Instant Pot Eggless Mug Cake | (Open Pot | Pressure Cooker Mug Cake)

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Instant Pot Eggless Mug cake or open pot Mug cake are easy and quick single-serving mug cakes that can be made without an oven or microwave.

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These Instant Pot Eggless Mug cakes are perfect when your kids need some treats or when you have a sudden guest at your home. They are also good for parties where you can make individual portions and are free from the fuss to cut and serve.

Flavours of Eggless Mug Cake

Another good thing about these mug cake is that they can be customized to individual needs. I can make different types. You can have one chocolate, another strawberry, another banana, apple etc. How? read on below.

One bowl or one Mug Cake/Cake without Stand Mixer or Hand Blender

These mug cakes do not need any fancy ingredients like a stand mixer or a hand blender. They are just mixed in a bowl or mug and you are done.

I have made this in ramekin moulds as opposed to coffee or tea mugs as I wanted to keep the portion size small. But you can definitely make it in coffee mugs. Just make sure the mugs which you use are heat resistant that are able to handle the heat or are microwave-safe or can be used for baking in the oven. I am telling the microwave and oven here just as a guideline.

Cakes without Oven

Many still do not have ovens or at times baking a whole big cake is time-consuming. Another thing is that like me, many do not prefer cooking in the microwave and hence I came up with this idea to cook it in an instant pot or an open pot. 

I started my cake making in a pressure cooker only. Did you check these easy Eggless Chocolate Cooker Cake (without Cocoa powder) and these Eggless Lemon Drizzle Cake which are made in a pressure cooker. They are also done over an induction stove top so if you are looking for the settings of an Induction stove top, do check the above recipes. 

The above cakes are made in a pressure cooker where we try to mimic the oven in a pressure cooker. The cake is baked slowly. 

I wanted to make a cake where we pressure cook with the help of water. So I came up with this method of Instant pot or open pot. 

Why open pot?

Because many are still scared to cook the cake in a pressure cooker. Generally when baking in a pressure cooker we are not adding water and the whistle has to be removed. The base in a pressure cooker cake is generally salt or nothing at all. So one is a bit scared to bake in a pressure cooker. Hence I choose to make this cake in an open pot.

Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker

Instant pot because it is one of the latest new gadgets replacing the stove top pressure cooker. That said you can definitely make this in a stove top pressure cooker too. Add water and pressure cook it to 2-3 whistles.

I decided to make these mug cakes for our current Warm Desserts theme for Shhhhh Cooking Secretly Challenge. These mug cakes are really enjoyed warm and when Rafeeda asked us to make any warm dessert, I thought this is perfect. This also matched perfectly with the secret ingredients Chia seeds and oats which my partner Poonam gave me for the current theme. 

Before I hop on the recipe process of Eggless Mug Cakes, I would like you to check Poonam’s Instant Suji Jalebi which she made for the current theme with the secret ingredients lemon juice and semolina.

Also, Rafeeda has a nice collection of dessert recipes. I would love to try her, Fudgy Brownie Pie recipe. So delicious and the good thing is it is baked in a cast-iron pan.

So what are Ingredients used in today’s Instant Pot Eggless Mug cake

This Mug cakes uses all healthy ingredients and are made using pantry staple generally available in each household.

Dry ingredients 

I have used Whole wheat flour and Oats as the base for this cake. If you do not like oats you can replace it with whole wheat flour completely. One can use all-purpose /plain flour or maida.

Cocoa powder is added for a chocolate flavour. Baking powder is used as a leavening agent and sugar to increase a tad bit of sweetness.

I have also added a few Almond Flakes for crunch. I added it in the last minute and hence not in the pic. It is completely optional and one can skip it to make it nut-free.

Wet Ingredients

I have used Banana, Milk, Oil and Chia Gel as the wet ingredients here.

Banana is used as a natural sweetener and also for taste and nutritious. If one does not like bananas replace it with ¼ cup of sugar and ⅛ cup of more milk.

Next for my vegan friends and to up the nutrient content, I have used chia gel as an egg replacement here. One can use flax gel too or if you are not vegan and eat eggs can add an egg too.

Can these Mug Cakes be Gluten-Free?

You can replace the Whole Wheat flour here with gluten-free flour. Buckwheat flour or Ragi Flour would be a good substitute. I was actually going to make it completely gluten-free but skipped it.

If you are looking for Gluten Free recipes, try these, Eggless, Butterless Chocolate Ragi Brownie.

Can these Mug Cakes be Vegan?

I have used normal cow milk. One can replace it with soy or almond milk. 

Variations

• Cocoa powder is added as I wanted to make the chocolate flavor, but you can completely skip it if you do not want to make it chocolate flavor. Just replace it with equal quantities of dry flour.
• Instead of chocolate, one can add berries, lemon zest, apple etc to come up with different flavors. One can even customize individual cups as per liking.
• Hopefully, in a few days, I will add the variations with pics to this recipe when we get fresh seasonal berry produce.
• Instead of chia gel, one can use flax egg or 1 medium size egg.

Serving Suggestions

Though they are good as is, you can always serve them with some hot chocolate sauce, or with some fresh cream or fruits on the side.

Can this be stored?

Yes, they can be. I had some extra, and I kept it covered in the fridge. They will be good for 4-5 days in the fridge.

Can we use a microwave?

Yes this can be made in the microwave too. Depending on the size of cup and your microwave settings you can cook it for 1-2 mins or in intervals of 15-30 seconds after the first 1 min.

Can I bake in Oven?

Yes, definitely you can. Bake it for 15-20 mins at 180 deg C in a preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Few pointers while cooking

In Instant pot

• The mug used should be heat resistant. As mentioned above try to use microwave-safe or oven-safe mug.
• Pressure cook it in sealing mode.
• Let the pressure release for 5 mins naturally.
• After the pin has dropped, release the pressure manually.

In Open pot method

• The mug used should be heat resistant. As mentioned above try to use microwave-safe or oven-safe mug.
• The water should not be too much or too less.
• There should be enough water to cook in the pot.
• If required you can keep some boiled water handy. If the water reduces a lot you can add water in the base.

In Pressure Cooker method

• The mug used should be heat resistant. As mentioned above try to use microwave-safe or oven-safe mug.
• By adding water and a trivet at the bottom, and following the same process as followed for Instant pot to keep the mugs.
• Pressure cook the cakes for 2-3 whistles at the max.
• Some pressure cookers take a bit more. i.e. 2-3 whistles are not enough. In that case, you can add an extra whistle. But you would need to test this out with your pressure cooker.

So here goes an easy recipe of Instant Pot Eggless Mug Cake that can be done in Instant Pot or your stove top Pressure cook or in an Open Pot

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