July 10, 2009 | Suanne | Comments 10
Five Minute Chocolate Cake in a Mug
I just received this recipe from my friend, Jean. It has a very captivating title which is “The Most Dangerous Cake Recipe in the World”. I thought of sharing this with chowtimes readers.
This looks like any ordinary chocolate cake but it is made in the microwave oven in 5 minutes. What makes it so dangerous is that you can have this indulgences whenever you have a crave and it can be prepared so easily and so quickly.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 4 tablespoons flour (Nanzaro preferred 3 tablespoons of flour for a more denser texture like brownies)
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
- a small splash of vanilla extract
- 1 large coffee mug
Instructions
 Add the dry ingredients into a 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 (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. This can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous.
Jean, thank you for sharing. |
Categorized Under: Cakes
Wow….that looks and sounds yummy. I think I’ll try making this at work for my co-workers. We’re a bunch of chocoholics!!
is there no flour in the recipe??
There’s no flour, just cocoa and sugar for dry ingredients?
Hi Ainwa:
I missed out the flour, it should be 4 tablespoons. I had just updated the post. Sorry about that! :-)
Suanne
OH.MY.GOD.
I’ve been a silent reader for more than a year and this superb-looking chocolate cake just screams at me to leave a comment!
THANK YOU thank you THANK you!!! i always have chocolate cake cravings and end up having to bake a small cake and eating it up all by myself coz dear husband doesnt fancy cakes and the little one prefers lighter cakes. this will be a lifesaver (not to mention the extra inches around the hips i’d be saved from!)
can it be made in a bowl instead of a mug?
I made this! My microwave is not old and I thought it was on high and it needed more than 4 minutes. I wondered about the amount of oil the recipe called for – it seemed like too much and I had to pour some off. Thus my cake was much more on the molten/wet side. It was still really yummy and convenient.
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My cake turns out spongy, I wonder why.. I used milo powder instead of cocoa because that was all I had. Does that matter?
Hi Charmine, I’m not sure if milo is the cause of the sponginess. If you like a more gooey cake, just reduce the amount of flour.