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One Minute Peanut Butter Cake

Picture this scene: it’s 8:30 in the evening. The sky is just starting to get dark outside your living room window. You ate a delicious, healthy and veggie-filled dinner a few hours ago and now you are ready to sit down to the most recent episode of So You Think You Can Dance and dive into a decadent plate of dessert.

Oh wait, you have no dessert.

No chocolate, no cookies, no ice cream, no cake, no pie, not even a Jordan almond. What’s a girl to do?

Well she’s to go to her microwave.

You can make a delicious, fluffy, moist peanut butter cake in your microwave in about one minute (30 seconds mixing, 30 seconds zapping). It even has frosting (as any good cake does). This is portion control and convenience at their greatest.

The options are also pretty endless. Toss in a tablespoon of chocolate chips for a chocolatey and gooey kick (like I did) or a few peanuts for an earthy crunch. Or leave it plain for the quickest and easiest route to dessert o’clock.

One Minute Peanut Butter Cake

One Minute Peanut Butter Cake

Yield: 1 cake
Prep Time: 30 seconds
Cook Time: 30 seconds
Total Time: 1 minute

You can make a delicious, fluffy, moist peanut butter cake in your microwave in about one minute. It even has frosting!

Ingredients

  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 heaping tablespoon flour
  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon milk
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar (give or take)

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together egg, brown sugar, baking powder, peanut butter and flour.
  2. Pour batter into a greased ramekin. Microwave for 30 seconds.
  3. While the cake is microwaving, stir together milk and powdered sugar, adding more powdered sugar if necessary to thicken frosting.
  4. Remove cake from ramekin (or don’t), pour frosting over top.
  5. Enjoy!

Notes

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 363Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 186mgSodium: 474mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 2gSugar: 20gProtein: 14g

At Wholefully, we believe that good nutrition is about much more than just the numbers on the nutrition facts panel. Please use the above information as only a small part of what helps you decide what foods are nourishing for you.

© Cassie Johnston
Cuisine: American / Category: Desserts

 

Cassie is a holistic nutritionist, cookbook author, and all-around food lover. She grew up cooking dinner with her parents every evening, and her passion for home cooking has been strong ever since. Cassie is the author of two published cookbooks (Cooking with Greek Yogurt and Chia, Quinoa, Kale, Oh My!) and dozens of recipes published in major magazines and newspapers. Cassie has been sharing her award-winning recipes on Wholefully since 2010. She loves dark chocolate, homegrown tomatoes, motorsports, and anything that sparkles. She lives in Indiana with her family on a small homestead.

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316 Comments

  1. Yuk! Tried this, it looked ok when done but tasted like stogy peanut butter flavored scrambled eggs. Never again. Oh and it’s optomistic to whisk for less than a minute, soon as you add the peanut butter, it’s like working with plaster. And half a teaspoon is excessive, a normal sponge cake uses about that much. You could taste the baking powder.

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  3. This was perfect! It was just what I needed. I try not to keep “just in case” sweets in the house because then EVERY night becomes a “just in case” night :-\

    I made this for the first time last night and I will be making it again (I found you via Pinterest).

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  4. It was soo good! Instead I cooked it for one minute and drizzled warmed Nutella over the top! Made it in two ramekins-one for my older sister and one for me- perfect amount for a mid-day snack. Thank you so much I’ll be making this for my sleepover this week!

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  6. Just tried it. BEST MICROWAVE CAKE EVER!!!
    Used selfmade peach-jam on top instead of the frosting from your recipe. I could eat tons of this <3

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  7. Tried to mass produce this recipe for my family, (me, the hubs and my son) and it was too hard. Definitively a single serving treat. I double it For me though. Since I don’t have a ramekin, I made it in a tea cup. You know the ones right? They come with the plates from your Granddad that you don’t really know what to do with. Works in a mug too. Thanks again!

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  8. Made this with no sugar, half the peanut butter and no frosting and it was STILL awesome! Thanks for the recipe!

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  9. I had to come back to say that I think I got extra lucky having tried this mug cake before any of the others. I’m beginning to think yours are the only good recipes out there! I’m currently counting calories, so I was trying to find a lower cal alternative – but after eating a few cakes that were basically just chocolate flavored eggs – I think I’m just going to stick to this one & make it as a treat every couple weeks.

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  10. Just made myself one of these for breakfast! Super impressed. Our microwave is an older model so it undercooked it a bit, but I like my cakes gooey anyway. Definitely making this a staple.
    *also,replaced the powdered sugar with honey, and drizzled the same over top rather than icing, love the combination.

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