5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE!!
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons melted butter
3 tablespoons chocolate chips or (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract and your favourite tipple
1 large coffee mug
Add dry ingredients to your largest mug and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using), vanilla extract and a drop or two of your favourite tipple, then mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts (high).
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).
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If your feeling very very naughty, cover liberally in Bailey's Irish Cream. And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now you are only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night! You are going to forward this straight away, aren't you ... :-).
YES!!!!!!!!
Rosebud.....NO! You're not allowed!!! ;D
my son made these the other night after listening to Chris Evens drive time on radio 2, he did double the mix and split it between 4 mugs (very large mugs i may add)
and when he cooked them they rose so much that they collapsed over the side, they are in no way shape or form for the shrinking violets amongst us but they did taste fantastic, 1 mug will do at least 3 people in my opinion and i have a very large appetite (although i did polish a whole 1 off to my self with lashings of fresh cream last night) ;D
ooooooooo :-*
lbb
My microwave is maximum 850 watts, but I'm going to try it anyway - just leave it to cook a bit longer - cos I love choclit cake!
Tricia
Wow, thanks for this, I'll try it soon ;D
I'd like to try this but level or heaped tablespoons?
I used level ones on my attempt just to see how it went. Subsequent attempts have used rounded measures.
CC
That's torn it, only 5 mins away from chocolate cake...aaaaagghh the diet!
Am I the only person in the Universe who doesn't like chocolate cake??? ???
Quote from: saddad on April 20, 2009, 17:43:18
Am I the only person in the Universe who doesn't like chocolate cake??? ???
eerrrrrrrrrrrrr..................yes????
CC
Quote from: saddad on April 20, 2009, 17:43:18
Am I the only person in the Universe who doesn't like chocolate cake??? ???
Nope, me too... But I have a secret weapon in the fight against chocolate... It gives me migraines!
Quote from: carrot-cruncher on April 20, 2009, 17:22:57
I used level ones on my attempt just to see how it went. Subsequent attempts have used rounded measures.
CC
Ah, the third way :)
Quote from: OllieC on April 20, 2009, 18:13:20
Quote from: saddad on April 20, 2009, 17:43:18
Am I the only person in the Universe who doesn't like chocolate cake??? ???
Nope, me too... But I have a secret weapon in the fight against chocolate... It gives me migraines!
Oh Ollie dont be silly, it gives lots of us migraines, just have the imigran and epipen close by.
lbb
I had this recipe sent in an email but hadn't got a very big mug so made it in a basin. Cooked it for the same length of time and it worked perfectly. ;D ;D ;D
Oil???
how much,cant see it in the recipe!
Think its the melted butter ;D
Do you have to use melted butter?
Can you use oil instead?
MP
Didn't have any proper cocoa powder, so the nearest was Whittards Mint hot choc powder!
Just the thing after an omelette and salad supper ;)
Scrummy!
Mine turned out a bit bitter and dry :(
Will have to give it another go soon.
Thanks for the recipe. :D
The texture of the pud was lovely, but a little sweet for my palette. Next time less sugar & a dark chocolate. :) (I own some pretty huge mugs, but resorted to a souffle dish in the end. ;) )
Quote from: saddad on April 20, 2009, 17:43:18
Am I the only person in the Universe who doesn't like chocolate cake??? ???
No, I once met some one else who said they hated chocolate cake. Said it made them gag. But she could eat chocolate bars one after the other.
I can understand it, cake dilutes the chocolate flavour too much with most recipes.
Now coffee cake with coffee buttercream filling and chocolate fudge topping.
That is moooooooooooooreish.
does anyone make chocolate cake with courgettes in it? I've always been scared of wasting too perfectly good and seemingly incompatible ingredients! What does it taste like?
I also hate chocolate cake, much prefer cheese and biscuits with grapes. Not sure that I would like chocolate and courgette cake, sounds horrible. Much prefer courgettes fried in butter.
I made a chocolate and courgette cake a couple of years ago to try to use up some of the courgette glut. It was weird - the courgette seemed to leach all of the chocolate flavour out of the cake, so that it didn't really taste of anything. Also, it was a beautifully thick cake, but very, very dense. Weighed a ton.
No doubt I did it all wrong, and someone else will have a recipe that works properly, but I wasn't tempted to repeat the experiment.
i made a courgette cake last year the glut had me desperate i can't remember if it was chocolate based but it did taste great and was a lovely texture, it didn't last long with my greedy lot. I'll look for the recipe tomorrow and will post whether it was a chocolate one or not.
as soon as my little one fall to sleep I'm going to try this quick cake and the best part is I'm the last one up so no need to share ;D
You have perfect timing, Carrot Cruncher, since after building some blueberry cages today in the heat there was no energy to make dessert but voila! you came through with your quick choc. cake. What a humdinger of a recipe!
I didn't have any cocoa in the house but can't let little things interfere with progress so instead put in 7 heaping tbsp of choc. bits, a little less butter due to the fat in the choc. bits, and a slosh of rum, microwaved in a 4-cup measuring cup.
Was it ever delicious! We added a dollop of vanilla frozen yogurt and could easily have fed 3 generously.
Thank you so much- an incredible :o pudding-cake.
Quote from: GrannieAnnie on June 04, 2009, 03:08:38
You have perfect timing, Carrot Cruncher, since after building some blueberry cages today in the heat there was no energy to make dessert but voila! you came through with your quick choc. cake. What a humdinger of a recipe!
I didn't have any cocoa in the house but can't let little things interfere with progress so instead put in 7 heaping tbsp of choc. bits, a little less butter due to the fat in the choc. bits, and a slosh of rum, microwaved in a 4-cup measuring cup.
Was it ever delicious! We added a dollop of vanilla frozen yogurt and could easily have fed 3 generously.
Thank you so much- an incredible :o pudding-cake.
FORGOT TO SAY I NUKED THE CHOC. BITS WITH THE BUTTER (AND THE DRY INGREDIENTS WHICH HAPPENED TO ALREADY BE IN THE CUP) SO THE CHOC. WAS EASY TO STIR- BUT I GUESS YOU'D FIGURED THAT OUT.
SINCE WE HAVE SOME BUTTERSCOTH MORSELS I MIGHT TRY THE SAME AND SEE HOW THAT GOES.
Just been at a friend's house where I ate...courgette cake! It was actually like banana bread, but without the banana, or any real taste. Seems a bit of a waste of a good courgette!
Tried this recipe which was yummy.
Then I tried a 4 min treacle sponge. Instead of using chocolate and vanilla, I swirled treacle through the mix rather than putting it in the bottom of the bowl (my mugs aren't big enough). This got the thumbs up from OH too.
MP
last week everyone at work was a bit fed up so we made these in our lunch hour I think we made 5 in all serving 10 of us everyone enjoyed them .