5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

Dung Cake / Mug Cake

You might think 5 minute cake sounds wonderful. If you are thinking it now, let me just tell you that if you are aiming to use the Mug Cake for any type of Science Experiment than this is the recipe and the idea for you... Sarah, Karie and I decided it would be fun to test out this fun little recipe. What we ended up with was several marketing ideas. Things like inserts for your shoes, a 5th phase of matter, or wacky ideas of how to freak people out with the substance.

The taste was tricky to decipher. It had a trace of cocoa taste, but perhaps the massive amount of oil lead to its ickiness. The texture was not something common to chewing. I cannot relate that to a substance unless you have ever tried Ethiopian Sponge bread. It had some what of the same consistency, although the cake was quite dense and solid. The smell was likened to play-dough with a hint of Cocoa.

I bet you really want that recipe now so you can go out and try your own fun 5 minute experiment...

Here it is:

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
a small splash of vanilla extract
1 large 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 (if
using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts
(high).
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!

Sarah was the most adventurous of us taste testers. She almost had us convinced that it was not horrible... Almost, but not quite!

For those who think Karie refuses to try new things... She actually tried and attempted to eat several bites of this "Mug" Cake. Affectionately renamed Dung Cake.