MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

[JonSmith]

I haven't tried this personally, but some of my friends have and they say it works great:




5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

1 coffee mug
4 tablespoons flour (that's plain flour, not self-rising flour)
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)

Some nuts (optional)
Small splash of vanilla

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, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes on 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.
EAT! (This can serve 2 if you want to share!)

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!

[emeleel]

All the recipes I've seen actually call for 4T of CAKE flour, but there are some plain flour variations. I first saw this on a blog, and there were some variations in the comments. I'll see if I can track it down.

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

OMG. Must. Try. This.

[amykhar]

I'll try this today for fun. Thanks, Jon.

[emeleel]

Here it is:

Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes! | Dizzy Dee

Cake flour is finer than regular flour, so you can't sub it 1:1. You have to subtract some of the plain flour and sift it to make it fine.

Two subs:

Most substitutions are either
* 1 c cake flour = 12-14 tb plain flour + 4-2 tb cornstarch or other low gluten starch] OR
* 1 c cake flour = 7/8 c plain flour.

But since this is only 4T, adjust accordingly.

[mtomm[$]]

My son tried to make bread in a mug in the microwave the other night. I'm giving him this recipe.

[lynnzop[$]]

mtomm said

My son tried to make bread in a mug in the microwave the other night. I'm giving him this recipe.

and how'd that turn out for you?

Ya know, I'll bet you could put all the dry ingredients into a baggie, bring in the other stuff and make this at work.

Just saying.

And your coworkers would probably be happier than if you burned the popcorn (again.)

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

just think of how perfect this is if you find out it's someone's birthday and you didn't know - poof, instant birthday party. You can make a cake faster than it takes your coworkers to run out and pick up a card.

[lynnzop[$]]

Or a quick and easy "fun" project for a staff meeting.

"Hey everyone! Let's go make cake! Now!"

Since I have a virtual team, this could be fun...I could mail off the non-perishables and instruct my guy in DE to bring in the eggs etc.,

[amykhar]

I have one in the microwave right now. It's fun working from home

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

I wonder if you can cut down on the egg - or maybe use an egg substitute?

[amykhar]

It's good! I think whipped cream would make it perfect though.

[lynnzop[$]]

09-24-2008 01:08 PM
amykhar Re MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
I have one in the microwave right now. It's fun working from home


09-24-2008 01:12 PM
amykhar Re MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
It's good! I think whipped cream would make it perfect though.

Note time between posts....

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

[JonSmith]

I'm so happy that recipe worked for you. Whew! Since I personally had not tested it. Thanks, Amy! Glad you liked it.

[amykhar]

The girls just got home from school and made one. They put peanut butter in theirs. It has the consistency of a brownie.

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

hmmm...


mj
still trying to find a way to do it without so much egg

[amykhar]

The peanut butter is good. I guess you could try fake egg. Maybe some applesauce for the oil too.

[emeleel]

From the comments on the blog post I linked earlier, take your pick:

I make this w/o the egg. I use olive oil instead and
sometimes some yoghurt instead of milk or soy milk.
It is so fantastic!

Here is a modified recipe I developed today upon experimenting :o) I wanted a fluffy cake, but I didn’t have cake flour…and because I had no cocoa, I decided to use ginger and cinnamon. For a one-time experiment, I think it came out lovely!
Ingredients:
4 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 Tablespoons sugar
1 Teaspoon spice (cinnamon, ginger, whatever you like. Add more/less if you want!)
1/8 Teaspoon baking powder
1 Egg white
3 Tablespoons milk (or soy milk)
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1/4 Teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Microwave-safe bowl or mug
Instructions:
Mix flour, sugar, spice and baking powder
Mix in egg white
Pour in milk, oil and vanilla, and mix well
Put in microwave for 2.5-3 minutes on maximum power (1000 watt)
Wait until it stops rising and sets in the bowl/mug

I have further modified my version (posted above) and ended up with a much better looking cake than before. This was likely due to replacing 1 tbs of oil with unsweetened applesauce. All measurements are US measurements:
Jello 5-Minute Cake
Ingredients:
4 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 Tablespoons sugar
1 Teaspoon sugar-free jello powder, any flavor
1/8 Teaspoon baking powder
1 Egg white
3 Tablespoons milk (or soy milk)
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 Heaping tablespoon unsweetened applesauce
1/4 Teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Microwave-safe bowl or mug
Instructions:
Mix flour, sugar, jello and baking powder
Mix in egg white
Pour in milk, oil, applesauce and vanilla, and mix well
Put in microwave for 2.5 minutes (add 30 sec if necessary) on maximum power
Wait until it stops rising and sets in the bowl/mug

We tried whole wheat flour instead of cake flour, 1/4 cup of egg beaters instead of the egg, and replaced one of the Tbs of oil with 3 Tbs ground flax seed. (We still kept 2 Tbs oil, mostly for the moisture). Not bad.

So, Someone gave me a link to This Yesterday, and after reading the comments I decided to try this, but with modifications.
I mixed together THROUGHLY:
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
3 1/2 Tbsp. Flour
2 Tbsp. Cocoa Powder
4 Tbsp. Sugar
in a microwave-safe bowl
and in a separate bowl, mixed
1 Egg white and half of the yolk.(for health reasons,but enough for flavor.)
3 Tbsp. milk
2 Tbsp. Melted butter
I added the wet ingredients to the dry, and stirred it up until all of it was moistened(no major clumps of dry ingredients-some small though. which is fine, because it bakes out.)According to the comments, over-mixing it will make a tough and rubbery cake.
Since I had a 800watt Microwave, I nuked it for 3 minutes,but in a ceramic bowl instead of a mug. It smelled a bit weird while it was cooking, and I was afraid that it was going to be a total flop.However…
It actually didn’t turn out too bad! I should have added 1 tsp. Vanilla though. It wasn’t as chocolaty as the normal cake I bake, but it was pretty good! The texture was actually cake like -not like a brownie at all. very soft when you pressed on it. It needed an Icing though…

I didn’t have time to read all the comments, but I made a few changes to give it a little kick and much healthier:
4 T. all purpose flour
3 T. sugar
1/8 tsp. baking powder
2 T. Cocoa powder
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
dash cayenne
1 egg white
3 T. unsweetened applesauce
3 T. non fat milk
Yum! Thanks for the idea. Eat it right away or it gets hard.

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

AHA - the first one is the one that I needed. I couldn't see having an egg per serving of cake, that was a bit much, and it wouldn't be practical to bring in eggs to the office. I was wondering about substituting mayo, we usually have that too.

[drmomentum[$]]

Notice there's no baking powder; the egg is what is rising this thing.

If you eliminate the egg, I would expect the cake to be more dense. Unless you sneak some sort of leavening agent in there.

OTOH, a dense cake might be enjoyable, more brownie-like. Probably good with ice cream.

-JP

[emeleel]

Most of the modified ones have baking powder in them.

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

And egg