1 Coffee Mug

4 tablespoons flour(that's plain flour, not self rising)

4 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons baking cocoa

1 egg

3 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons oil

3 tablespoons chocolate chips(optional)

some nuts(optional)

small splash of vanilla

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 the vanilla, Mix again

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes on high

The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed.

Allow to coola little and tip out onto a plate if desired.

Eat! this can serve 2 if you want to share!

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are only 5 minutes away from the chocoalte cake at any time of the day or night!  Enjoy !

Cool idea!  I'm going to have to try this.....

What size mug are you using?

Have you ladies tried this? I wanna try it, if it has good reviews!

With 3T oil, an egg and 3T milk, it should be called heart-attack in a mug! :p

(But it sounds delicious!!)

This is absolutely hilarious- this is a review of people who tried this recipe and it failed for them.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2903255

*sighs* Its ashame that it didn't turn out for anyone! I would love cake in 5 minutes!

I think I will try it tomorrow and see if it will work for me. 

This is absolutely hilarious- this is a review of people who tried this recipe and it failed for them.

I think they are all microwaving it too long.  It will continue to cook 2-3 minutes after it's removed from the microwave.

Has anyone tried it??? I don't fair well with microwave cooking, so I have been waiting for someone else to be a guinea pig and report back. :-P

Okay, is it just me, or does the strawberry variant look like Pepto-bismol loaf?

OMG this is awesome I must get ingredients!

ETA: I cook mine for exactly 4 minutes on high, in a larger than normal mug.

Last Edited on: 12/4/08 4:26 AM ET - Total times edited: 1

April, since yours turns out, you should take a picture and post it on that site above! Thanks for sharing how long you cook it for, too. :-)

my son and I tried out this recipe today.  A friend of mine had emailed it to me.  The only thing is I used self-rising flour.  I never know, when a recipe just says flour, which one to use.  I cooked it for 4 mins and it was just a little spongy and tasted like a brownie.  My son put cream cheese icing on his and loved it.