Cinnamon rolls kill me.
That smell in the mall… Pavlovian response.
It’s been years since I’ve gotten one, but walking past a certain cinnamon roll chain had me craving a cinnamon roll. I swear they put crack in those things.
In my shipment from About Time, I received a few proteins to sample. I decided it was the perfect opportunity for a little mug cake experiment! Mug cakes may seem normal to many of you… but to the “normal” world I think it qualified as strange. But good. 😉
When you have a craving, you need to satisfy it immediately if not sooner. That’s what makes a mug cake so perfect. Less than 5 minutes and you can have cake!
This version was fabulously soft and moist (sorry, sorry…). However, the best part was the icing. Just a little coconut oil, cinnamon, and stevia makes for a healthier version of that chain’s crack-like sugar bomb.
The cherry on top is optional, but who doesn’t like to sweeten the deal?
Cinnamon Roll Protein Mug Cake
For the Cake:
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder (28g)
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp no sodium baking powder
- 1/4 C unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1 egg white (46g)
- 2 T applesauce (no sugar added, can also use pumpkin puree)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
Cinnamon Glaze:
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp melted coconut butter, melted
- 5-6 drops vanilla liquid stevia
Place all ingredients in and small bowl and mix until smooth.
Transfer to a large, greased (I use coconut oil) coffee mug and microwave for ~3 mins (mine took 3:15).
Meanwhile, mix together glaze ingredients in a small bowl.
Tip the cake out onto a plate. Pour glaze over the top. Devour.
Makes 1 cake.
How have you enjoyed making co-workers, friends, or family stare with strange but good creations this week? The link up rules can be found here or by clicking on “Strange But Good” in the menu bar above. In short, I want to see what concoctions have earned you weird looks from co-workers, family and friends! Post your Strange But Good creations, grab the logo below for your blog, and link up here.
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I have a feeling after we get back from Greece the next craving will be baklava!
Have you ever made a mug cake?
What smell causes an undeniable craving for you?
I really like mug cakes for the same reason. A quick and easy fix. Cinnamon rolls are fantastic and as I can’t resist cinnamon either that’s clearly one of the smells that spark huge cravings. The others are bacon and fresh bread. The imagination alone is enough to send me almost over the edge 😛
I hope you get some inspiration in Greece for a few ‘strangebutgood recipes. I really like greek food 🙂
AH! Now we need a fresh bread-y bacon mug cake. 🙂
The last time I ate a cinnamon roll was after I ran a marathon in 2007! It was the most delicious thing I had ever eaten and my body absorbed the sugar in one huge inhale. It was heaven. This looks like an amazing replacement and I’ve never had the pleasure of making anything but coffee in a mug. Very exciting.
2007?! I think you deserve one after then next good run you have. 😉
Hi Laura, This is totally cool. I’ve never actually made a mug cake, or mug anything, so you’ve got me interested! 🙂 Happy Friday!
Let me know if you try it! I am a mug cake junkie. 🙂
ohh i love me some mug cake. You are so great at these! i think you should make a ebook of mug cakes… just sayin.
Hope you are enjoying GREECE!
Is it really bad that what holds me back from any sort of eBook is having to take “real’ (non-iPhone) pics?
The singular cherry on top MAKES IT. 😀
OMG that looks super fluffy for a mug cake! And please do a baklava recipe. I will die.
I will. As soon as I’m done recovering from all the baklava I ate. LOL!
ooh I think I can smell it from here! I love the smell of cinnamon 🙂
The crack is sugar! LOL! For me it’s pretzels that get me every time. Hope you’re enjoying Greece!
Mug cakes and cinnamon <3
So excited I have something to link this week! I’ve considered linking my nut butters (the Nebraska family thought I was cray making my own), but that’s probably not so unordinary around these parts! 😉
I haven’t had a cinnamon roll from a store in FOREVER, but a couple of months ago Dave made “sticky rolls” from his grandma’s recipe and I died a little. From sugar and deliciousness!
I’m so excited to have you back! And to try your banana recipe – YUM!
Moist, moist, moist.
Definitely not sorry.
You’re so nasty. I think that’s why we’re friends…
Oooh yum, I was actually thinking of making a mug cake sometime today. I’m obsessed with all things cinnamon so I’m sure that I’d love this!
Let me know if you try it! Or you could just come over and we’ll have a mug cake party. Ha!
OMG I need to try this and I think my family will love it. I have all the recipes on hand so I might try to make it tonight. Thanks for sharing!!! 🙂
Looks scrummy! I had been suspicious of mug cakes for quite some time after I started reading blogs, because the idea just seemed really odd (and I was always one to prefer ice cream over cake). But I recently tried a peanut butter version and now I am a convert 🙂
You should just add ice cream to the cake! 😉
My mouth is watering so much this sounds SO good! I have not made a mug cake in I don’t know HOW long but this is the next one I need to make! Thanks for the idea xo C
Thanks Courtney! Let me know if you try it. You deserve allll the cake after that competition. xo
Omggggg that mug cake looks SO Good! Is there anything better than the smell of warm cinnamon?!
Omg so delicious!! Thanks for sharing!