really is a piece of cake!
The key is getting the right microwave setting wherever you go so you can cook your cake perfectly every time. Here’s a general guide for determining the setting.
In a recent Kids Cooking Class I asked the kids what over-the-top meant to them. It can be hard being a gluten free kid living in a gluten-filled world. To make up for the inevitable disappointments when there are no safe food choices for you, remember your over-the-top mug cakes.
So I asked them to think about creating an over-the-top dessert! Here are five fun ideas to do just that with your gluten free mug cake.
I love to print new recipes and post them inside any cupboard door to inspire me to try something new.
I often write about gluten free flour and after ten years of cooking gluten free I’m still learning about flour. I talk about the New Basics for Gluten Free Bakers, the essentials for anyone new to quickly learn to bake successfully. Once your recipes work you can improve from there.
If you’re interested take a look at my post, 11 Gluten Free Flour Recipes. I don’t use 11 different flour blends but readers tell me this table helps them with flour substitutions and seeing ways they might combine different flours and starches.
I also have a Downloadable Gluten Free Flour Guide covering the differences of some of the flours and starches, what percentages work best in a flour blend and how best to use them.
You just need a few basic kitchen tools to make mug cakes. Here are some of the items I used.
I’d love to hear in the comments below if you tried to make Mug Cakes for the first time and what over-the-top looks like at your house.
There is no end to the possibilities for a mug cake. If I was going to mess around and experiment with different flavours I’d try and create a version with the flavouring like one of these three recipes.
Click on the (hard to see) text on the bottom of each image to go to the recipe/blog post.
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