When the cake craving hits and the last thing you feel like is baking, mug cakes are the instant gratification solution. And this Peppermint Crisp Mug Cake combines that easy fix with South Africa’s most popular chocolate bar.
My recipe is a combination of recipes from The Kate Tin, Half Baked Harvest and the book Mug Cakes by Joanna Farrow (that my eyes fell on when I was attempting some lockdown yoga poses in my apartment the other morning). It plays with the flavours of chocolate and mint cracknel you get in the peppermint crisp bar and the caramel that forms part of the iconic peppermint crisp tart. For this recipe, I remove the mint cracknel from the chocolate bar and place the chocolate inside the batter before it goes in the microwave. The mint cracknel is reserved to go on top of the cake with whipped cream and a drizzle of homemade or shop-bought caramel sauce.
Make life easier for those late-night cake emergencies by mixing a large batch of the dry ingredients and storing the premix in a jar. And when that craving hits, scoop out a few tablespoons of the premix, mix with the oil, milk and egg and you have your mug cake batter ready in a flash.
Peppermint Crisp is a popular chocolate bar in South Africa and the Peppermint Crisp Tart is an age-old classic dessert that everyone seems to love and never grow tired of. It’s not fancy at all, and basically just whipped cream mixed with a tin of caramel treat (dulce de leche), spooned over a tennis biscuit base and topped with crushed peppermint crisp. A while ago the manufacturers of Peppermint Crisp announced that they would discontinue one of the sizes the chocolate comes in. Only for it to become a rumour that the chocolate would be discontinued which created a storm on social media of upset citizens asking how are they supposed to make the tarts now.
I am pleased to introduce my new cookbook, Drunk and Hungry available as an epub download. As the title states, the book consists of easy and flavourful recipes for when you find yourself drunk, and hungry. Savoury, sweet, vegan, vegetarian, bacon, cheese, spice, and carbs are packed into 15 easy recipes to satisfy your hunger while tantalising your tastebuds. You can purchase the book by clicking on this link and all you need to read it is a free epub reader such as Apple Books, Fullreader or similar.
Need more peppermint crisp fixes? Check out this hugely popular Peppermint Crisp Ice Cream Cake and this divine Peppermint Crisp Cheesecake.
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Peppermint Crisp Mug Cake
Ingredients
- 45 ml vegetable oil
- 45 ml milk
- 15 ml strong coffee
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 65 ml self raising flour
- 30 ml sugar
- 30 ml cocoa powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 49 g bar peppermint crisp broken in pieces (use about half a bar per serving)
- Whipped cream and caramel sauce to serve
Instructions
- Place the oil, milk, coffee, vanilla and egg in a 250ml capacity mug and whisk
- Add the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and salt, whisking until just combined
- Remove some of the mint cracknel from the chocolate pieces and push the chocolate into the middle of the batter
- Microwave on full power for 1 minute 45 seconds and let the cake stand in the microwave for another 15 seconds (this is in a 850W microwave)
- Remove and let the pudding cool down for a few minutes
- Drizzle with some caramel sauce and a dollop of whipped cream
- Sprinkle with the mint cracknel and serve
Nadia
May 30, 2020
Would you believe that as luck would have it, I just ordered 2 bars online. (Unfortunately not available in France)
Trying this tomorrow
heinstirred
May 30, 2020
Perfect timing Nadia. I hope you enjoy it – let me know!
Bev
Jun 6, 2020
Just love this idea with peppermint crisp cake in a mug, I needed to try it, and It was so delicious and easy to make. I didn’t have any caramel sauce so i just used some caramel instead. Will post photos of my end product, can’t wait to try the peppermint crisp cheese cake.
heinstirred
Jun 6, 2020
So happy loved it Bev! And luckily you can dress it up any way you like.