Through years of trial and error, I have finally come up with the perfect chocolate mug cake recipe. The only variable you will have to tweek is how long to nuke it to get that perfect half/cooked lava cake consistency. It depends on how badass your microwave is. So if you are lying around at night and want a desert but don't have anything in your house, mix this up and treat yourself to perfection. I will now share with you my most treasured of all secrets.
In your favorite mug, combine the following dry ingredients:
3 Tbsp All Purpose Flour
1 Tbsp white sugar
1 Tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp cocoa powder
1/4 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
Mix the dry ingredients well, then combine the following wet ingredients:
3 Tbsp milk
1 Tbsp Vegetable oil
1/4 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Mix well until you get a cake-like batter. Time to nuke this sucker. I have a small crappy not-very-powerful microwave and I nuke it for 42 seconds. Not 43 seconds or it's too cooked. Not 41 seconds or it's raw. 42 seconds. This depends on your microwave. You want to see just a bit of wet cake batter on the top... you want spoonfuls of cake AND cake batter in every bite. If you have a powerful microwave maybe go 38-39 seconds. This might take you a few tries to get it just right, but I assure you this recipe is a keeper once you figure it out.
After cooking let stand for about 2-3 minutes (it will keep cooking a bit from the inside), then if you are a total boss sprinkle a bit of Maldon Salt flakes on top, and dig in.
Let me know how it turns out!
In your favorite mug, combine the following dry ingredients:
3 Tbsp All Purpose Flour
1 Tbsp white sugar
1 Tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp cocoa powder
1/4 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
Mix the dry ingredients well, then combine the following wet ingredients:
3 Tbsp milk
1 Tbsp Vegetable oil
1/4 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Mix well until you get a cake-like batter. Time to nuke this sucker. I have a small crappy not-very-powerful microwave and I nuke it for 42 seconds. Not 43 seconds or it's too cooked. Not 41 seconds or it's raw. 42 seconds. This depends on your microwave. You want to see just a bit of wet cake batter on the top... you want spoonfuls of cake AND cake batter in every bite. If you have a powerful microwave maybe go 38-39 seconds. This might take you a few tries to get it just right, but I assure you this recipe is a keeper once you figure it out.
After cooking let stand for about 2-3 minutes (it will keep cooking a bit from the inside), then if you are a total boss sprinkle a bit of Maldon Salt flakes on top, and dig in.
Let me know how it turns out!