5 Minute Spice Cake in Microwave

WiGal's Note:

Inspired by Recipe#361967, I experimented and made up this cake for the two of us. I did try it with twice as much baking soda and baking powder, reduced them both to 1/8 as the cake touched the microwave "ceiling" and started to curve down; tasted fine but sure looked bizaar. Think it needs these ingredients to get a cake texture. I doubt that this recipe can be reduced and work out. Thank you especially to debbwl and diner524 for trying to help me improve this recipe for two.

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 2 mins
• Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
• 1⁄8; teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄8; teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
• 1⁄16; teaspoon nutmeg , ground
• 1⁄16; teaspoon clove , ground
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 tablespoon molasses , unsulfured
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 egg

Directions:

1. Put the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and brown sugar into a 4 cup microwaveable bowl; mix well.
2. Add oil, molasses, water and egg; mix well.
3. Microwave for 3 minutes.
4. Cool slightly, and serve with ice cream, whipping cream, or raisin sauce.

Reviews

[diner524]

Wow!!! How quick is this cake? I made this as written, but instead of a 4 cup dish, I used to ramkins, that I buttered before pouring in the batter, then I cooked for 2 minutes on high and that worked perfectly!! The only other change I made was to use 1 1/4 teaspoons of both ginger and cinnamon. Next time I would use 1 tsp of ginger and 1 1/2 of the cinnamon, as this was quite spicy for a cake. Thanks for sharing the quick dessert recipe!!! Made for 123 Tag Game.

[Boomette]

This is a great cake. Even if it's bake in the microwave, the texture is great. The cake is moist. And the taste is very good. It's a bit too sweet for me. So I'll use half sugar next time. Thanks WiGal :) Made for Holiday tag

[Mikekey]

I have to admit I was skeptical of cake in the microwave, but this turned out great. It is a moist cake similar to the way a self-saucing pudding cake turns out (without the sauce). I made exactly as written. The spices were just right. Delicious served very warm (I only cooled about 5 minutes) with some ice cream. Like a brownie sundae! Made for Spring 2010 PAC.