This is a recipe that's on the one hand totally amazing but on the other hand totally dangerous. It's amazing cos in less than 10 minutes, you can have a tasty little chocolate cake, with very very little effort. On the other hand, it's dangerous because you're never more than 10 minutes away from a chocolate cake! These cakes are delicious fresh, but don't last long, so you pretty much need to munch it straight away. You can have it just as it is, but I like to add something extra in the middle as a little yummy surprise while I'm eating. You can use a standard sized mug, but I tend to find that the mixture often rises too high, and you run the risk of it exploding all over the microwave - so I usually use a pint-sized mug. If you can get one, they're great for this purpose, AND a pint of tea is always the right amount!
4 Tablespoons Self-Raising Flour
4 Tablespoons Sugar (preferably caster, but granulated is fine)
2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder - NOT drinking chocolate!
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons Milk
3 Tablespoons Oil
This could not be simpler to make. Add all the ingredients into the mug, give them a really good mix. Make sure that there's not lumps, as they'll make little pockets of flour or cocoa in the cake otherwise. If you have a mini-whisk, that works the best, but otherwise just using a fork will do well. Once it's all mixed up, pop it in the microwave at high power for 5 minutes; it may well take less time, so keep an eye on it. If it looks like it's gonna explode all over the microwave, I'd take it out! Pop a skewer in, and if it comes out clean it should be fine.
Variations:
Like I said, I like to add an extra something into the mixture to make the middle a little more interesting.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake: Add a dollop of peanut butter to the mixture before you put the mug into the microwave. I love this, because the peanut butter melts somewhat and it goes all gooey and delicious. Take note that, if you do this, the peanut butter gets much hotter than the rest of the cake, so take care to not burn your mouth!
Choc Chip Choc Cake: Add two tablespoons of chocolate chips to the mixture before you put it into the microwave, any colour - mixing white and dark ones is delicious. You can either mix them into the mixture, and they'll be distributed in the whole cake, or you can just leave them at the top, and they'll create a lovely layer of chocolate chips at the top of your cake.
Jam: Add a dollop of strawberry or raspberry jam to the mixture. Like the peanut butter, this will get hotter than the cake itself, so take care when eating it.
Chocolate Fudge Cake: Squeeze a portion of caramel sauce into the mixture, and mix it in. If you want it to be even fudgier and heavier, leave out the egg from the mixture, but this will mean that it won't rise as much and will be a much heavier cake.
You get the idea - it's a very quick and easy cake to make, and there are so many different variations of it! remember to eat it straight away, though; it's not like a standard cake that will last - after an hour or so this cake won't taste so good cos it will have collapsed a bit!!
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