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Lemon Glaze Coffee Mug Cake

By Carroll Pellegrinelli, About.com

Looking for a different homemade gift this year? The Lemon Glaze Coffee Mug Cake recipe from the forum is just what you need. You fill a microwavable, beautifully decorated coffee mug with the dry ingredients for this recipe. The recipient adds the liquids and bakes it in the microwave. Lemon Glaze Coffee Mug cake makes a great gift.

Prep Time: 01 hour

Cook Time: 02 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 (18.5 ounce) package yellow cake mix
  • 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 2-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/4 cup powdered lemonade mix

Preparation:

Each coffee mug should hold 1-1/2 cups water.

Place dry cake mix and dry pudding mix into a large bowl and blend well with a whisk. This will be about 4 to 4 1/2 cups of dry mix and will make 8 coffee cup cake mixes. Divide mix into 8 small plastic bags (about 1/2 cup each). Place mix into a corner of each bag and tie it there with a twist tie.

Make glaze mix: in a medium bowl, combine confectioners sugar with powdered flavoring mix. Divide into 8 small plastic bags and close bag with a twist tie. Attach each glaze mix to the cake mix bags with a twist tie. Place one of each bag into each cup.

Attach the following instructions to each cup:

Generously spray inside of cup with cooking spray. Empty contents of cake mix packet in cup. Add 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of oil, 1 tablespoon water to dry mix. Mix 15 seconds, carefully mixing in all dry mix. Microwave on full power for 2 minutes. While cake is cooking, place ingredients from Glaze mix into a very small container and add 1 1/2 teaspoon water. Mix well. When cake is done, pour glaze over cake in cup. Enjoy while warm.

Makes 8 servings

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