5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
Fall is sure upon us with colder crisp air, lovely, colourful, autumn leaves, and days getting shorter. Bundle up and enjoy the season.
One of my golf friends invited me to the Beth Tikva synagogue for a laughing and yoga practice session. I was interested since we also have a laughing session at our church, and I was curious. Laughter is the best medicine for healing any illness. Anyway, while I was there, I picked up their monthly bulletin and found this great recipe for chocolate cake.
5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
YUMMY AND FAST!!
4 Tbsps flour
4 Tbsps sugar
2 Tbsps cocoa
1/8 tsp salt (my addition)
1 egg
3 Tbsps milk
3 Tbsps oil
3 Tbsps chocolate chips (optional)
a small splash of vanilla essence
1 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 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.
Allow to cool a little and tip onto a plate if desired.
Enjoy! This can serve two. I had a little whipping cream on the side or you can serve with ice cream. DELICIOUS and FAST!
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!
TSUKEMONO
I attended our church dinner, cooked by issei ladies and just loved getting tips and ideas on Japanese cuisine. I usually cut up the nappa in thin strips, sprinkle salt and leave 5 minutes and squeeze out the water. Sprinkle ground sesame seeds and voila—instant nappa tsukemono.
The nappa tsukemono made by Mrs.Miyako Kuromi was very tasty and a little different flavour from mine. She said that she cuts up the nappa, sprinkles salt, sugar and vinegar and mixes it up about two hours before serving it. Squeeze water out and serve. The vinegar and the sugar made the difference.
HAWAIIAN ZUKE
I was visiting Mrs. Mitsi Maeda and she gave me a jar of Hawaiian Zuke and it was so good!
We finished the jar at supper time.
2 medium daikon, sliced and
quartered
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup table salt
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 tsp. tumeric
Put in bowl and mix together and leave for a day.
OATMEAL TSUKEMONO
1/2 small box oatmeal (Approx 2cups)
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 can beer
1/4 cup table salt
Small pieces of konbu
If mixture is too watery, put in more oatmeal.
Put vegetables in and let it pickle to your preference.
You can keep using the mixture for quite a while.
this is deadly… its soo good but soooooo bad for you 🙁 oh well
Add a pinch of salt. And ice cream, of course.
the CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE it is excelent.
thanks for cake recipe, it sounds delicious i will try it!
Dangerous indeed, but it will definitely put a smile on my face. I guess this is one of the guilty pleasures that will take few meters of running to burn it up. But mind you, it’s all worth it. Thanks for the quick and easy recipe.
The cake in a mug is def. dangerous, I put in a little bit of instant coffee grounds and poured a little baileys over the top, or even some amaretto instead of the vanilla. I’ve also seen it with chocolate chips but sometimes i think they get a little too hot, so i put them on top right out of the microwave
wow..great cake