Lemon, ginger & pear mug cakes
7
Points®
Total time: 25 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 10 min • Serves: 6 • Difficulty: Easy
What's better than a cake baked in just 5 minutes! Cosy up with a pear-studded mug cake - the addition of spicy ginger will keep the winter chill at bay.
Ingredients
Calorie controlled cooking spray
4 spray(s)
Low Fat Spread
90 g
0% fat natural Greek yogurt
30 g
White Self Raising Flour
100 g
Golden caster sugar
40 g
Egg, whole, raw
1 large, raw
Ground Ginger
1 teaspoon(s), level
Stem ginger in syrup
30 g, drained, finely chopped plus 3 tsp of syrup
Lemon
1½ zest(s) of 1, 1 grated and 1/2 thinly pared
Pear
3 medium, small, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
0% fat natural Greek yogurt
6 tablespoon(s), to serve
Instructions
1
Mist the inside of 6 small mugs or teacups with calorie controlled cooking spray and cut 6 small circles (measuring the same diameter as the tops of the mugs) of baking paper.
2
Put 90g low-fat spread, 30g 0% fat natural Greek yogurt, 100g self-raising flour, 40g golden caster sugar, 1 large egg and 1 teaspoon ground ginger in a food processor and blitz until smooth and combined. Stir in the stem ginger and grated lemon zest.
3
Put ½ teaspoon stem ginger syrup in the base of each mug. Peel, core and roughly chop 3 pears, then divide between the mugs, reserving some to serve. Spoon over the cake batter. Mist the baking paper circles with cooking spray and place on top of the mugs.
4
Microwave the mug cakes, 3 at a time, on high for 5 minutes, until risen and cooked through. Repeat with the remaining cakes.
5
Discard the paper and let cool slightly, then serve topped with the reserved pears, the yogurt and the pared lemon zest.
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