Microwave Chocolate Cake in a Mug ~ Secret recipe challenge 19th Jan 2015

This is my assignment with the Secret Recipe Club.The aim of the club is that you are allocated a blog from which you have to select a recipe and try it and blog about it. For the month of January my assigned blog was Melissa's Cuisine. Melissa lives in with her husband and cute little baby. She is a baker, photographer and cook and spends a lot of time reading cook books cover to cover.

Looking through her blog was fun and I enjoyed making the white chocolate christmas trees and the single serve Coffee cake in a mug. I couldn't find coffee in the ingredient list so instead I added cocoa to my mix to make it a chocolate cake. I used the measurements in Melissa's recipe but I think my mug was too tall and the cake did not fill my mug to the top so I remade it again and doubled the ingredients so that I could get a photograph of the cake showing  in the mug. The cake turned out gooey and fairly dense almost like a chocolate brownie. I guess this was because the recipe did not have egg in it. I am not complaining though, the cake tasted delicious and was chocolicious and delectable.For sheer indulgence a scoop of vanilla ice cream would have taken it to heaven.

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Microwave Chocolate cake in a Mug

by Nayna Kanabar January 19th-2015

The most chocolicious cake that will melt in your mouth and curb the chocolate craving..

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder.
• few drops vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon chocolate chip

Method:

1.In a bowl sieve together the flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder.2.Add the sugar to the flour and stir it in.3.Add the vanilla and the milk and 3/4 of the chocolate chip and mix together to form a cake batter of dropping consistency. 4. Pour the batter into a 10cm tall coffee cup and sprinkle the top with remaining chocolate chips.5. microwave on high for 45-60 seconds.Check the cake is cooked by inserting a skewer in the cake, if it comes out clean cake is ready. Serve the cake straight out of the microwave with a dollop of vanilla ice cream for sheer indulgence. For sheer perfection a dusting of icing sugar would not go a miss.

Details

Prep time: 5 mins Baking  time: 45-60 seconds Total time: 6 mins Yield:1 serving

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