Our church just had its annual fall dinner and bake sale. We look forward to this “job” every year. My mom, oldest son, and I, along with our friend, Helen, work the first shift. The beauty of this task is that we get to see, smell, and drool at every delightful baked good that passes through. Though we run around placing items and carrying things in and out the doors for people, it never seems like work at all. It is an awesome opportunity to catch up with our friends and neighbors. We always know that when Sally brings her freshly baked honey wheat bread and her molasses cookies, we jump on those and buy them immediately. God has certainly blessed her not only with some awesome baking talents, but also with the ability to make grown women move faster than lightning. 
This year, as with most bake sales, the treats are heavily delicious as well as heavily caloric. Now I really don’t pig out on cake and cookies on a daily basis, but this time of year, I do slow down and savor these really amazing and unique baked goods. Because I haven’t received Sally’s “secret” recipes yet (and not for lack of trying or begging on my part), here are two recipes for other bake sale staples at our church: cake and cupcakes/muffins! So, when a good old fashioned bake sale craving hits you, take it by the horns and embrace it. And try these two recipes. The cake in a mug is actually one you can make in the microwave when you want one piece of cake ASAP. The other is a skinny cupcake/muffin recipe that only uses three ingredients. These little gems are only one Weight Watchers point a piece! Genius!
Only ONE Weight Watcher Point!
Ingredients
- • 1 large mug
- • 4 Tbsp. flour
- • 4 Tbsp. sugar
- • 2 Tbsp. cocoa
- • 1 large egg
- • 3 Tbsp. milk
- • 3 Tbsp. oil
- • 1/4 cup chocolate chips (plus some extra for sprinkling on top when it comes out of the microwave)
- • a small splash of vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1. Add all the dry ingredients together in your mug: Add your egg and mix it a little bit. Then add your milk and oil. Stir everything up until it's nice and creamy.
- 2. Add chocolate chips and stir it into your mix.
- 3. Place your mug into your microwave and set it for 3 minutes, depending on mug size.
- 4. Larger mugs may require a longer cooking time.
- 5. You can add some chocolate chips to the top to make it extra chocolatey.
Only uses 3 ingredients, and costs only ONE Weight Watcher Point!
Ingredients
- • 1 boxed chocolate cake mix (can use sugar free)
- • 1 small can of pumpkin puree 15 ounce
- • 6 ounces of chocolate chip
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 2. Mix together cake mix and canned pumpkin. It is best to use a mixer for about 2 minutes on medium speed to get fluffier cupcakes.
- 3. Add in almost all of the 6 ounces of chocolate chips.
- 4. Put in a muffin tin with liners. Batter is dense and does not rise much so these can be filled to the top.
- 5. Add a few tiny chips to the tops.
- 6. Bake for 22-25 min until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Photo Credit: Cake Mug from Murr’s Menu
Photo Credit: Muffin from A Farm Girl Dabbles
I tried this recipe today. I thought it was a very good recipe and quick and simple to make. Delicious!
So glad you enjoyed it! I’m thinking of making more today…:-)
I’m excited to try these… They look super simple and yummy! I think they are more than one WW point, though. When I entered the ingredients on the WW website, it came up with 7 PointsPlus each if there are 12 muffin/cupcakes. The recipe was about 80 PointsPlus total, so about 80 individual muffin/cupcakes would be needed to make them 1 Point each. Unless I missed something. Thanks for the recipe, though!