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Chocolate Mug Cake

A single serving of chocolate cake made in a coffee mug and a microwave.

  
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Servings:
Prep. Time: mins
Cook Time: mins
Oven Temp.: F
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Did you ever want a piece of chocolate cake but didn't want to make a whole cake or batch of cupcakes? Well this recipe for a single serving of chocolate cake is the answer. You can make this cake in less that 5 minutes with a few simple ingredients, a coffee mug, and a microwave.
Ingredients
4 - Tbsp flour
4 - Tbsp sugar
2 - Tbsp baking cocoa
1/8 - tsp Baking powder (a pinch!)
1/8 - tsp Salt (a pinch!!)
1 - Egg
3 - Tbsp milk
3 - Tbsp oil
3 - Tbsp chocolate chips
2-3 - Drops of vanilla
Directions
  1. In a small bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, chocolate chips, tiny pinch baking powder and tiny pinch salt. (This can also be mixed directly into a large mug).
  2. Add egg and mix into dry mixture.
  3. Add oil and milk and mix well.
  4. Grease a tall, large mug, and pour in this mixture, scraping out with a spatula.
  5. Place in microwave on High for 2 1/2 - 3 minutes.
  6. (Best slightly undercooked, so be careful).

Submitted by: cmelhorn
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