Chocolate Coffee Cup Cake

So, a friend here at work knows how much I love chocolate and she sent me a recipe for how to make a chocolate cake in 5 minutes in a coffee cup in the microwave. Okay, there's so many things about this whole process that makes me giddy with joy. You mean I can have chocolate cake in just a few minutes, and I have all of the ingredients in my pantry? This is a win win situation as far as I am concerned. Here's the recipe:

DANGEROUS CHOCOLATE CAKE-IN-A-MUG

1 coffee mug

4 Tbsp. cake flour (plain, not self-rising)

4 Tbsp. sugar

2 Tbsp. cocoa

1 egg

3 Tbsp. milk

3 Tbsp. oil

Small splash of vanilla

3 Tbsp. chocolate chips, optional

Add dry ingredients to mug, mix well with a fork.

Add egg, mix thoroughly.

Pour in milk and oil and vanilla, mix well.

Add chips, if using.

Put mug in microwave, and cook for three minutes on 1000 watts.

Cake will rise over top of mug--do not be alarmed!

Allow to cool a little; tip onto a plate if desired.

Eat!

(This can serve two 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 five minutes away from chocolate cake any time of the day or night!!!***

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"Get thee hence" to the microwave!!! This is GREAT!!! Got the recipe from a friend, and tried it out immediately. It works! I see multiple applications for this gem: With kids; grand kids; 4-H cooking classes; college dorm room when there's only a microwave; late-night cravings; just enough for one or two servings instead of an entire cake...........ha, ha! My kids added some drizzles of chocolate syrup and some Cool Whip (we didn't put in the chocolate chips). You could add canned frosting, too.

The batter does rise up 'way over the top of the mug, but doesn't run down the side. Fun to watch!

Be careful not to overcook--our microwave is higher than 1000 watts, and three minutes was a dab too long--dried the cakes out a little bit. Anyway, give it a try! And be sure to watch it the whole time it's baking in the microwave!!!


Okay the line "Cake will rise over top of mug--do not be alarmed!" got my kids going. Madeline was watching the cake, and Connor was watching it too, as the cake started to rise over the edge of the coffee cup Madeline started getting alarmed, and was telling me "oh no it's going over the edge!" I told her not to be alarmed just like the recipe said, and what does Connor start doing? He gets down and starts running around the kitchen going "I'M ALARMED! I'M ALARMED!" Goofy little kids, so on that note, be aware that my normal coffee cup wasn't quite big enough to keep it from going over the edge and pooling like a chocolate lake in the bottom of my microwave.