Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Chocolate Peanut Butter Mug Cake


So I'm pretty much going crazy about this amazing weather. I mean, 80s and sunny in mid-March? YES PLEASE, OBVIOUSLY.

But. There is one bad thing about this fabulous weather. One horrible... horrible, putrid thing that mars this groundhog-defying warmth.


You see, my little brother Boots loves boots. Shocking, I know. But it does pose a problem. You see, these are snow boots that I'm talking about. They're big. They're hot. They're black. To top it all off, he refuses to wear socks. Pair this with 85ยบ weather, and I think you'll begin to understand what I mean.


So every night we all gather in the living room for our current Star Wars marathon. And as soon as Boots walks in and peels off his fat boots, I'm like... WHAT IS THAT PUTRESCENCE?

And Boots wiggles his toes in front of my face as if to say, "just these five little piggies".

And then my nose falls off and I die.

So we coax him into washing his feet by telling him horrible tales germs that like to live on stinky toes.

After such an episode today I found him sitting on the bathroom counter with his feet in the sink, pouring Listerine over them.

Okay... that works I guess.


Anyways, enough about grossness. How about some deliciousness? Yes? Yes.  

This is a five minute chocolate mug cake that is laced with peanut butter. It's dangerously easy.

It's topped with a fluffy peanut butter mousse that  tastes exactly like peanut butter pie, which takes two seconds to make. Dangerous.

Top that with hot fudge. Very dangerous indeed.


That's the batter in case you were wondering. I don't like my cakes quite that raw.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Mug Cake

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons Peanut Butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (these are my favorite)

Melt the butter in a small dish. Add the peanut butter and mix well.
In the mug, mix together the vanilla, egg, and sugar until well combined. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder and add to the mug. Pour in the peanut butter/butter mixture and mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips. Put in the microwave for 1-2 minutes or until desired doneness is reached (all microwaves are different so you might have to experiment a little. I only do it for about 1 minute). Top with peanut butter pie mousse and hot fudge.

Peanut Butter Pie Mousse

1 tablespoon softened cream cheese
1 tablespoon Peanut Butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons whipped cream or cool whip
1 tablespoon powdered sugar 
Hot Fudge

Mix together the cream cheese, peanut butter, and vanilla. Fold in the whipped cream. Sift in the powdered sugar (I just used a fork) and fold that in too, trying not to over stir.

Also, I used dark cocoa powder because it happened to be on a lower, more easy to reach shelf at the time. I actually like the regular kind better, but whatever floats your boat.


 And please. Use this hot fudge. It's so much better than any others you will ever find in the whole wide world.

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32 comments:

  1. Yumm just made this but only the cake part because I didn't have any cream cheese. It's delicious!

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  2. This looks out of this world! Why oh why does this have to be so EASY to make--I'm doomed haha. Found this on foodgawker and glad I clicked through; always love finding other young bakers :)

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  3. Dang, girl, you've got skills! I made it tonight for myself and my husband and we both liked it very much! I'm looking forward to checking out what else you've got on your site.

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  4. Never knew another person who knew about Sanders fudge!! It is THE best in the world. They don't sell it where I live, so I have it shipped by the case!!

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    1. I miss Sanders too. Moved from Michigan and after discovering I can't get it here, I bought 6 jars of their caramel (butterscotch caramel) sauce to bring back last time I visited there!

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  5. What a great gift idea! Gonna have to try this. Thanks for sharing.
    Michelle

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  6. Sooooooooo good! I've tried other mug cakes that end up tasting dense. But this is phenomenal! Yes, I am eating it right now :P

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  7. The story about your brother almost made me fall off my chair, it took me back. Boots was a nickname I recieved several years back because I too wear big black boots all year (kind of an oddity being a girl in Texas) but it all started when I was about 7 and fell in love with Star Wars when it was released. Now over the years I have used an assortment of different products to keep terrible smells way for me and the boots but I don't think I've ever tried Listerine. Such a cute story I'm going to have to share this with my mother.

    I can't wait to try your recipe looks delicious!

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  8. I don't see what the story about stinky feet has to do with this mug cake... Why do foodie bloggers love sharing their life story? It actually grossed me out to the point where I almost left this page. Thank goodness I just skipped right to the recipe. It looks quite delicious.

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    1. I have to agree on the grossness. I love the life stories but was gagging a bit at this one. I don't know if I could even make this recipe now without thinking of the story. It was a poor choice :(

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    2. That was very rude. She was sharing a sentimental story from her past that makes her happy. Is the negativity really needed? I guess a better word for it would be ignorance. Just keep your mouth shut next time. Preferably with the delicious recipes from this site :)

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  9. I just made this and its really dry. The only peanut butter I had was Skippy Natural, could that make a difference?

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    1. I'd say it has more to do with microwaving the cake longer than you needed to.

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  10. ohhhhh my! this thing is almost 1,200 calories! YUM! And that is with out the hot fudge!

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  11. If this is going to be a sweet treat, add more sugar. I put the 2 tablespoons as advised... should be more like 4... At least.. but that's just me...

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  12. By my calculations there are approx. 1410 calories per serve! Enjoy in moderation! ;-)

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  13. I was all for trying this out until I read the disgusting story about the boots...totally turned off the idea because now when I think about this recipe all that's going to go through my mind is a very gross foot story that has nothing to do with chocolate peanut butter mug cake!

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  14. This is soo amazing. It wasnt too dry or too moist. Omg thank you. Im just worried about how many calories this is.

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  15. Too dry, too salty, gutted I wasted that much peanut butter!

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  16. 3 tablespoon isn't alot? ^
    Anyways this was absolutely amazing. Sooo simple and easy to create. And you can carry it anywhere!

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  17. This was so delicious and so simple. I'm 12 and I'm constantly cooking/baking for my hospitality and human services class, so this was perfect to practice my skills. I may have to tell my teacher about this. Thank you!

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  18. Unfortunately the recipe didn't seem to work out correctly for me. Is it maybe because of the amount of time i put it in (it was more to the 2 min side)?

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  19. Extremely dry and way too much salt. It tasted like the coco powder itself. If you want to try this, save yourself some time and eat a spoonful of coco powder by itself.

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  20. My goodness, why is it,that people think it is their duty to share their negative comments with the world? If you do not think you can fix this due to your perception of her story, then fine - just move along. I do have to think that you must have had a very dull and boring childhood if this story is so appalling to you. I think it is cute and reminds me of some family memories of my own. If you cannot say something nice, then do NOT say anything at all. Your negative opinion is not that important to anyone but you in your tiny little mind. Now, move on and have a nice day.

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  21. This was really dry, really salty, and had way too much cocoa powder.

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  22. Love you for sharing such epic idea��

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  23. I just tried this. I like PB. And, I like chocolate. It's a proven winner. And to have them together in a Mug Cake... Winner! I did adjust the recipe a bit. I thought it was extremely dense batter. So, I added a couple of splashes of Bailey's. That helped.
    Thanks for sharing this recipe! It made my heart smile!

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