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Magic Chocolate Mug Cake (Microwave)
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NOTE ADDED Jan 27, 2012: Please note that this is NOT a serious cake recipe! It is a fun recipe, for a quick choc snack. It may work for you, or you may have to make adjustments, or it might not work for you. Please do not judge this little recipe as if it is a chocolate cake -- as you will see from the reviews, they range from "great!" to "awful!" LOL! ORIGINAL INTRO: This recipe is doing the e-mail rounds! I do not know where it originated, but if you have kids, teenagers, or a sweet tooth yourself, it works!! A chocolate cake in a mug, for one person! Do use a LARGE mug! I never, ever post recipes like this which I have not made, and I'm not a microwave fan, but this one, for parents of the above-mentioned people, just has to be posted. Delicious with whipped cream, ice cream or custard, they say! It must be great to mix a choc cake in a mug, and have a hot "cake" within 3 minutes!!
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- 8mins
- Serves:
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ingredients
- 4 tablespoons flour (cake flour)
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, any kind
- 1⁄8 teaspoon baking powder (a pinch!)
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt (a pinch!!)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 2 -3 drops vanilla (optional)
directions
- In a small bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, tiny pinch baking powder and tiny pinch salt. (This can also be mixed directly into a large mug).
- Add egg and mix into dry mixture.
- Add oil and milk and mix well.
- Grease a tall, large mug, and pour in this mixture, scraping out with a spatula.
- Place in microwave on High for 2 1/2 - 3 minutes.
- (Best slightly undercooked, so be careful).
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"NOTE ADDED Jan 27, 2012: Please note that this is NOT a serious cake recipe! It is a fun recipe, for a quick choc snack. It may work for you, or you may have to make adjustments, or it might not work for you. Please do not judge this little recipe as if it is a chocolate cake -- as you will see from the reviews, they range from "great!" to "awful!" LOL!
ORIGINAL INTRO: This recipe is doing the e-mail rounds! I do not know where it originated, but if you have kids, teenagers, or a sweet tooth yourself, it works!! A chocolate cake in a mug, for one person! Do use a LARGE mug! I never, ever post recipes like this which I have not made, and I'm not a microwave fan, but this one, for parents of the above-mentioned people, just has to be posted. Delicious with whipped cream, ice cream or custard, they say! It must be great to mix a choc cake in a mug, and have a hot "cake" within 3 minutes!!"
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Tastes great, but the texture is super spongy and clumpy, and it ruins the whole thing.Reply
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My five-year-old great-grand loves Duncan Hines mug cakes because he can make them himself (with my supervision). They have frosting and chocolate chips. We made the last one in the box of four so I am looking for a recipe that will give a similar result. It does not have to suit adult taste but it must be similar to the old "Easy Bake". Would this be a suitable recipe?Replies 1
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I’ve tried a few chocolate mug cakes with unhappy results, but this one was considerably better! We made some substitutions to reduce the carbs since I’m diabetic. We used garbanzo flour, almond milk, and the only oil on hand was evoo. For sweetness, we used 1 T of Demerara sugar and 3 Truvia packets. To add fiber, we put in some chopped pecans, and for moistness we added 4 small chocolate truffles which added 13 carbs. Btw, the garbanzo flour added just 10 net carbs! There was quite a bit of cake mix, probably enough for 2 regular sized mugs, but we used one huge one, otherwise it most likely would’ve run over! Two and a half minutes later, we had something reminiscent of a slightly dry chocolate cake. The texture was much better than previous recipes. It wasn’t airy and spongey like past attempts. Unfortunately, except for the parts where the truffles melted, it was kind of bland, with a rather anemic chocolate taste. My partner, otoh, thought it was very good. Personally, I’m beginning to think that all these years after the introduction of the consumer microwave, it’s still best suited to softening butter, boiling water and heating up leftovers right on the dinner plate. But I digress. Despite the shortcomings of the microwave mug cakes, it’s still kinda fun to make them, and this one was the best yet!Reply
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It was dry so i added about 1 table spoon of oil and did 3 table spoons of sugar and 1 table spoon of brow sugar.Reply
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