Description
This vegan flourless peanut butter brownie mug cake is super moist, needs only 5 simple ingredients and is ready under 3 minutes! Made with no flour, no sugar and no oil, it’s THE ultimate healthy snack or dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 banana, not over ripe
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp dark chocolate chips
- More peanut butter for filling
Instructions
- Peel and mash the banana using a fork until roughly puréed.
- Add the banana purée, peanut butter, cocoa powder, baking powder and chocolate chips directly in a large microwave-safe mug and whisk until combined. The batter should look like a brownie cake batter. Add a spoon of peanut butter on top and stir to roughly mix with the brownie batter.
- Microwave on high for 45-60 seconds. Then open the door and check the batter by gently pushing with your finger: the cake should be gooey in the center, but dry on the surface. If the batter is still too wet, microwave another 15 seconds and check again. Cook in 15-second intervals until it’s baked.
- Top with more chocolate chips if desired and enjoy right away.
Notes
- This recipe leads to a medium-large mug serving. For a smaller mug cake, feel free to divide the quantities and so to reduce the baking time.
- Make sure to use a microwave-proof mug. The mug should be big enough to be three-quarters full with the raw dough as it will rise during the baking.
- For this recipe, I recommend to use yellow and still a little firm banana, not over ripe. Using very ripe banana can make the mug cake too mushy.
- You can also bake your mug cake in a traditional oven, for 10-12 minutes at 350F, or until a toothpick comes out just clean.