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Protein mug cake

Name: Protein mug cake
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 servings
Ingredients: 1 scoop, chocolate whey protein; 1/4 cup oatmeal, blended to flour; 1 tbsp cocoa powder; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt; 1 egg; 3 tbsp whole milk; 1 square dark chocolate 70-85%, pushed into the middle

The 90-second chocolate cake rebuilt on whey and Greek yogurt: same molten centre, roughly four times the protein, and it still takes one mug and one fork.

Time: 5 min (3 prep + 2 cook)
Servings: 1
Per serving: 398 kcal
Protein: 36 g

Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.

Ingredients

1 scoop, chocolate whey protein30 g
1/4 cup oatmeal, blended to flour20 g
1 tbsp cocoa powder8 g
1/2 tsp baking powder2 g
1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt60 g
1 egg50 g
3 tbsp whole milk40 g
1 square dark chocolate 70-85%, pushed into the middle10 g

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Steps

Stir everything except the chocolate square together in the mug with a fork.
Push the chocolate into the centre.
Microwave 60–75 seconds. Whey sets faster and dries harder than flour does — pull it while the top still looks barely wet, or you get a protein sponge.
One minute of patience, then a spoon.

Alternative

Chocolate mug cakethe flour-and-sugar original8

Why this score

moderately filling

No single route carries this one — a moderate amount of protein, volume and fiber.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

35% of kcal

42% water

15 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

Nothing here converges the way engineered food does — no sugar, no savoury and no alcohol penalty.

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 398 kcal goes into the pot, 220 g of ingredients comes out as ~150 g of food → 265 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 265
Protein: (35%); 24 g
Fat: (30%); 9 g
Carbohydrates: (36%); 24 g
of which sugar: 5 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sodium: 305 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.