Personal Chocolate Cake

I am so enchanted by this concept–and ultra-simple recipe–for a personal, one-serving size, made-from-scratch-in-the-microwave recipe for chocolate cake that I'm putting a link to it here so I won't lose it before I get to try it. Y'all are free to try it, too.

It's called "Chocolate Cake in 5 Minutes!" and takes only 3 minutes in the microwave. The ingredients couldn't be simpler:

Refer to the link above for instructions with visual aids. Let me know if you try it first!

Posted on July 16, 2008 at 20.33 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Curious Stuff, Food Stuff

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  1. Written by Pam
    on Thursday, 17 July 2008 at 23.27
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    (Clatter of Fork against Saucer as the recounting of the tale begins)

    Bill said “did I refer you to the recipe for "personal chocolate cake" that Jeff posted yesterday?” “No”, I replied, “prolly a serious oversight on your part, since "chocolate" is involved”. I was already retrieving the website from “Favourites”.

    (COFAS)
    Looks good. Looks better than the mixes for individual microwavable chocolate cake/pudding that are mostly chemicals.

    But oh! The dilemma – which mug to use? The one I immediately thought of has potentially metallic trim and wouldn’t work, even though chocolate would look so good with the gold exterior and white interior. The “Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska” one is perhaps too small. The (insert name of prominent west coast US coffee company here) one is too tall. Aha! The broad, fat, deep blue latte mug! It might be a smidge too big, but it has its own saucer!

    (COFAS)
    (Find, measure, crack, pour, stir.)
    “Shouldn’t there be a bit of baking powder? I’ll use a smidge.”
    “There are recipes that use 3 tablespoons of oil for a full-sized cake. Two is plenty.”

    (COFAS) (COFAS)
    “The batter is fairly thin – hope that’s ok. “

    (Pour, set, start)

    At 1:30 the batter was bubbling furiously. I’m not really tall enough to see what’s going on in my microwave at mug-height, but on tiptoes I could see action.

    (COFAS)
    By 1:45, an eruption of miniature proportions started to ooze chocolate lava up one side of the mug . . . and beyond.

    By 2:15, it was settling down. The lava was retreating, and a surface was emerging.

    (COFAS)

    (Ding! Slide, prod, upend)

    At 3:00 the top was fine but it was still a bit gooey on the bottom. Back into the mug, back into the microwave for another few seconds. And another few seconds.

    (COFAS)
    At 4:00 it was perfect – a not-so-little cake, steaming gently. Crying for the tablespoon of leftover chocolate icing in the fridge.

    (COFAS)

    As for the taste test, I’ve been eating since I sat down to write. (COFAS).
    Looks like chocolate cake. Tastes like chocolate cake. More substantial than (insert brand name of well-known cake mix). Moist, slightly chewy, good flavour. (COFAS) Cooling off fast. Prolly best when fresh.

    Almost (COFAS) beyond “Personal” – just about enough for two sittings. Should save some for quality control in the morning.

    (COFAS).

    Or not.

  2. Written by Pam
    on Wednesday, 30 July 2008 at 19.12
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    Update:
    Tried the recipe again, EXACTLY AS PRINTED, this afternoon. Her Worship my sister was having a chocolate fit. "Well, that's amazing" was her first comment, and her half of the cake disappeared in record time. THe bit of baking powder I used last time made the cake a little tough. No such problem this time. (COFAS)

  3. Written by jns
    on Wednesday, 30 July 2008 at 23.23
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    Pam, thanks so much for your extensive lab notes and the update on the experiment with the baking powder. I think "Well, that's amazing" from your sister will serve quite nicely for a thumbnail review of the recipe.

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