Baking in the Microwave

A 5 Minute Chocolate Cake in a Cup

Ingredients

4 T flour

4 T sugar

2 T cocoa

1 egg

3 T milk

3 T oil

3 T chocolate chips, optional

Small splash of vanilla extract

1 large coffee mug, microwave safe

Add the dry ingredients to the mug and mix well. Add egg and mix thoroughly.

Pour in milk and oil; mix well.

Add chocolate chips and vanilla. Mix again.

Put mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1,000 watts.

*The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don’t be alarmed!

Allow the mug to cool a little and tip the cake out onto a plate.

Eat and Enjoy!

Notes: If you are in ever a desperate mood for a quick and easy chocolate cake, this recipe does work in the microwave. Make sure to mix everything really well in the cup (I used a fork). The chocolate chips are essential for the taste; do not skip out on those.

The cake had a different texture, to put it nicely. But if you served it with whipped cream or ice cream, I believe it would make the cake better. The recipe may be flexible enough to substitute certain items, but beware that it is baked in a microwave. Maybe instead of an egg, applesauce or sour cream could be used.

But, if you have five minutes to spare and are interested, try out the recipe! It was fun to guess whether or not it would work, and to see, between my mother and I, who would eat it first (for the record, my mom took the first bite!).

Experiment, Eat, and Enjoy!