Set aside 5 minutes of your time to make this divine orange mug cake. Be generous and share it with a loved one. Or, enjoy it all by yourself.
Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Orange Mug Cake ♥
Let’s talk about oranges
Despite this sweet citrus fruit originating from China, most of the world’s oranges are grown in Brazil. This came as quite a surprise to me as my mind tends towards Spain and Italy when it comes to oranges. However, it was only when the Moors came to the Iberian Peninsula that oranges first came to Spain. And the sweet orange did not appear in Sicily until the late 1400’s. Only then was it considered an edible fruit, but one that was grown by wealthy people in their orangeries. Oranges do not ripen further once picked, and there are four types, the common orange, blood oranges, navel, and acidless. Another interesting fact is that oranges are a hybrid. They were created from a non-pure mandarin orange, and a hybrid pomelo. Further hybrids resulted in the grapefruit, which is very intriguing.
Why I made an orange mug cake
At the beginning of December I decided to go through my saved recipes and make each and every one. I have probably achieved 90% of my task to date. I am doing the recipes in order, and only set them aside for future effort if I cannot find an ingredient straight away. Part of my process was to get through the recipe books I had been sent to review. One of these was Happiness In A Mug Cake and I loved the mint chocolate mug cake. So much so that I wanted another one the next day. But, all I had in my pantry drawer was orange intense chocolate from Lindt. And so, I made an orange mug cake. The great thing with this recipe is that it is super versatile. So you can make any flavour you like, using chocolate you have at home.
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Orange Mug Cake
Ingredients
- 36 g fructose
- 21 g flour
- 5 g cocoa powder
- 1.25 mls baking powder
- 30 mls canola oil
- 15 mls milk
- 2.5 mls vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 2 x 10 g orange chocolate blocks
Method
- Place the fructose, flour, cocoa powder and baking powder into a 300ml mug
- Mix together using a fork then add the oil, milk, vanilla extract, and egg
- Mix until smooth then place one chocolate block on top of the batter
- Place into a 900W microwave and microwave on 100% power for 1 minute
- Remove from the microwave and place the other chocolate block on top of the cake
- Place back into the microwave and microwave on 100% power for 10 seconds
- Remove and allow to cool slightly before tucking in
See the links below for blog posts I published on September 5:
- 2023: Health Muffins
- 2022: Violet Syrup
- 2021: Target Acquired
- 2018: August 2018 Showcasing In My Kitchen
- 2016: Pomegranate Dressing
- 2014: Sablé Biscuits
- 2013: Sourdough Chocolate Cherry Cake
- 2012: Using Social Media To Build Your Blog Brand
- 2011: Ras El Hanout Chicken
- 2010: Food Quiz Number 35 For A Friday
Tempting
Hope you try it!
Oh this would be so tempting in the evening when I am hankering for something sweet-what I love besides it would be delicious is it is a single serve. Love this idea.
Hope you make this Velva 🙂
mmm Lindt 🙂 I chocolate and orange are a great team…better than chocolate and mint.
They are a little bit equal in my books 😉
this looks wonderful Tandy and i do love choc-orange together!
It is one of my favourites as well 🙂
Hi Tandy, I really like the sound of this cake. Orange and chocolate are great together.
and you can be selfish and make this just for yourself 😉
Chocolate and orange are an insanely delicious pairing! I would have also added a splash of triple sec.
that is a great idea!
I think it was such a good idea to go through all your saved recipes and make them. After all why do we save them? I am a mug cake girl and this one sounds so delicious! Actually I haven’t made a mud cake in a while. I’ll try yours!!
Let me know how it works out 🙂