3 Minute Cake-in-a-Mug Reviewed

So, I found this recipe on the internet some time ago. It's a Cake-in-a-Mug, takes about 3 minutes to cook in the microwave. I was looking for something sweet, but not a whole cake, cause I know I would want to eat the whole thing! I'd heard of this before, but didn't do anything with it. I came across it again, and sent it to my male friend, who (he freely admits it) can't cook. But his raving favorite dessert is chocolate cake, like his Gramma used to make; you know, 2 layers, half an inch of chocolate icing all the way around each layer, including in the middle; he'd eat the whole thing, too. I made him a whole thing once, and I think I got one piece out of it. :) I never heard back if he made the mug cake or not, I'll have to ask him.

ANYWAY, so I'm sitting at home babysitting tonite, after a light dinner, watching a movie. Just me and Z (1 1/2 years old), and we needed something sweet and chocolately to finish the movie with. I remembered this cake, so I looked it up (I'd saved it in my recipe collection, of course!) and made it. It's cooling now, as I type this. When it's done cooling, I'll let you know how it tastes.

A couple of notes to note. 1. DO use a larger size dish bowl or dish to bake it in. I'm not even sure the revised 2cup Pyrex is deep enuff for how high this cake rises! I kept turning the microwave off and letting the cake sink back down below the mug's rim, and on until it finished it's time. I gave it 2 minutes. Toothpick came out clean at the end of that time. Krystal has a really good, strong microwave. 2. I mixed all the dry ingredients in a bowl instead of in the mug, then stirred them to blend, then added the wet ingredients and stirred them into the dry ingredients all at once. I think I avoided overmixing.

AND NOW for the tasting! I will return...

And I'm back. Z and I enjoyed the cake immensely! However, keep in mind that he is only 1 1/2 years old, and I love sweets and chocolates, and just ain't that picky.

I maybe should have given it a full 3 minutes, instead of only 2. Or maybe if I hadn't kept turning the microwave off and on...but then it's likely it would have overflowed the mug, even tho the mug I used was larger than average.

So, the first thing was the consistency. It was kind of rubbery. This might just be a hazard of microwaving cake, or maybe had to do with over cooking or under cooking. Not sure. Anyway, it wasn't light and fluffy.

I served it turned out of the mug, into a bowl, cut it up into bite size chunks, and sprinkled powdered sugar over it. As for taste, in my opinion, the recipe should call for a pinch or a sprinkle, at least, of salt. The other thing, again, was the strange consistency. Other than those 2 things, it was good. (Remember, if it's sweet and it's chocolate, I'll eat it.) Overall, it's an ok snack if you want something sweet and chocolate and quick. But it's no match for a real layers cake covered in half inch deep chocolate icing all over. May as well go ahead and bring on the ice cream, too, in that case.

Sorry no pictures. We're camera poor around here these days.