5 Emergency Microwave Mug Recipe Desserts! 

I did not film this knowing what was about to happen to the World, so maybe it will help some of you that may have a craving and some of these things lying around the house! Also thanks to everyone that has been joining in with the cookalongs each day, it is really helping us stay sane. Take care guys x Full recipe / write up barrylewis.net/recipe/5-emergency-microwave-mug-desserts/ Check out my kickstarter campaign to support me with my own kitchen gadget range! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mrbarrylewis/help-grow-my-kitchen-gadget-range

If your mug cakes explode over the sides like that then the mugs are too small. That's definitely not normal. 😂

Barry Lewis is just an absolute child's inner heart, and we watch and love him for it.

Back when the mug cake stuff started being popular, I found that the large wide soup-mugs the mother has were great for these cakes cos they wouldn't ooze out over the sides as they had room to expand, so top tip there, use a wide mug if you can... :)

Another interesting fact you might want to know: Reducing the power setting on your microwave does not reduce the power. As example: When you set your microwave from 800W down to 400W it still nukes your food with 800W, but just half of the time. The radiation itself is on full power for like 15 seconds, then off for 15 seconds, then again on for 15 seconds and so on. So only on average over time the power is 400W. Why is this important? When you want to microwave something in a controlled manner that might foam up, burn or bubble over very quickly, reducing the power won't help. Especially with short cooking times. As the food will receive the full power for several seconds no matter what. And this time still might be enough to burn or bubble over your item. Always watch your sesitive items in the microwave. Reducing the power from eg 1200W to 800W it does not really behave like a 800W microwave, but like a 1200W machine that's on for 20 seconds, off for 10 seconds. (For any tech-people: The power is pulse width modulated (PWM) with the frequency being very low.)

Alton Brown did the “unnecessary salt bae” thing on his quarantine kitchen. He didn’t mention you by name, but that he knew you did it!!!

Barry is still determined to keep salt bae alive isn't he 😂

You broke my heart using lemon extract for the icing when you had that fresh lemon right there!

These look good. But you really should use a larger mug for some of them.

Need some Babish™ Tiny Whisks for mug mixing.

3 eggs 1 cup? Surely that's overkill lol

They all look scrumptious, I'd love to bake at least one of these! Especially the "sticky toffee" gingerbread! Thank you for your hard work and your contagious enthousiasm, it is quite needed in these trying times!

Just use a bigger mug or make less dough. I’ve made so many microwave cakes and it never made a mess 😁

Hope you and your family is doing well. Through these terrible times. ☺️

YOU SHOULD DO THE MINI FOOD AGAIN I loved that

I find that the small soup mugs w/handle work much better. They cook more evenly because you have a wider flat surface and you don't have the problem of spillover. If you don't find those, then use a mug that's not tapered at the bottom.

Have to admit it’s strange seeing the kitchen after then live streams

Anyone see that egg shell float by while he was stiring that first cake

YES! I don’t have an oven in my student flat and I miss baking so much. Hopefully this’ll scratch that itch 🙌🏻

I love barry lewis. He cracks me up and i like that his recipes are family friendly.

I use a large cappuccino sized mug and no foam over or mess. too small a cup = mess in your microwave

I made the chocolate chip cookie today. Figured I'd use the whole egg and not just the yolk which made them kind of fluffy; somewhere between a cookie and a cake. I tripled the recipe and used 3 glass goblets. Microwaved 1.5 minutes each in my 1000 watt. Sprinkled more chocolate chips on top after cooking to melt. They're cooling now and looking delicious 👌. Thanks for the recipe Barry!

Boston in the intro is just sooo adorable

Making a mug ginger bread cake for breakfast this morning! Thank you for the inspiration during these hard times!

Barry: *points at cone* ICECREAM Me: no Barry, that's a cake..

Thanks Barry for posting a video! Nice to have something to watch. Keep healthy mate! Hugs from Canada.

Thank you so much for still doing videos + live-streams! Being stuck at home has made my depression super bad but your videos always cheer me up ☺️

Thanks so much for the video Barry it’ll be great help during these difficult times 💙💙

Why don't use bigger mug so dosent overflow

Yay

Why did I have to stumble across this LITERALLY 30 seconds after finishing a microwave sponge cake. These look way nicer than what I made.

"Just a drop of that" **keeps pouring**

I'm going to miss this kitchen.

Double Barry in a day woooooooo am not mad about that stay safe 💙💚

Someone on RU-vid who actually made a decent product 👌

Hello!! Sending love to all you guys!!

So Barry, you should probably read a baking book called Ratio, by Mark Ruhlmann. He distills the baking knowledge of culinary school into a single page. Ultimately anything like bread or cake or cookies is just a ratio of ingredients: you can scale it up or down as much as you like and as long as you follow the correct ratio you get the desired output. You'll probably find it very interesting, and it's a quick read. Once you understand it, you can just look at the chart on the cover and whip up baked goods to taste of any volume you desire. Also, since a microwave works by penetrating the food to cook it, things in a taller mug will cook more quickly because they have more surface area and less depth than things in a shorter mug.

I make a 3 ingredient microwave mug cake: flour, Nutella, an egg 😋

These recipes are great for the quarantine, thank you for the upload 😊

I love your line "No one loves a medium-rare cake". That should be the title of your autobiography.

Barry that volume thing with the cups is one of the earliest childhood science lessons :-P

Love these videos Barry and they always make me laugh 😊 Thanks for the entertainment during the quarantine

My favorite is 3 bourbons an half a mug of milk. Break the bourbons up into bits. Microwave and stir occasionally until it thickens. Let it cool a bit and you have super simple, slighty crappy hot chocolate pudding thing. Works a treat. Courtesy of Big Clive (although I am sure he probably didn't invent it).

Yay! I love mug recipes!

Nice one, Barry. I don't like sweet things, but I have to say, they all looked awesome. Thank goodness for you! Stay safe, mate.

first recipe me be like: omg the shell is in

I've tried a lot of mug chocolate chip cookies, and I must say, your recipe is the best! The other ones still came out very cakelike, but yours really tasted like a cookie! Well done!

I make mug cakes and brownies all the time! Using a 10oz/300ml mug is a mess waiting to happen. Using a 16oz (475ml?) mug makes it much easier and a lot less messy! Also, you can use cooking oil instead of butter, or use soft/not melted butter, so you don't cook the egg.

I bet that shell in the cake batter will add a lovely crunch to the cake.

As someone who literally only owns a microwave and toaster oven, I may never use these recipes but I really appreciate them.

What a banger video Barry! Thanks for the entertainment 💯

Definitely best for now because I don’t have a lot of ingredients at home and i get out of the home . Thanks for this amazing video ! 🙆‍♀️

Oh my god, it's been so long since I've seen a flake! I'm severely allergic to nuts so when I was little that was the only chocolate I could eat and it's soooo amazing!

Just in time for my study break! Thanks Barry!

Hope you and the family are doing well during this pandemic! Can’t wait for another live session!

Need to try these recipes... Would love to see an assortment of homemade chocolate being made such as caramels, truffles and soft centres...

Ooooo more mug recipes Just in time as I’ve just gotten home from work

Just made them with my 4 year old as emergency cake was needed (long story)... Went down a treat :)

Thank you for this, I think I'm going to make the brownie for my birthday

We made the chocolate chip one and it was delicious! Enough for me to split with my son and both of us had a satisfied sweet tooth!

I'm definitely making a brownie in a Sports Direct mug..

I never really mix my mug cakes in the mug, I usually make the batter in a bowl for easier mixing then pour into the mug.

Just made sticky toffee one for breakfast and I didnt have caramel or toffee syrup so I used agave syrup(because it tastes like caramel to me) and oh my gosh that was my best breakfast in a looooong time. But was also super filling !!

"emergency" is the right word to describe it 😂 cravings are just... Ugh the worst when u don't have what u crave! Thanks for that!!

I bet it was insane cleaning the glasses when done. But you can reward your work with the desserts!

Hey Barry, maybe you should create some small spatulas for use in mugs like this or in jars/cans that won't give up the goodies

Amazing video Barry you should do a comparison with the shop bought cake in a mug 😋😋😋

BIG mug, small ingredients is the answer Barry 😎👍🏼

I’m going to miss this kitchen 😭. Just need to get used to the new one.

Great recipe.😍 Thank you for sharing.

Always fun and entertaining... even if I did have to check to see if this video was from april 1st.

MIX with a FORK. Faster, easier, less mess, better mix. AND, use a bigger mug, even a bowl or a large glass heat-proof measure so it doesn't all spill over.

Hello Barry! When I saw your mugs I shook my head- great they're clear but the only mugs in my house are waaaay bigger than yours!

Can you make some microwave fudge I've seen recipes and would love to see you try them

My favorite microwave mug cake is: 1 egg 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder 1/4 cup of icing sugar/powdered sugar. Mix well and microwave for 1 1/2 minutes and CHOCHOLATE CAKE!!!!! I top it with either a spoon of peanut butter, Nutella or whipped topping. TOTALLY STONKIN!!!!

yay

Very good football joke Barry!

I found a chocolate mug cake recipe on RU-vid and it works every time!

Oh my I want to make theses

I think your egg it firmin up before mixing because of the hot butter. Might wanna take that into account next time. Love the recipes!

I'm gonna go and make a cookie right now 😍

If the mug batter goes over halfway up the mug, you either need a bigger mug or to seperate into 2 mugs, allows room for rising, and prevents overflow, and for cream or icecream when you serve

Lionel Messi-did not expect his name when I started watching this video. xD

Anyone else think that Barry started out a few years back , he looked like Jamie Oliver. Now he's beginning to look like Gordon Ramsey? ?. Please take that as a compliment Barry , I mean no offence. ..........both chefs are legend's

if you put something like a flake in the middle of the batter for that ice cream one would you think it would stay in the core of the cake as it cooks?

I once did a mug cake recipe but instead of using a microwave I used a wood oven and it turned out great - no spills happened

Re - melting butter in the microwave without exploding it: use the defrost setting and go a bit longer than usual. Also works for melting chocolate in one go without burning it.

How do you order the veggie kickstart I live in the United state let me know how much it Is

Could consider trying out the less messy ones, esp. the cookie thing looked delicious!

Would it still work in a 2 cup pyrex measuring cup? Alot less spillage, the spillage is freaking my OCD up.

Hay Barry Sheridan from Melbourne Australia your microwave cup cakes look so yum the one you did in the icecream cones reminds me of when I was a kid in the 70's do you remember you could buy marshmallow filled icecream cones they would have 100's and 1000's sprinkled on top they were the best all the bakeries use to sell then then getting into the 80's the supermarkets would sell them in bags can you make them please and maybe pipe the marshmallow in the cones as they never did that it was meant to look like a scope of icecream in a cone yum

I love Flakes so much but they're so hard to find where I live DX even the place I usually get them hasn't had them in stock

It's not the mess that concerns me, it's the fact if it's not in the mug, it may not make it to my belly. That just cannot be tolerated.

Barry did you know you have not make jam tarts keep up the good work x

I have a big mug that I use to make these types of things so it doesn't spill over. LOL

A merangue in a cup!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!! some strawberrys and cream bit of treacle thatd be amazing.

How dare you call the Salt Bae unnecessary?! That is the most essential step! :D

I am so bummed... I missed out on supporting your new venture on Kickstarter =)

Me: watches the video Also me: doesn't have a microwave

I just did the recipe from today's live stream, i hope it goes well :)