This air fryer chocolate mug cake is an easy dessert to make, and quick to cook. Plus, the addition of a chocolate ball into the mug cake creates a gooey, molten centre when you dig your spoon in. Delicious!
Don’t have an air fryer? You’ll find more mug cake recipes here, including more chocolate options!
Ingredients
Method
Preheat a 7-litre air fryer to 160°C for 3 minutes.
Grease four 1-cup (250ml) ovenproof mugs (see tips below) with cooking spray.
Place butter and golden syrup in a small saucepan; stir over low heat until smooth. Cool for 5 minutes.
Sift flours, bicarb and cocoa into a large bowl; stir in sugar. Fold milk and egg into flour mixture until just combined. Fold golden syrup mixture into batter until well combined. Spoon mixture into mugs. Push a Lindt ball into batter in each mug.
Taking care, place the mugs in the air fryer basket; at 160°C, cook for 15 minutes or until mug cakes are springy when touched.
Serve chocolate mug cakes topped with whipped cream or ice-cream, dusted with a little extra cocoa powder.
How do I stop the Lindt balls from melting?
To help the chocolate Lindt balls keep their shape and not melt completely into the mug cake, place them in the freezer for 1 hour or until frozen.
Do I have to use a mug?
Use ramekins instead of mugs, if preferred. Make sure your mug or ramekin is ovenproof.
More mug cake recipes
Mug cakes are great quick-mix desserts. For more flavour variations, try our lemon & passionfruit mug cake or this blueberry pudding mug cake. Both are cooked in the microwave, so they’re a good option if you don’t have an air fryer.
For a chocolate mug cake cooked in the microwave, try these chocolate Nutella mug puddings.
