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This vegan cinnamon roll mug cake is a fun, single serve dessert that is easy to make, only needs a few ingredients and cooks in about 1 minute.

Cinnamon Roll Mug Cake

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  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 minutes
  • Total Time: 6 minutes
  • Yield: 1 serving 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American

Description

This vegan cinnamon roll mug cake is a fun, single serve dessert that is easy to make, only needs a few ingredients and cooks in about 1 minute.


Ingredients

Scale

Dough

  • 4 tbsp spelt flour
  • 1 3/4 tbsp unsweetened almond milk
  • Pinch of salt
  • Pinch of cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp brown sugar (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder

Filling

  • 1 tsp maple syrup or vegan butter
  • 2 tsp brown sugar
  • Pinch of cinnamon
  • Pinch of salt

Sweet Glaze (optional)

  • 1/2 tbsp tahini
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp water

Instructions

Glaze

  1. Add all glaze ingredients together and whisk until well combined and set aside.
  2. NOTE: If you want a traditional icing, just mix 1 tbsp powdered sugar with a splash of almond milk. Mix until the right consistency is achieved. Feel free to make a lot more if you want a lot for your mug cake.

Dough & Filling

  1. In a bowl, add flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, and sugar and mix well.
  2. Add in milk and mix together with a fork until a dough starts to form. Go in with your hands and kneed dough for about 1-2 minutes. If dough is dry, add a small splash of milk. If dough is too wet, add a pinch of flour until it is less sticky.
  3. Allow dough to rest for a minute, then take dough to a lightly floured surface and with hands start flattening dough and forming a rectangle.
  4. Using either maple syrup or vegan butter, lightly spread it over the dough surface then sprinkle brown sugar and cinnamon over top. With a spoon, make sure to spread cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over the dough.
  5. Starting from the short end of the dough, start rolling dough tightly to form a log. Cut log into 4 even pieces.
  6. Take cinnamon roll pieces and place them in a shallow mug, allowing a little space in between for them to grow.
  7. Place mug in the microwave and set to 1 minute. Allow to cook for the first 30 second and open microwave door to allow to rest for a second. Close door again and microwave for the remaining 30 seconds. Allow to rest for a few seconds and then cook for the remaining 15 seconds if buns do not appear done cooking.
  8. Once mug cake is cooked, top with icing and enjoy immediately. If you allow the mug cake to sit for a long time, it will eventually get hard.

Notes

  • Feel free to use white flour, if you don’t have whole grain flours. AVOID USING WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR. It will just turn into a brick. 
  • Please note, I am not trying to create a cinnabon here. These will not be like the ones that take hours to make. But for what it is, these are fun and really tasty in a pinch. 
  • I have not tested this with gluten free flours, but if you do, let me know and I’ll add some notes to this section to help some of my gluten free followers!