Gluten and Dairy Free Microwave Chocolate Cake

The best microwave chocolate cakes.

Welcome to my microwave series where I turn classic desserts into delicious, super quick and easy recipes from brownies, cakes, tray bakes and more. That you would never have imagined were made in the microwave!

Perfect for when you’re short on time or just craving something sweet. Not to mention with the cost of living crisis at an all time high, turning your oven on can be quite pricey. So these recipes are the perfect alternative for a quick dessert made at a fraction of the time.

Microwave chocolate cake

Today, I’m going to share with you how to make this microwave chocolate cakes, I think I might just blow you away with how incredible this recipe is. This recipe for microwave cake makes the most decadent chocolate cake and it was made in the microwave!!! 

The microwave cake sponge is so rich and decadent and smothered in a glossy chocolate ganache. Oh.. and it’s made in LESS THAN 10mins! 

If you’d prefer to make this cake bigger - like a loaf cake - simply double this recipe and use a heatproof, glass/ceramic dish to bake it in.

This 10 minute cake recipe is also dairy and gluten free. If you'd prefer not to make it dairy and gluten free then check out my substitutes list so you can make this suitable for all dietary requirements.

In this recipe for microwave a cake I will be going through how to make this recipe for microwave chocolate cake and answering your FAQs such as ‘how to make sure my microwave cake is baked’ ‘what should I bake this cake in’ ‘how long does microwave cake last’ and so much more.

A really great thing about this microwave cake recipe chocolate is how versatile it is. Which is what makes this microwave cake in a mug best. For example, you can make this into a classic chocolate and orange cake, or a chocolate and caramel cake using my super simple 3 ingredient caramel recipe !

I’ll also be sharing some more flavor variations and mix in’s below. And would highly recommend you check that part of this post out!

If you’re looking for more easy microwave recipes to add to your baking list check out my Microwave Berry Cobbler and Microwave Brownies

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• Microwave chocolate cake
• Ingredients
• Instructions
• Substitutions
• Variations
• Equipment
• Storage
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Ingredients

• Gluten Free flour - This can either be gluten free plain or self-raising flour. If you don’t want to make this gluten free - look at my substitutes list below.
• Dairy Free Butter – This can be in spread or block form.
• Caster sugar – I like to use caster sugar in my cakes which is just very refined sugar. So if you can’t find caster sugar I’d recommend using refined or normal granulated sugar.
• Dairy free chocolate - this can be a bar chopped or chocolate chips
• See recipe card for quantities.

Instructions

1. Begin by lining your heat proof dish with greaseproof/parchment paper.
2. Next melt the butter for 30 secs then add the cocoa powder and sugar and mix until combined.
3. Mix in the egg, then fold in the flour and chocolate chips.

Substitutions

If you’d prefer not to make this microwave chocolate cakes ​​specific to a dietary requirement or two, simply substitute the ingredients that correlate to your needs to make this microwave cake mug cake suitable for your diet.

• Gluten free - If you’d prefer not to make this gluten-free simply substitute the gluten-free flour for normal plain flour. 
• Dairy free - If you’d prefer not to make this dairy free simply substitute the dairy free butter for ordinary butter, specifically block butter
• Microwave chocolate cake no egg - If you’d prefer to make this into a microwave eggless chocolate cake simply substitute the eggs for apple puree (120g)

Even if you don’t follow a specific diet (eg. gluten free), you may have friends or family that could use this. 

Variations

Simple ways you can change this recipe to better suit your dinner guests:

Double chocolate microwave cake

Simply add a combination of dark and white chocolate 

Don’t won’t this recipe? 

Looking for a good super quick brownies recipe - check out these brownies - they’re made in 5 minutes!

Or my super microwave fluffy lemon drizzle cake. I think I might just blow you away with how incredible this recipe is. This lemon cake sponge might be the softest, fluffiest cake I have EVER made.

Let me know in the comments if you try these variations or if you came up with your own!

Equipment

Equipment can have a big impact on how a recipe turns out. Stone bakeware takes longer to heat up than metal pans, and also retains heat for longer, which could make the recipe more watery, or burnt on the outsides. 

For this recipe you’ll need a heat proof glass/ceramic dish, this is the one I use [link] and I use it all the time, which I line with greaseproof/parchment paper so you can easily remove it from the dish.

Storage

Storing and freezing cake

How long does microwave cake last?

This will stay good at room temperature for up to 5 days, and in the freezer for up to 2 months if stored in an airtight container.

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Microwave chocolate cakes

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