5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

I got one of those passed around emails yesterday and it had this recipe for a 5 minute Chocolate cake. And for some reason I just had to try it. I had everything in the house except for the chocolate chips (optional anyway, although they would have been really yummy). So I whipped up the chocolate cake and put it in a mug and placed it in the microwave. I didn't have any expectation for the taste so it was more of a science experiment. When the bell rang I went to the microwave and removed this funny looking brown cake in a mug. I turned it over on a plate. It reminded me of those fancy cakes you get in restaurants that are individually made - do you think this is how they do it? I then remembered I had some caramel sauce (from yesterdays fun) and drizzled some on top of the hot cake. I let it cool a bit, while I ate my dinner. Then after the dinner plates where cleared I dug into the cake - it was really good. It was rich and moist. It tasted like those pudding cakes that you make. Now it was no where near my Grandmothers Chocolate cake, but in a pinch it was really good. And when I say pinch I mean when PMS hits you and you have to have chocolate cake :)

So enjoy.


5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
a small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to 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) and vanilla extract, and mix again. Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. 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). And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!