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Single-serving Banana Cake with Easy Chocolate Ganache

January 24, 2021 by Elif


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One of you asked me how they can cook their mug cake if they don’t have a microwave 🤔


So a “mug cake” is a poor woman’s muffin 😅 If you have an oven (or toaster oven? air fryer?) and the patience to wait 20 minutes, preheat that oven to 350F while mixing ingredients, pour into a greased oven-safe ramekin and bake!

And guess what, it gets even better 😱 Look at that DOME.

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5 from 2 votes

Single-serving Banana Cake with Easy Chocolate Ganache

Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Keyword: banana, chocolate ganache, easy recipes, gluten-free, grain-free, low sugar, mug cake, plant-based, single-serving, small-batch, vegan
Servings: 1 serving
Calories: 225kcal

Equipment

  • 1/2 cup ramekin or muffin pan

Ingredients

Cake batter

  • 1/2 large ripe banana, mashed (about 60 g)
  • 2-3 tsp (nut) milk
  • 2 tbsp almond flour (14 g)
  • 1 tbsp flax seed meal (7 g) sub regular flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • pinch of salt

Easy chocolate ganache

  • 1 tsp tahini (5 g) sub other nut/seed butter
  • 1 tsp maple syrup (7 g)
  • 1/2 tsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp or more (nut) milk thin to your liking

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • Prepare the chocolate ganache by mixing together tahini, maple syrup, cocoa powder and 1/2 tsp (or more) milk.
  • Mix all other ingredients in a bowl, adding milk 1 tsp at a time until you reach a cake batter consistency. Transfer to greased ramekin or muffin pan cavity.
  • Bake 20-25 min, top with the sauce while the cake is still hot. Enjoy!

Notes

  • As mentioned, you can make this in the microwave but the rise will be much less epic. Air-fryer should work better, just reduce baking time!

Nutrition

Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 225kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 153mg | Potassium: 317mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 43IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 168mg | Iron: 2mg

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Allergy-friendly, Breakfast, Cakes, Chocolate, Dairy-free, Egg-free, Flourless, Gluten-free, Mug Cakes, Single Serving, Vegan

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  1. Marissa

    September 23, 2024 at 1:31 am

    5 stars
    So easy and the perfect after dinner treat!

    • Elif

      September 27, 2024 at 2:35 pm

      Hi Marissa! omg yes, i love this as a quick treat, thank you so much for letting me know <3

5 from 2 votes (1 rating without comment)

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