Lemon Mug Cake
This Lemon Mug Cake is an easy single-serve lemon cake baked in the microwave for a quick sweet snack any time of the day. Plus, this is an allergy-friendly mug cake recipe made without eggs, butter, or dairy.
Yield: 1 mug cake
Calories: 366kcal
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons All-Purpose Flour (note 1)
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- 2 tablespoons Sugar (note 2)
- 1 ½ tablespoons Unsweetened Almond Milk
- 1 ½ tablespoons Lemon Juice
- 1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil canola or melted coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ½ teaspoon Lemon Zest
Sugar lemon icing ideas
- 2 tablespoons Powder Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
- 1-2 teaspoons Water or almond milk
Instructions
- In the microwave-safe mug, whisk the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, and baking powder.
- Stir in liquid ingredients: almond milk, lemon juice, oil, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Combine until light and runny with no lumps.
- Microwave at 900W for 90 seconds in the center of the microwave. If you are not sure what the power of your microwave is, start with 60 seconds and repeat microwaving in 10-second bursts until most and set in the center.
- Cool for a few seconds, then serve immediately with whipped cream, ice cream, and lemon zest, or make the sugar lemon icing recipe below.
Sugar Lemon Icing
- In a small bowl, whisk powder sugar and lemon juice and add water or milk gradually until it forms a smooth runny lemon icing.
- Drizzle on top of the warm mug cake.
Notes
Note 1: All-purpose gluten-free flour with added gums works as a 1:1 ratio replacement to wheat flour. However, the mug cake will be much denser and chewy with gluten-free flour.
Note 2: Any crystal sweetener like coconut sugar or sugar-free erythritol for a sugar-free lemon mug cake works.
The recipe doesn't work with almond flour or coconut flour.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Lemon Mug Cake
Serving Size
1 pancake
Amount per Serving
Calories
366
% Daily Value*
Fat
16
g
25
%
Saturated Fat
2
g
13
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
4
g
Monounsaturated Fat
9
g
Cholesterol
5
mg
2
%
Sodium
233
mg
10
%
Potassium
98
mg
3
%
Carbohydrates
50
g
17
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
27
g
30
%
Protein
5
g
10
%
Vitamin A
73
IU
1
%
Calcium
174
mg
17
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.