You're only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake
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Haha, only took 10minutes to go from this:
To this:
Still tastes good though
To this:
I feel slightly sick now
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This thread is killing me, I want one so badly but my stupid flat does not have a microwave!
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no neighbours?
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I don't own a microwave
Can it be done in an oven instead?
Can it be done in an oven instead?
Did something very similar to this a few months ago. Worked lovely in the correct cup and with some fiddling depending on microwave power. Here's mine.
Easy-peasy cake. It's possible to go from ingredients to eating in 4 minutes.
What you need
1 Large mug - preferably straight sided - The large Starbucks mugs are great for this - unfortunately that means you actually have to go into Starbucks to get one - sorry about that.
4 Tablespoons plain flour
4 Tablespoons caster sugar
2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons milk
3 Tablespoonsvegetableoil
3 Tablespoons dark chocolate chips.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Method:
Add the flour, sugar and cocoa into the mug and mix well.
Add the milk and oil and the egg and again, mix well.
Add the vanilla extract and the choccy chips and... you guessed it... mix well.
Stick the mug into the microwave and stick on full power for 3 minutes.
What will happen is after a couple of minutes the cake will rise up out of the mug. Once it nearly gets up to the top of the microwave, it's done - this can be anything from 2:15 to 3:00. When you switch the microwave off it will sink back into the mug - it's meant to do that.
Tip out of the mug and eat.
There are a few things you can do to change it - but experiment. The most common one that I know of is replacing the sugar and the cocoa with 4 tablespoons of instant hot chocolate mix and 2 tablespoons of caster sugar. Just experiment though - it's that quick and easy.
Easy-peasy cake. It's possible to go from ingredients to eating in 4 minutes.
What you need
1 Large mug - preferably straight sided - The large Starbucks mugs are great for this - unfortunately that means you actually have to go into Starbucks to get one - sorry about that.
4 Tablespoons plain flour
4 Tablespoons caster sugar
2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons milk
3 Tablespoonsvegetableoil
3 Tablespoons dark chocolate chips.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Method:
Add the flour, sugar and cocoa into the mug and mix well.
Add the milk and oil and the egg and again, mix well.
Add the vanilla extract and the choccy chips and... you guessed it... mix well.
Stick the mug into the microwave and stick on full power for 3 minutes.
What will happen is after a couple of minutes the cake will rise up out of the mug. Once it nearly gets up to the top of the microwave, it's done - this can be anything from 2:15 to 3:00. When you switch the microwave off it will sink back into the mug - it's meant to do that.
Tip out of the mug and eat.
There are a few things you can do to change it - but experiment. The most common one that I know of is replacing the sugar and the cocoa with 4 tablespoons of instant hot chocolate mix and 2 tablespoons of caster sugar. Just experiment though - it's that quick and easy.
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I don't own a microwave
Can it be done in an oven instead?
No, cakes cannot be made in ovens.
Fact.
Soldato
By my understanding, your average oven will not impart a kilowatt of heat, mr smarty-pants. So how much time would it need to be in the oven for for the same result?
42 minutes.
Soldato
I don't own a microwave
Can it be done in an oven instead?
2hrs, including prep time (using this)
and the recipe in the link must be practically diet food as it says that the cake is only 541kcal per serving and, as everyone knows, a serving of cake is the whole cake plus whatever cream/custard/ice-cream is to hand.
Best to overclock, though watch your temps or you'll have cake splattered over the window of your microwave.
Soldato
I'm rubbish at math sooo 1000w @ 3 minutes
800w @ 4 minutes?
800w @ 4 minutes?
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Soldato
I made the 4chan version once.
Two Minute Brownies
Gather:
4 tbsp flour
4 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp oil
stick it all in a coffee mug
microwave for a minute and a half
Two Minute Brownies
Gather:
4 tbsp flour
4 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tbsp water
2 tbsp oil
stick it all in a coffee mug
microwave for a minute and a half
