Okay. It’s about 8 pm. Dishes are done; the kids are in bed. You’re thinking a piece of cake sounds mighty fine, but you don’t want to go through the trouble of baking, and you don’t want an entire cake in the house. This is just the remedy!
Grab a big mug. In it, put:
4 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
4 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. cocoa
Mix that together, then add:
1 egg
3 Tbsp. milk
3 Tbsp. canola oil
splash of vanilla
Stir well. Use a small whisk if you have one; just mix until the dry ingredients are well moistened. Add:
3 Tbsp. chocolate chips (I use dark chocolate)
Stir briefly. Put mug in microwave and cook on high temp (1000 watts) for 3 minutes. The cake will puff up rather high past the rim of the mug, but will settle down as it cooks.
Remove from microwave and turn cake onto plate, or eat right from the mug. A scoop of ice cream or drizzle of chocolate sauce is almost required!
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