101 Recipes for Microwave Mug Cakes: Single-Serving Snacks in Less Than 10 Minutes [Paperback]

Stacey J. Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2009

Need cake? Now you can bake a microwave mug cake just for yourself in 10 minutes or less. All you need is a microwave oven, a mug, a saucer, a mixing bowl, and a few simple ingredients. Microwave mug cakes-the ultimate single-serving snack!

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About the Author

Stacey J. Miller learned at a very young age that, on days when nothing else goes right, she could always make herself feel better by cooking an easy meal or baking a quick dessert. When she's not in the kitchen, she's indulging in her day job. A book promotion specialist, Stacey founded S. J. Miller Communications about 20 years ago. She is based in Randolph, Massachusetts and is a mom to the three best cats on the planet.

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: BPT Press (October 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0984228500
• ISBN-13: 978-0984228508
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stacey J. Miller, founder of S. J. Miller Communications, specializes in developing winning media strategies for authors and publishers, and in coordinating national and regional tours. A former in-house publicist for a trade book publisher, she has successfully promoted trade books for nearly two decades. Her clients--ranging from Random House and McGraw-Hill to independent houses and self-published authors--have enjoyed exposure on top television and radio shows from coast to coast, in major national and local print, and online. She is now immersed in such cutting-edge opportunities for book promotion as social networking, blog syndication, and Web 2.0 book marketing.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Got kids who love cup cakes?, December 11, 2009

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Deborah Verlen "Deborah" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 101 Recipes for Microwave Mug Cakes: Single-Serving Snacks in Less Than 10 Minutes (Paperback)

If you have small kids that love cup cakes, this book is a way to satisfy the demand without making a dozen or more that often get wasted after the novelty of the cup cake has worn off. Plus as an added attraction, you make the desserts in the microwave in a mug. Easy and quick and generally no fuss and muss.

You'll find clever recipes like Banana Nana Microwave Mug Cake to a delicious Heavenly Chocolate Microwave Mug Cake. The beginning of the book contains a suggested pantry list for that spur of the moment Mug Cake craving. Many who bake with some regularity will already have either all or most of the ingredients which include basics like flour, sugar, cocoa powder, instant puddings, milk, eggs, oil and the like. Actually, the one thing I didn't have was a 16 ounce mug which works best for the liquids and the cooking.

The cakes are quick to make and are large enough to satisfy two or three toddlers. The author does tell you not to save any leftovers as they become hard and heavy. This is true. These are designed to be eaten right away. The aroma of your mug cake will certainly having you grabbing a spoon and eating it right out of the microwave!

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 'Kitchen cook friendly' microwave recipes, November 15, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Recipes for Microwave Mug Cakes: Single-Serving Snacks in Less Than 10 Minutes (Paperback)

Simply stated, for today's busy, time-stressed homemaker, the invention of the microwave oven is second only to that of fire. From heating up TV dinners to turning out in a matter of minutes dishes from scratch that would take an hour or longer in a conventional oven, the microwave has earned a prominent place in every modern kitchen. But until now the application of the microwave to desserts and snacks has been fairly limited to heating up some store-bought treat. No more! Not with Stacey Miller's handy little compilation of make-your-own microwave treats she has collected within the covers of "101 Recipes for Microwave Mug Cakes: Single-Serving Snacks in Less Than 10 Minutes"! Now moms who just don't have the time for traditionally baked cookies, cakes, muffins, or other baked pastries, can choose from 'kitchen cook friendly' microwave recipes ranging from Apple Raisin Microwave Mug Cake; Chocolate-Covered Peanut Microwave Cake; Berry Patch Microwave Mug Cake; and Cranberry Lemon Microwave Mug Cake; to Peach Butterscotch Microwave Mug Cake; Pumpkin Pie Microwave Mug Cake; Strawberry Cheesecake Microwave Mug Cake; and Watermelon Ginger Microwave Mug Cake. Particularly nice is the succinct one-paragraph descriptive 'Note' accompanying each individual recipe. Unique and very special, "101 Recipes for Microwave Mug Cakes: Single-Serving Snacks in Less Than 10 Minutes" will prove a popular addition to any and all personal and family kitchen cookbook collections!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have if you have children!, October 25, 2009

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pause4purrs "Cat lover" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Recipes for Microwave Mug Cakes: Single-Serving Snacks in Less Than 10 Minutes (Paperback)

This is a delightful book with very clear directions that makes delicious desserts for just one, and is also ideal if you have children because it's something that they can do themselves to make a little cake "just their size". The comments by each recipe are humorous and shows what a great sense of humor the author has. I'd highly recommend it for anyone who gets munchies and doesn't want to bother making a full sized cake.