You're only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake

RobH · 15 Sep 2009 at 14:29

Just saw this thread and decided to give it a go, luckily I had all of the ingredients.

The ingredients:

The mixture in the cup:

After cooking for 3:30 in my 800W microwave I ended up with this lovely cake:

After allowing it to cool for a few minutes and running a knife around the outside I turned it onto a plate:

It tasted lovely, not rubbery at all, I think that cooking it for too long would cause that. You can always jab a skewer into it and check it's clean when you remove it to make sure the cake is fully cooked.

Mark A · 15 Sep 2009 at 14:43

Yeah i cooked mine for 2 mins in my 800w microwave and it was nice and fluffy. Its a good idea to mix it well to fold some air into the mix.

Is there any reason why you cant use some melted margarine in place of the oil? I bet that would taste a lot nicer than 3 tbsp of cooking oil.

I think I'll get some mint flavouring and some green food colouring and make chocolate sponge with green custard, like i used to have at school

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Makunouchi · 15 Sep 2009 at 14:43

Of course it tastes lovely. It has a 4 table spoons of sugar in it...

Mark A · 15 Sep 2009 at 14:45

Makunouchi said:
Of course it tastes lovely. It has a 4 table spoons of sugar in it...

wtf ninja edited lol.

Yeah its a lot of sugar tbh, i might try adding less and see what it turns out like.

philjohn · 15 Sep 2009 at 14:55

Mark A said:
wtf ninja edited lol.

Yeah its a lot of sugar tbh, i might try adding less and see what it turns out like.

I used 3 and it was perfectly pallatable, I don't like overly sweet cakes. I also only used 2 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil instead of 3. Might try 2 of sugar next time.

Makunouchi · 15 Sep 2009 at 15:25

Mark A said:
wtf ninja edited lol.

I was thinking of the 2 minute fudge recipe someone posted.

geekyEd · 15 Sep 2009 at 15:34

Just did mine it didnt taste so great, I think i overdid the chocolate :/ too much is too much.

And it was rubbery, so possibly overcooked as well.

philjohn · 15 Sep 2009 at 15:50

BluZiff said:
Just did mine it didnt taste so great, I think i overdid the chocolate :/ too much is too much.

And it was rubbery, so possibly overcooked as well.

also, if you overcooked it you probably burnt the chocolate (which happens easily in a microwave). Seriously, 2 minutes @ 800 watts is more than enough and leaves you with a nice, springy, moist (yeuch, hate that word!) cake.

tbz_ck · 15 Sep 2009 at 15:56

Going to get ingredients on the way home.

Big up to the OP. This recipe is a marriage "enhancer"

philjohn · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:00

tbz_ck said:
Big up to the OP. This recipe is a marriage "enhancer"

I wouldn't say that, it's a waistline enhancer and as my wife has told me many times before "if you get fat I'm getting a divorce", so in my case it wouldn't be!

Savalanche · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:19

I'm definitely trying a syrupy version of this later on...

philjohn · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:26

Savalanche said:
I'm definitely trying a syrupy version of this later on...

also nice would be a victoria sponge version, load of jam in the bottom of the mug, no cocoa and a little more vanilla essence...then whipped cream on top. :cool:

Mark A · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:40

Savalanche said:
I'm definitely trying a syrupy version of this later on...

Sounds interesting...

Would you be adding the syrup into the cake mix or putting it at the bottom of the cup?

Savalanche · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:45

Mark A said:
Sounds interesting...

Would you be adding the syrup into the cake mix or putting it at the bottom of the cup?

At 5 minutes to make the cake i'll probably try both!

Tonyator · 15 Sep 2009 at 17:08

I didn't have cocoa so I made a vanilla and lemon cake, was good, especially as it only took 5 mins.

POB · 15 Sep 2009 at 17:18

Savalanche said:
I'm definitely trying a syrupy version of this later on...

Switch at least half the sugar to brown sugar, if not using cocoa it will look and taste much better.

GoatBotherer · 15 Sep 2009 at 17:43

Although it did taste very nice I could only eat what you see in the pic before I felt sick... Still, my parents are going to 'nom' it for dessert.

ac1d1ty · 15 Sep 2009 at 18:12

can you use drinking chocolate (the cadburys stuff which is powered which you add milk to). Might be the same name for cocoa but im not sure :/

secretspy · 15 Sep 2009 at 18:28

RobH - yours looks really good

mine shrunk when i took it out to put the chocolate pieces in

i like the Homer mug lol

mjones1 · 15 Sep 2009 at 18:49

It was yummy added sugar on top and a splash of milk.