' If you’ve been looking into chocolate cake on the web, you’ve undoubtedly heard about a chocolate cake you make in a mug in the microwave. I’ve been skeptical about it, but finally decided to give it a try. I grabbed this recipe from Bacon Concentrate.
It is, indeed, a chocolate cake. It turned out to be a very moist, very dense sponge-cake-like concoction. It rose while “baking”, but collapsed a bit once the microwave turned off. I don’t know if that was because it wasn’t cooked enough, or if it was cooked too much. The recipe has directions for cooking in a 1000 watt microwave, and mine is 1100. This means, of course, I must experiment. 
The texture of the cake was fine, though I would have preferred it to be a little bit sweeter. It was also pretty difficult to mix in the order the recipe calls for. Next time I will put the milk and oil in before the egg and see if that makes a difference. If not, i will mix it in the recommended order, but in a bowl and then pour the batter into the mug.
5 Minute Chocolate Cake
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
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 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! Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired. Enjoy!
