Carrot Cake Mug Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is a homemade quick dessert that is made in about 3 minutes! Perfect for this time of year!
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So I don’t know how you feel about mug cakes but I love them! They are so easy and quick to make!
You can pretty much make any version you want!
A few months ago I made this along with some other recipes for Easter Sweets Week!
If you didn’t get to see my first recipe it was this Malted Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie!
The next recipe was this Mini Lemon Blueberry Pound Cakes
Finally this Apple Blueberry Crisp!
How to make mug cake?
Ingredient:
- Butter
- Egg yolk
- Milk
- Vanilla
- Flour
- Sugar
- Baking powder
- Cinnamon
- Shredded carrots
- Walnuts, chopped
- Cream cheese, softened
- Powdered sugar
- More milk
Directions:
- In large mug add butter and melt In microwave for 30 seconds.
- Add the egg, milk and vanilla whisk together.
- Add in flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon. Whisk together till smooth.
- Stir in carrot and walnuts.
- Microwave for 1 minute or until cake pulls away from sides of mug.
- Whisk cream cheese, powdered sugar and milk together till smooth. Pour over cake.
- Serve warm and ENJOY!
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FOR MORE MUG CAKES?
- Lemon Cheesecake Mug Cake happens to be my favorite! Comes together in about 5 minutes and it’s so moist and tender!
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Mug Cake! Perfect for fall!
- Red Velvet Brownie Mug Cake made with brownie mix and so good!
Carrot Cake Mug Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Extremely easy Carrot Cake Mug Cake with the best kind of cream cheese frosting! Ready in 5 minutes!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon shredded carrots
- 1 tablespoon walnuts, chopped
- 1 tablespoon cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon milk
Instructions
- In large mug add butter and melt In microwave for 30 seconds.
- Add the egg, milk, and vanilla. Whisk together.
- Add in flour, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon. Whisk together till smooth.
- Stir in carrot and walnuts.
- Microwave for 1 minutes or until cake pulls away from sides of mug.
- Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and milk together. Pour over cake.
- Serve warm and ENJOY!
Notes
Recipe adapted from Land O'Lakes Mug Cake.
Recipe updated 5/1/2020 to add a little more sugar and less baking time!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 200Total Fat: 38gSaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 261mgSodium: 493mgCarbohydrates: 45gFiber: 2gSugar: 17gProtein: 9g
*Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietitian for special diet advice
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I have no will power when it comes to carrot cake so I love this small sized version of my favorite cake!!!
This is a great recipe ! super easy and delicious
Thanks!
Looks like an amazing recipe and I can’t wait to try! The nutrition info is insanely off, if there really is 38 grams of fat then that alone puts it in the mid 300s for calories, not a mere 200. It’s 558 calories for the macros that are entered.
Absolutely why I put a disclaimer about the nutrition info. I personally do not think the nutrition calculators are 100% correct but it’s required to put in the nutrition. I would always suggestion using your own calculator to figure it out. Thanks!
Great craving killer without having to make a whole cake. I love cake with a passion, so if I make one I’ll overeat it. Not to mention my family isn’t a huge fan of carrot cake so I’d basically have it all to myself. This was perfect. I added a few drops of liquid vanilla stevia to give a little more sweetness. I microwaved it in a small oval glass bowl which worked perfectly and made it very cute. Sprinkled additional walnut pieces and cinnamon on top. It was a bit dry but I think I overcooked it, I’ll do 1 minute next time.
I just tried this recipe and i thought it was amazing!! I would recommend adding 2 tablespoons of sugar instead of 1 and 2 and a half tablespoons of grated carrot. I will definitely make this recipe again!!
Thanks so much! Yes the sugar can be adjusted if you’d like it to be sweeter.
Great recipe!
I added a pinch of nutmeg and cardamom in addition to the cinnamon and added chocolate chips instead of nuts, and it was really delicious even without the frosting (+with a side of vanilla ice cream!)
Will definitely make again.
Sounds great! Thank you!