Archive for September, 2009

The recipe for microwave cake in a mug has been circulating forever.  I have never wanted to try it.  The recipe seemed too eggy and not chocolaty enough.  I knew I would be disappointed.  The way I view the world of sweets is: It is not worth the calories, unless it tastes 100% delicious.

Well, that all changed last night when I perfected the cake-in-a-mug.

The following recipe requires a good cocoa powder, otherwise, it might not be chocolaty enough.  I used Ghirardelli unsweetened cocoa and it was awesome.  (Try a side-by-side sniff test with Ghirardelli and your cocoa and you will not believe the difference!)

Ingredients:

2 T flour
1.5 T sugar (just eyeball the 1/2 T using a tablespoon)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 T unsweetened cocoa powder
A pinch of salt
2 T milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp oil

Directions:

Mix all of the ingredients together in a small bowl (like a cereal bowl).

Scrape batter into a ramekin or mug sprayed with cooking spray.

Microwave on full power for 1 minute.

Marvel at your creation.

Loosen with a knife and tip onto plate.

Serve with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream, if you so desire.  (Trust me, you SO do.)

It does not plate very well, so I would just top it with the scoop of ice cream and eat it in the ramekin.  I think that would look nicer.  (Sorry, no pic)

Enjoy!

Well, summer is over and fall is here!  Hopefully, that means I will be getting back into the blogging groove.  I have lots of pictures to post of things that I have made during my bloggy break.

I can’t promise when I will start posting again regularly, but if you want to chit chat and see what I am up to in the meantime, you can also friend me on facebook.