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The Best 3 Ingredient Mug Cake | Easy Keto Peanut Butter Mug Cake

If you’re looking for an easy 3 ingredient mug cake recipe, look no further than this delicious and simple flourless keto peanut butter mug cake.

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3 Ingredient Mug Cake — Keto Peanut Butter Mug Cake

I’m a lazy chef.

When it comes to cooking, I’ll admit I avoid complex dishes with endless ingredients as if they were the bubonic plague.

That’s why any recipe that claims to only use three ingredients always catches my eye.

After all, what’s easier than only three ingredients?

I’ll tell you what’s easier, this keto peanut butter mug cake that cooks right in your microwave in under two minutes.

Not only does it only include just three essential ingredients, but you don’t even have to preheat your oven.

Now that’s lazy cooking at its finest.

Keep reading to learn more about how to make this easy 3 ingredient keto peanut butter mug cake in no time!

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3 Ingredient Mug Cake — Keto Peanut Butter Mug Cake

What is mug cake?

For those of you who have never made mug cake before, mug cake is simply a cake that you can bake in a coffee mug in your microwave.

There’s no preheating your oven, and the cake is usually cooked in under two minutes (exact cook time varies depending on your microwave wattage).

The best part about this mug cake though is of course that it only has three ingredients.

It doesn’t get any simpler than that.

Not to mention, this mug cake is also a flourless peanut butter cake recipe and keto friendly.

Believe it or not, this mug cake is a totally flourless mug cake as well and doesn’t contain added sugar (I use this as a sugar substitute in most of my desserts).

It’s definitely a healthier alternative to “real” cake!

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3 Ingredient Mug Cake — Keto Peanut Butter Mug Cake

How do you make mug cake?

Mug cakes are some of the simplest desserts you can make.

All you have to do is combine the ingredients thoroughly in your mug, and cook it for about 1-2 minutes in the microwave (again, exact cook time will vary depending on your microwave wattage).

3 Ingredient Mug Cake — Keto Peanut Butter Mug Cake

It truly is that simple!

So with that being said, let’s get to the actual recipe so you can try this delicious 3 ingredient keto peanut butter mug cake for yourself.

3 Ingredient Mug Cake — Keto Peanut Butter Mug Cake

The Best 3 Ingredient Mug Cake | Easy Keto Peanut Butter Mug Cake

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What’s your favorite 3 ingredient mug cake?

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Holly Habeck

Holly is a millennial travel and lifestyle writer based in New York. With ten years of experience in digital publishing and photography starting with her work writing for College Fashionista and Her Campus at Ithaca College, Holly has been featured in publications such as Southern Living and Lonely Planet. She enjoys sharing her travel expertise as well as lifestyle inspiration in categories such as home décor, DIY beauty, and fashion. More importantly though, Holly is a true Hufflepuff, and her Starbucks order forever remains a grande Iced Sweet Cream Cold Brew. When she's not writing or editing photos for this site, you can find her reading anything in the Sarah J. Maas universe or cuddling with her chihuahua x pomeranian pup Pixie.