5 Minute Cake in a Coffee Mug
That's from start to finish! This recipe is here for novelty value only. You combine ingredients in a coffee mug and cook in the microwave. It's spongy but hot and sweet and satisfying in a strange way. Make it for a co-worker who's having a birthday or a kid who had a bad day at school. It always brings a smile to someone's face and that's a good thing.
9 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, any brand
4 tablespoons flour
1 egg
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons water
pinch of salt
- Grease the inside of a 6-8 ounce coffee mug with cooking spray.
- Measure and pour the dry ingredients into the mug. Stir with a spoon.
- Crack the egg and add it to the mug. Stir to get the egg incorporated in the dry ingredients.
- Measure and pour the wet ingredients into the mug.
- Stir and beat everything together to get a cake batter. Use your spoon to scrape the bottom. Fold the bottom mixture onto the top a few times to get all of the dry ingredients (chocolate powder and flour) moistened and incorporated with the wet ingredients (water, egg and oil).
- Microwave on high for 3 minutes. Timing may vary with different microwaves. Cake will rise above the rim and then fall when taken out.
This is a slightly different recipe but you get the idea.