In as much time as it takes to grab a candy bar, you could’ve made a cake. Seriously. Factor in walking to the corner market or fighting with the office vending machine, and you can guarantee five minutes have gone by. Your precious time is better spent making a cinnamon bun-for-one mug cake. It’s a perfectly portioned treat so you don’t overeat. And if you’re feeling generous, simply double the recipe and help someone else get five minutes back.
Cinnamon Bun-for-One Mug Cake
Serves 1 (*double ingredients to make 2 mugs)
Cake in a Mug
2 Tbsp. Vanilla Vega® Protein & Greens
4 Tbsp. gluten-free all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. coconut sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. coconut oil
1/4 tsp. vanilla
6 Tbsp. water
Vegan Cream Cheese Icing (optional)
1 Tbsp. vegan cream cheese
1 tsp. coconut oil
2 tsp. powdered sugar
Directions
- In small bowl, combine 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon with 1 teaspoon sugar. Set aside.
- In separate, medium-sized bowl, add Vega powder, flour, sugar, baking powder and remaining cinnamon.
- Add coconut oil, vanilla and water, stirring until well combined.
- Sprinkle 1/3 cinnamon-sugar mixture onto bottom of a mug.
- Spoon half the batter into mug.
- Sprinkle on another 1/3 cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Spoon in remaining batter and top with remaining cinnamon-sugar.
- Microwave 1-1/2 minutes. Continue to microwave on 30-second intervals until cake is slightly spongy but not gooey. Note: If you double the recipe, microwave one mug at a time.
- To prepare vegan cream cheese, whisk all ingredients together in separate bowl until smooth and thick.
- Let mug cake cool before topping with cream cheese and eating. If desired, spoon cream cheese into plastic bag, cut a hole in the corner and pipe onto mug in a decorative fashion.