Lemon Mug Cake

I'm usually super underwhelmed by mug cakes- they just fall short 90% of the time. They end up dry or eggy or super dense and they just don't end up worth the expectation. I use my microwave so seldom that we keep it in the basement. BUT...tonight i wanted something sweet and there was just 1 egg in the fridge, so i decided to give mug cakes another shot. This Lemon Mug Cake from Life Liz Love came out spongey and delicious, and was exactly what I wanted.

Lemon Mug Cake

Ingredients:

• 3 Tbs Flour
• 3 Tbs Sugar
• 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
• Zest of 1 lemon
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 Egg
• 2 Tbs Vegetable Oil (we use peanut oil in our house)

Instructions:

• Grease a 16oz mug (my cake DID rise all the way to the top of the cup during baking, and settled out maybe an inch below the rim)
• In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients
• Add in wet ingredients
• Blend it really well, pour it into the mug, and microwave it on high for 90 seconds

Glaze:

The original recipe didn't call for glaze, but i like glaze with my lemon cakes, so i pulled up this nearly identical recipe for Lemon Mug Cake w/ Glaze from The Hungry Hedgehog (They add 2 Tbs of milk to their cake instead of an egg)

• 3 Tbs Powdered Sugar
• 2 tsp Lemon Juice