Five minute chocolate cake. Yes, really.

Just think: Only five minutes, a mug and a few basic baking ingredients to satisfy your craving for chocolate cake. Right now.

Or as close to right now as you're gonna get.

We got the idea over at Dizzy Dee but made a few modifications.

Here's what you need and how you do it

4 Tablespoons flour

4 Tablespoons granulated sugar

2 Tablespoons cocoa

1 Egg

3 Tablespoons milk

3 Tablespoons canola or vegetable oil (or 1.5 Tablespoons oil and 1.5 Tablespoons applesauce)

Pinch salt

Cooking spray

1 Mug

Coat inside of mug with cooking spray. Mix flour, sugar, salt and cocoa. Stir in egg. Pour in milk and oil and combine thoroughly.

Put in microwave for 3 minutes on maximum power (1,000 watts). Let it sit for five or so minutes before spooning the cake onto a plate.

(Would taste awesome with whipped cream!)

Note: We also tried an egg-free version, using Ener-G Egg Replacer. Though it didn't get as puffy, it still tasted moist and chocolatey.

Comments

[Jen @ blissfully caffeinated]

Or with vanilla ice cream. I am so trying this. Yum!!!

[Alexa]

Oh. My. God. You should get some sort of award for this.

[Parul]

Ditto...what Alexa said!

[cassie davis]

i think im going to try this right now. my mother sent me the idea. ill let you know what i think. i mean how can you go wrong with chocolate? thanks for the idea

[Tammy]

I sent this to my daughter (above)...it's perfect for her...she could live on chocolate!!
Thanks for sharing ~~

[Michele]

And it's brown so it's calorie free. I diet on the color system.

Yummy! I'll give this a try.

[Christy]

I just read about this recipe in this month's issue of Playboy. I know that sounds crazy but they had a couple of recipes for microwave cooking this time around.

[Choosy Beggar Tina]

Did you like this? Really? I got the recipe in an email a few weeks ago and rushed to try it. You're right in that it's about as good as you can expect from microwaved cake that's ready in 5 minutes....but after making it a few times, trying to tweak it a few ways, and still having brown styro-cake - well, I think I'll spend those 5 minutes to drive to the store!!! Btw, your flank steak looks delightful!!!

[All Adither]

Choosy Beggar Tina-I did like it for a quick chocolate fix. It is CRUCIAL that you don't cook it too long though. If you have an especially powerful microwave, you might want to only heat it for 2.5 minutes. The first time I did it, I set the timer for 5 minutes because we have a really weak microwave and, yeah, it was cardboard.

I would still choose a box of Duncan Hines over this any day, but I thought it was pretty good for the effort expended.

The Flank Steak IS awesome.

[shiv]

oh. oh my. that was a dangerous piece of information to introduce into my world. Single serve cake in my microwave? Count me in!

[Adrienne]

omg. omg. omg. trying this tonight. YES.

[Cindy]

I'm lazier than you...I use the No Pudge brownie mix. The directions on the box tell you to add a spoon of vanilla yogurt and microwave for about a minute. It's actually decadently delicious.

But since I love your style and usually just lurk, I'm giving you an award. See my blog for details.

[Kim]

Making this tonight! YUM!

[TF]

Someone recently emailed me some version of this recipe, but I actually managed to burn it into a hard lump in my 3 minutes. I guess that makes me a quarter-assed kitchen cook. I think I'll go try it again using your recipe right now!

[blissfully caffeinated]

Angie, my husband thanks you.

[Alicia]

I just did this and I am AMAZED that it worked and it's good! Wow!

[Carrie]

what size mug did you use? I only have short little corelle coffee cups, and 2 gigantic mugs that my DH would kill me if I ruined.

Would a ceramic bowl work just as well, and ... ummm what about splenda? We're a diabetic family.

OK Love the blog- found you from cakewrecks!

[Carrie]

Don't use special dark cocoa if you're making it for kids! I added about a tsp vanilla to it too and will cook only 2:45 next time to see if that lightens up the texture some.

But still... yummmmmmmmmmmmm omg! I just realized, you could nestle a piece or 2 of chocolate inside and get a little volcanic action going on mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[cats]

700 calories...but it looks delicious.

[Ada]

so yummy! I added a bit of vanilla and only cooked it for 2:30, and it came out perfect! (I only wish I'd added chocolate chips.) I love that it takes only 5 minutes, because then it's not really a break from studying. :P

[Penelopepreens]

Yum, I just tried this then. I also added a bit of vanilla and used melted butter instead of oil. Also, for anyone else who was wondering whether to use plain/all purpose flour or self raising, I used self raising (or whatever you call it in America) and it worked beautifully and rose up out of the mug like a souffle!
I am going to try it again in cute little tea cups and put a lindor ball inside each one to create a yummy molten centre next time I have an impromptu dinner party!

[Andrea]

I'm really surprised to see how many people enjoyed the cake. I found it really awful in both taste and texture and threw it out after trying a bite. Sorry to sound so cranky about it. I'm just trying to give an honest opinion. I'm glad other people liked it though. :)

[CJ]

Did you try using all applesauce instead of oil? I don't have any applesauce to try that with, but I started thinking about 3 tablespoons of oil and looked at the nutritional info... 360 calories just from that! (Using Canola.)

It definitely calls for chocolate chips to be mixed in.

[Anna]

You definitely need to cut the time if you have a powerful microwave - 3 minutes is way too long in mine. Also, a couple tablespoons of chocolate chips make it much tastier.

[Mary]

Hey I thought this was a half-assed kind of place! That cake looks delicious! I am so fighting the urge to go make one right now!!