Something strange has been been going on at our house over the past few weeks. After a few months of flat out refusing to have a sleep during the day, our newly turned three year old big boy has suddenly decided he wants to ‘have a rest so I will grow big’ during the day. The even bigger shock is, he announces this shortly after we put his baby brother to bed – unbelievable I know! Now that I’ve suddenly found myself with a new found freedom as well as a couple of hours (yep they both sleep that long) to myself. After actually sitting down and eating a proper lunch for a change and doing a few jobs around the house, I’ve been using the time to have a little fun and experiment with different recipe ideas that I’ve been thinking about for awhile now and have been part of quite a lengthy ideas list sitting in the back of my planner.
I haven’t experimented a lot with mug cakes in the past – aside from my Chocolate and Nutella Mug Cake and I was curious to see how one would turn out with the addition of chopped up chocolate bars – and the Mars Bar Mug Cake was born!
This recipe is based on my Chocolate and Nutella Mug Cake recipe, and I just played around with the amount of ingredients used. This recipe makes enough to fill two large teacups, so you can either share the Chocolate and Mars Bar love with someone else, or do what I did and hide the other one in the fridge to reheat the next day!
Mars Bar Mug Cake
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons of self raising flour
- 3 tablespoons of caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa
- 3 tablespoons of milk
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 egg
- 1 Mars Bar
Instructions
- Cut the Mars Bar into small pieces
- Place all of the ingredients - apart from the Mars Bar into a small bowl and whisk together.
- Add the Mars Bar pieces and stir through.
- Divide the mixture evenly between two mugs - or tea cups if your prefer! Make sure the cup/mug is no more than ½ full as it will rise.
- Place in the microwave and cook on high for 1 ½ - 2 minutes depending on your microwave and cup size. My cakes took just 11/2 minutes.
- Allow cake to cool slightly before adding a scoop of vanilla ice-cream and enjoy!
Nutrition
This Mars Bar Mug Cake tastes AMAZING! The cake itself it pretty rich but the melted Mars Bar pieces throughout and when served with vanilla ice cream really help to balance it. It’s certainly not a dessert for those watching their calories, but as for a special occasion – e.g two children asleep at the same time, it’s perfect!
What have your kids done to surprise you before?
What kind of mug cake do you think I should try next?
Jenny
Maybe a caramel one??
Nothing like caramel!!!
Lauren Matheson
Ooh, very true!
myrtle
Could you bake these in a conventional oven? If so, how long do you think they would need? I love your recipes!!!
Lauren
Yes I think you could, I’d pop the mixture into ramekins and bake on 170 degrees for 5 – 8 minutes and then test.
Rachael
Oh my gosh!!! This was so delicious even my husband that doesn’t have a sweet tooth ate it…
Thank you for sharing
Lauren
Oh thank you Rachael, I’m so glad you both enjoyed it. I hope you have a great weekend 🙂
Belinda @bindybee
These look so good. I’m definitely going to have to give these mug cakes a go on the weekend.
Jodie@Fresh Home Cook
Now Lauren, you must stop making these incredible recipes – they are so good I want to fall off the gluten / lactose free wagon!
Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid
This looks amazing and very dangerous. A mug cake at almost a moment’s notice! I’m with Danielle, bring on the Tim Tam-tastic version!
Dannielle from Zamamabakes
Oh my goodness! I wish I had one of your mug cakes sitting in front of me right now!
Lauren this little treasure looks and sounds so good!
I think you need to Tim Tam the next one up! xx