Easy Chocolate CUP-cake :) UPDATED

Recently, on my personal fb I posted pictures of my cake in a mug. Everyone was totally confused and thought it would come out soppy and gross. A very easy ad convenient recipe when you just want something sweet...super fast! Or if you can't bake a cake like me. I am absolutely terrible at baking cakes that were made from scratch, but I'm ace at baking boxed caked mix :D

You can alternate the ingredients (that is, the ones which give it the flavour [almond,vanilla,mint essence] you like):

You will need:

2 tbsp Flour
1 tsp Baking powder (if not using self rising flour)
2 tbsp Sugar
1 tbsp Cocoa powder
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 Egg
1 tbsp Oil/melted butter
1 tbsp Milk
Chocolate Chips/tiny pieces of chocolate (m&ms etc).
A VERY large mug (not normal coffee mug size).



Method:

1. Mix all the dried ingredients together (flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa powder, cinnamon).
2. Mix in the egg until smooth as possible (may still be a bit lumpy).
3. Mix in the oil/MELTED butter until totally smooth.
4. Mix in the essence.
5. Mix in the milk.
6. Mix in whatever chocolate pieces (milk/dark/white/m&m's/dried fruit etc).
7. Make sure it is all mixed smoothly with no lumps and no flour stuck to the bottom of the mug.
8. Pop in the microwave for 2.5 minutes.
9. Remove when done and let cool.
10. Take a fork and make sure the sides of the cake aren't stuck to the cup, which they shouldn't be.
11. Dust some icing sugar on top and VOILA! CUP cake!!
    

In a large mug...This is actually a picture of the coffee cake I made which I'll be posting the recipe off later. The recipe is radically different btw but proven yummy!

Cake in a small coffee mug slightly bigger than regular size (see how it almost doesn't make it?)

This recipe is exceptionally dangerous ;) Cake at the tip of your fingers?! Dangerousssssssssly good :p

It's not eggy AT ALL if you were wondering, and it's the consistency of a pound cake. It's not airy and fluffy but nice and spongey and yummy!!! You're tummy will not be disappointed!

It is simpler than any of the other cake in a mug recipes out there, with less ingredients and it doesn't overflow over the cup (unless you don't listen to the instructions and use a regular sized coffee mug (tisk tisk).

ENJOY AND LET ME KNOW HOW IT WORKED FOR YOU!!! :)

xoxo