5-Minute Chocolate Cake

By Leesa W

There are a lot of 5-minute cake-in-a-mug recipes out there, but I've taken the time to experiment with eight variations on a a recipe to come up with the best, tastiest, and most reliable 5-minute chocolate cake on the web. This quick and easy chocolate cake recipe will change your life! Now you can have a rich, chocolate dessert in an instant. So grab a big mug (I link to my favorite in the next step) and get ready to make new kind of cupcake - the cake in a cup!

Ingredients

• TOOLS:
• 1: 1: Supplies
• Mug
• Digital Scale
• Microwave
• INGREDIENTS:
• 4 4 4 tablespoons flour - make sure you measure it right - or the cake is a lie!
• 4 4 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
• 2 2 1 1 1 2 - 1 egg is too much, 1 egg white is too eggy, 1 yolk is too dense, but 2 tblsp is just right!
• 3 3 3 tablespoons milk
• 3 3 3 tablespoons oil
• 3 3 3 tablespoons chocolate chips
• splash splash vanilla or other flavoring - try peppermint or cinnamon
• For a fudgier version, omit egg.
• 2: Mix your ingredients:
• to all of the dry ingredients to the mug and mix.
• Add the egg and combine well. It gets pretty pasty at the point.
• Stir in milk and oil.
• Add chocolate chips* and splash of vanilla. Stir well.
• if you don't have chocolate chips, try a broken up candy bar - I can't stress how much this amps the awesomeness of your cake
• 3: 3: Nuke It!
• 3 1000w 4 700w in a 1000w oven, or 4 minutes in a 700w oven.
• to will start to crown over the top of the mug. Don't panic! It will collapse once the heat stops.
• 4: 4: Experiment!

Details

Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 10mins
Adapted from instructables.com

Preparation

Step 1

Microwave for 3 minutes in a 1000w oven, or 4 minutes in a 700w oven.

It will start to crown over the top of the mug. Don't panic! It will collapse once the heat stops.