Looking for an easy microwave chocolate cake recipe? This one-bowl cake recipe is a saviour if you want to quickly bake a moist, spongy, and rich chocolate cake in a microwave. Be sure to watch the video!
With readers of the blog continuously requesting a foolproof, tried, and tested microwave cake recipe and my oven being under repair, it gave me enough reasons to experiment with microwave cooking.
Hence, I created a few delicious and easy microwave recipes like Mug Dhokla, Microwave Mug Pasta, and this chocolate cake.
Microwave Cake isn’t supposed to be boring, dry, and far from delicious.
This microwave chocolate cake recipe has become one of our favourite instant sweet fixations.
- it has no butter
- takes just 5 minutes to bake
- with a layer of ganache; the cake can compete with any oven-baked counterparts.
This is a fuss-free, easy-to-bake microwave chocolate cake recipe. Trust me, after the first trial; you will surely bookmark it.
Secrets To Bake Perfect Microwave Cake
Ensure sure all the ingredients are at room temperature. Be precise with the measurement of the ingredients. A cake batter prepared with rightly measured ingredients always yields a perfect cake.
Microwave the cake batter for exactly 5 minutes, covered at 800 watts. Covering the cake pan, use either the cling film or the lid. But covering the batter while baking is a must to prevent ending up with a dry cake.
Any flavourless/odourless vegetable oil or olive oil is good enough for this microwave chocolate cake recipe.
Use good quality unsweetened cocoa powder. If you are using sweetened cocoa powder, adjust the amount of sugar accordingly.
Lastly, do not mix the cake batter for more than 2 – 3 minutes. Once no flour streaks or lumps remain, stop mixing.
Cake Decoration
I stick to a simple chocolate ganache for decorating microwave chocolate cake. How to make it? Microwave ¼ cup of chopped dark chocolate with a tablespoon of unsalted butter. Whisk for a few minutes to get a smooth, spoon-dropping ganache.
Needless, to say, don’t hesitate to embellish the cake with fresh seasonal fruits (strawberries, peaches, mangoes, pineapple, passion fruit, etc.) or chocolate curls and sprinkles.
Chocolate Mug Cake
You can bake this chocolate cake in individual coffee mugs, also.
Divide the cake batter between two to three coffee mugs and bake in the microwave for 2 – 3 minutes. Half-fill the mugs, allowing the cake batter to rise and expand without spilling over.
A gooey chocolate mug cake is ready to be relished with ice cream in less than 5 minutes.
If you want to make these microwave mug cakes even more decadent, add a tablespoon of chocolate chips to each cup before popping them in the microwave.
Eggless Chocolate Cake
My eggless chocolate cake recipe is the perfect answer to the above question. It is fudgy, super moist, and so easy to prepare from start to finish.
Or you can make this microwave cake eggless by replacing 2 eggs with ½ cup yogurt or curd. Make sure yoghurt is thick, not flavoured, and at room temperature.
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Microwave Chocolate Cake Recipe
- Microwave
Ingredients
1 Cup = 250 ml
- 1 Cup all-purpose flour (maida)
- 3 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- ½ Cup olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 Cup caster sugar or powdered sugar
- ¼ Cup lukewarm water
Ingredients for the chocolate ganache
- 100 gram dark chocolate, broken into pieces
- 5 tablespoon cream
Instructions
- Sift flour, baking powder, coffee powder and salt together in a large mixing bowl.
- Now add olive oil, eggs, vanilla essence and sugar. Mix nicely. Make sure no lumps or flour streaks remain in the cake batter. Do not mix the batter for too long.
- Pour lukewarm water and combine the cake batter once again to get a smooth consistency.
- Grease a round microwave-safe dish with a teaspoon of butter.
- Pour the prepared batter cake batter into the dish. Gently tap to pop any air bubbles. Cover the dish with a lid or cling foil.
- Microwave on full power (800 watts) for 5 minutes. Insert a skewer and check if the cake is cooked. If it comes out clean it is ready.
- Allow cake to stand for 5 minutes in the pan, then remove the cling film and turn out onto a cooling rack.
Prepare Chocolate Ganache:
- Melt the chocolate in microwave on half power (600 watts) for approximately 2 minutes, stirring every 30 secs until melted.
- Add the cream and mix thoroughly until the ganache turns smooth and glossy.
- Spread the chocolate ganache over the cake only when it cools down to room temperature.
- Cut slices of microwave chocolate cake and serve.
Recipe Notes:
- Ensure all ingredients are at room temperature before preparing the cake batter.
- You must bake this microwave cake for exactly 5 minutes, covered at 800 watts.
- Do not mix the cake batter for more than 2 – 3 minutes. Once no flour streaks or lumps remain, stop mixing.
- Any flavourless/odourless vegetable oil or olive oil is good enough for the microwave cake recipe.
bubblecube says
oreo tastes awesome!!
aliasgarmukhtiar mukhtiar says
OMG looking good , want some
Pink Tiara says
wow thats looks easy and yummm as well!!
Sangita says
Just trying to confirm, does the cake have 10563 calories or is it a typo?
Hina Gujral says
I think there is some kind of bug in the nutrient value generation app. We are trying to fix it. Thank you for bringing it to our notice.
Cyndi says
what is gm? Grams???
Hina Gujral says
Yes.
John says
It’s unfortunate that you would write a recipe and have metric and standard measurements for some ingredients. It would be helpful to include both measurements for each as not everyone will have access to metric scales
Hina Gujral says
Thank you for the suggestion, John. Will definitely take it into consideration. Thanks, Hina
Customessaywriting says
Hina Gujral, thank you for your blog post.Really thank you! Awesome.
Rekha says
That looks awesome and super easy. Gorgeous cake !
anchita says
Craving high. ..
Awesome clicks & recipe too 😀
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Pavithra says
Hi. Can I substitute eggs with flax eggs?
Hina Gujral says
Pavithra you can substitute eggs with a cup of yogurt.
Shruthi says
Hey tried this over the weekend- turned out great!
Hina Gujral says
Thank you for your feedback!
Ayesha Nadeem says
Tried this for my kids …. they loved it ????
Hina Gujral says
Thank you so much. I am so happy your family loved it!
Akriti says
Please please help me !! Whenever I try to make a cake , it never turns out to be good ,every single time it is undercooked ,even if I try to bake it more it just gets worse……please help me…..????
Hina Gujral says
Hope you are following the recipe measurements using standard measuring cups and spoons, and using convection mode or OTG for baking.