Picture this: your Christmas guests are coming and you notice within minutes of them showing up that you have a bunch of beautifully ripe bananas. The only problem is, they are only beautiful if you are a baker. Seeing browning bananas on the clean counter is hardly a coveted table decoration.
There is no time to make a banana bread, but you want to impress them with your baking prowess. What do you do?
If it were up to me, this mug cake would be my go-to save for this situation.
Alternatively, this (along with my favorite microwave oatmeal recipe) is my go-to recipe when I only have one ripe banana in my house. I mean, you don’t want to eat this browning banana, but then again, you can’t really make a banana bread with it unless you want to buy another bunch of bananas and wait until they go brown too. *Sigh* Foodie troubles.
So whatever your situation is, if you have one, two… ten ripe bananas, you should seriously consider this mug cake. You won’t regret it.
Banana Nutella Mug Cake
Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 Tbsp powdered sugar
- pinch of salt
- 2 Tbsp Nutella
- 2 Tbsp canola oil
- 4 Tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup ripe banana (around 3/4 a banana)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, cocoa, powdered sugar and salt.
- Make a well in the middle of the mixture and add the wet ingredients. Mix together the ingredients until fully combined.
- Pour the mixture into a microwave safe mug. Place in the microwave and cook on high for 1 1/2 minutes and see if it’s done. If it’s not done, microwave for 30 more seconds. Let stand for one minute until eating.
Yum! I love that you made a mug cake out of overripe bananas 🙂
Sues
I have go to try this mug cake!
Mug cake is so easy and your recipe def worth exploring.
what a good idea! I haven't made mug cake before, but it seems so simple and tasty. Sounds like something good to make on a night in too, perfect for curling up with in front of the TV after dinner!
Cathleen – Making sure you get your Nutella fix every day!
Hahah 🙂 Seriously though, I love the sound of this, nuts, chocolate and banana in cakeform? Yes please! x
Gosh, it's a mistake to visit your blog at this hour! I'm drooling all over my keyboard now. Lol! Happy holidays, sweetie! xoxo
Luxury Haven
This mug cake looks so good, I am so glad there is banana in there to make me feel healthy hehe
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Choc Chip Uru
Damn delicious Nutella cake on mug!!!
OMG! Delicious… banana and nutella… I am hungry already. Pinned it:)
I would seriously punch someone in the face for this. No, not really. It looks easy enough that I could make my own, and avoid any violence!
Hey, this recipe is delicious and so simple! I watched it through the microwave window praying that it wouldn’t overflow, and I thank God that it didn’t! 😀 The mashed banana kinda looked like melted caramel!
I’m so glad you liked it!
Looks delicious Cathleen, I can see myself making these one at a time all day long.
So….breakfast? I think YES.
I love mug cakes! So much fun, and just the right size. This is wonderful — thanks.
Yum! This looks delicious. My daughter loves to make mug cakes and Nutella. This will be a hit in our house 😀
I've only made mug cake once and it was somewhat of a failure. After looking at this gooey chocolatey banana-y cake, I'm am more than willing to give it another shot. Thanks!