Cake in a Mug

Submitted by Mirj2338

"A friend once gave this to me as a gift. My girls were so impressed that they started making them all the time."

 

• Ready In: 12mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• Cake Mix

• 1 box cake mix, flavor of your choice
• 1 small instant pudding mix, flavor of your choice (not sugar free)

• Glaze Mix

• 1⁄3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 1⁄2 1 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee or 1 1/2 teaspoons instant cappuccino mix

directions

1. Combine cake mix ingredients and blend well.
2. Measure 1/2 cup of mix into a sandwich bag.
3. Label this bag"Cake Mix.
4. "Place the glaze mix ingredients into a sandwich bag.
5. Label this bag"glaze mix" and attach it to the other bag with a twist tie.
6. Place one bag cake mix and one bag glaze mix in each coffee cup and attach the baking instructions.
7. Tip: Be sure to select a large mug that can hold 1 1/2 cups of water.
8. The mug must be microwavable.
9. Flavor Options: Lemon cake mix-lemon pudding, Yellow mix-chocolate pudding, Devils food mix-chocolate pudding, Pineapple mix-coconut pudding, Butterscotch mix-butterscotch pudding.
10. Attach the following note to the gift:Mist inside of coffee mug with cooking spray.
11. Empty cake mix into cup.
12. Add 1 egg white, 1 tablespoon.
13. oil and 1 tablespoon water.
14. Mix well.
15. Microwave on full power 2 minutes.
16. Empty Glaze Mix into a small bowl and add 1 teaspoon water.
17. Mix well.
18. Pour glaze over baked cake.

Reviews

[Miss Erin C.]

This turned out to be a great "Secret Santa" gift for the girls at work. I used Chocolate Fudge Cake, Chocolate Fudge pudding and cocoa for my glaze. I made one to test it out and I was surprised! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you...

 

[Beve538]

This sounds like a cute, unusual gift for any special and/or non-special day.....I will try this one, ASAP..Almost like a cake in a jar mix....... Beve

 

[Pvt Amys Mom]

This is such a cute idea!! I want to put these in our christmas baskets this year so I decided to give it a try first to make sure it works out ok :-) I used a yellow cake mix with a white chocolate pudding. Once measured out, the cake & pudding mix make enough for 8 mugs. I was so anxious to give this a try, I ate it right out of the microwave and it was very good!! A word of caution ... I saved 1/2 of it as I wanted my daughter to try it - she came home about an hour later (I had covered the mug with plastic wrap), and after cooling the cake got pretty hard. I am still going to include them in my baskets but will add to my instruction card to glaze and eat soon after cooking. Thanks Mirj, this will be a fun addition to my baskets!

 

[Rebecca Louise]

I divided the serving in half and microwaved for 45 seconds in a small custard cup. I added about a tbsp of chopped banana... oh boy! To top it off, I poked some holes in the top of still-warm cake and drizzled some sweetened condensed milk over the top (a la Better Than Sex Cake). Didn't need the glaze on this one. Decadent!

 

[Diana 2]

I received this from chef #946146, my partner in the 2008 Holiday Cookie Swap. I'll be back to add my stars just as soon as I've made it. :) *UPDATE:* Dec 9/08- This is incredibly good. Much nicer than I had expected. Took exactly 2 minutes in the mug pictured. I will be giving this as gifts...year round.