Microwave Milo Mug Cake - 2 Recipes

I always love easy recipes, and fast, and delicious. Mug cake is one of them. Hence my interest when I found this 3 minutes milo mug cake

Believe it or not, I failed in my first try! I was so pissed I threw that recipe aside and started looking for another. So I found one and I made it the next day, and it turned out well
But I was still curious about the first recipe so I gave that another try, on the very same day, and guess what, it turned out well, too, and it's in fact, better than the other recipe haha..

When I read both recipes, it's in fact very clearly shown which one will gives better result
And when I gave a thought again what actually caused me to fail, it's either because of the gluten free flour I used, or because of me opening the microwave door to check every single minute during baking, or both are the culprit!

Anyway, I am now sharing both recipes. You may choose according to your preference

First recipe is from The Open Oven
This gives a pretty soft cake when eaten warm from the microwave, but it's dense when cool and rather chewy. It will turn soft again when warmed up

 

 

What you need:

(1 serving)

 

1 tbsp melted butter

2 tbsp milo powder

1 tbsp sugar

2 tbsp self raising flour (original recipe used plain flour)

1/2 part of 1 lightly beaten egg

tiny pinch of salt

 

Method:

1. When the melted butter is still hot, mix in milo and sugar, stir well til no lumps
2. Add in egg, salt and flour, mix well
3. Microwave for 1 1/2 min (600w). When the skewer comes out clean, it's ready

 

Sprinkle with more Milo powder makes the cake even more milo-ey, if there's such word LOL

 

 

 

The second recipe is actually the first recipe I tried and failed. Second try was a success and personally I prefer this recipe. It is from HERE

 

 

What you need:

(1 serving for a large mug)

 

4 tbsp milo powder

3 tbsp sugar (original recipe used 4tbsp)

4 tbsp self raising flour

4 tbsp oil (I used rice bran)

4 tbsp fresh milk

1 egg

 

Method:

Put all ingredients in the above order in a large mug. Stir well and microwave for 4mins (600w). It's done when skewer comes out clean

 

 

Here I made just half of the above recipe using 240ml size ramekin

 

This post is linked to the event Little Thumbs Up (September 2015: Milo) organised by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen of My Little Favourite DIY