Microwave Cake

This is what was originally forwarded to me:

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE…the most dangerous cake recipe in the world.

4 tablespoons cake flour or all purpose (plain, no self-rising)
4 tablespoons splenda
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips(optional)
A small dash of vanilla flavoring
1 microwaveable coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well
Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips and vanilla flavoring…and mix again.

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake
Will rise over the top of the mug, but don’t be alarmed! Allow to cool a
Little, and tip out onto a plate if desired. EAT! (this can serve 2 if you
Want to feel slightly more virtuous).

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from

Chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

I was going to post it as is and simply let it go, but my mother, who sent this to me, said it wasn’t worth posting – it comes out thick and rubbery and took 10 minutes anyway when you count all the mixing. She suggested making some changes.

Well you all know me. Of course I had to play with the recipe. First off, I don’t have any microwavable mugs handy right now. They all got packed, and I’m not sure where they ended up. So of course I reached for my handy dandy pyrex. I do love pyrex.

Second, I can’t eat chocolate, so that had to go. Sigh.

Third, I like my sweets with sugar, thank you very much. I switched the splenda directly for sugar.

Fourth, I’m lazy. You won’t catch me struggling to get the egg mixed with the dry ingredients. I dump in all the liquids at once and just go for it. Works fine.

In the top picture I switched the flour, and sugar to 1/4 c (same diff, you know) left out the chocolate and the chips, added 1/8 tsp each of baking powder and salt and dumped it into a 1c. size pyrex storage cup. It came out tasting like sponge cake. The Boy wrestled half of it out of my hand and scarfed it down with lots of loud, happy grunting.

In the second picture I upped the salt and baking powder both to 1/4 tsp, used 1/4 c milk, tossed in pumpkin pie seasoning (aprox 1/2 tsp) (yum) did it in a grab it bowl (aprox 1 1/2 cup capacity) and only nuked it for 2 and a half minutes. It came out lighter, and tasty, but a thin layer on the very bottom wasn’t entirely cooked.

Will I do it again? You know it!