Pierre ZFP Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE4 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! [IMG]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb233/Pierrezfp/choccake1.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb233/Pierrezfp/choccake2.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb233/Pierrezfp/choccake3.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Looks yummy! Can I use whole wheat flour (actually, malted grain flour with crunchy bits in it) - I don't have all purpose flour at the moment, but would like some cake with my afternoon tea [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Go for it!!And let us know how it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 With crunchy almond ice cream???????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Not bad. That is the first cake I've made that took longer to eat than to make. [:)] I cooked it for 3.5 minutes at 750W. The chocolate chunks sank, so it looked a bit like a chocolate hedgehog. [img]http://www.laviepyreneenne.com/img/microwavecupcake.jpg[/img]What do you call a fast cake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 [quote user="Pierre ZFP"]5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKEAnd 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![/quote]Pierre, that post might be enough to give you a spare forum life, should you ever need one!! [:D][:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I made a few variations:*Used malted flour with crunchy bits (sunflower seeds etc.) as I didn't have all purpose flour*Halved the sugar and oil*Added a pinch of salt, baking powder, cinnamon and chilli powder Should have stuck with the full amount of sugar and oil, as the cake was a bit chewy and a bit low on the sweet scale. Felt more like a brownie than a cake - but overall, quite delicious![IMG]http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo130/flatbread_photos/cakecup.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo130/flatbread_photos/cakes.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 oh ... my... goodness... what wicked person invented this? oh my goodness... [6] [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I refuse to look at any of the preceding posts on this matterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 [quote user="woolybanana"]I refuse to look at any of the preceding posts on this matterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr![/quote]you looked didn't you [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Pierre, I take the spare forum life back![:P]The recipe rang a bell and I remembered where I'd seen it before :The 5 minute chocolate cake email: how desperate are you? (PS: Here's something better) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 [quote user="Clair"]The recipe rang a bell [/quote]Sure it wasn't the microwave ding? [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 That must be the shortest extra life ever!!I didn't know about the recipe you found Clair, this one just turned up in my emails todayI must admit I haven't tried it yet due to suffering from a nasty bout of Man-flu but I'm giving it a go this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokeyhat Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Well, I couldn't resist trying it and I thought it was pretty good. It didn't deserve that bad press; not rubbery at all.. Mind you, I didn't make it in a mug, as the dry ingredients almost filled a mug. In fact, it rose to fill a 2 pint bowl! Maybe that was why it was so light and spongy. I would make it again, very easy. Thanks for the recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Pierre - I love you [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Pierre ZFP , you deserve a BISOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Oh gosh! stop it now [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Have been looking at this thread with my French husband and half French daughter. Husband is amazed and disgusted, daughter is confused and curious. I'm just giggling manically as I know how nuts the lot of you are!Thank God we don't have a microwave[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Never mind twinks next time your at mine we will make one ... maybe we could addd a dash of red wine to it ? just a little mind[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote user="TWINKLE"]Have been looking at this thread with my French husband and half French daughter. Husband is amazed and disgusted, daughter is confused and curious. I'm just giggling manically as I know how nuts the lot of you are!Thank God we don't have a microwave[:)][/quote]How can you survive without a microwave ?? [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 We will definately try out that recipe Pads! Before we drink the wine though[:)]What you don't have you don't miss I suppose Frenchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote user="Âme"]What do you call a fast cake?[/quote]Sgone or scone if yer posh like me [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 [quote user="Pads"]Never mind twinks next time your at mine we will make one ... maybe we could addd a dash of red wine to it ? just a little mind[:-))][/quote]My OH quite often uses a lot of red wine when she's cooking. Sometimes she puts some, not much though, in the food [:-))][Www]!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Learnt from the master then did she ?[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 OK so I have just tried this recipe!Yeah, not bad at all [:P]I had to cook it for a bit longer than specified as I have a 700watt microwave, not 1KWSo, I turned it out onto a plate, still a bit gooey in the middle, but none the worse for that, and very light and spongey.Add a big dollop of fromage frais and you're sorted!!!I'll add a bit more cocoa powder next time as I think the stuff I got is not very strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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