Chocolate Mug Cake for Two

A community recipe by etoile

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Introduction

You could make this in a bowl and then pour the batter into microwave-proof dishes/mugs or you can halve the ingredients into each mug.

Ingredients

Serves: 2

Metric Cups

4 tablespoons flour
5 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 pinch of salt
1 medium egg (lightly beaten)
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons butter (melted)
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (plus extra for sprinkling)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 tablespoons flour
5 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 pinch of salt
1 medium egg (lightly beaten)
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons butter (melted)
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (plus extra for sprinkling)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

Chocolate Mug Cake for Two is a community recipe submitted by etoile and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

First add the flour, sugar and cocoa into the mugs or the bowl; mix well.

Add the milk, butter/oil, chocolate chips and vanilla extract and stir well. Add the beaten egg.

Sprinkle with some chocolate chips and cover with a microwave proof cling film.

Microwave on medium-high for 1 minute and then for another 30 seconds. It should be cooked but moist and gooey in the middle.

Allow to cool and eat greedily with some cream or ice cream.

First add the flour, sugar and cocoa into the mugs or the bowl; mix well.

Add the milk, butter/oil, chocolate chips and vanilla extract and stir well. Add the beaten egg.

Sprinkle with some chocolate chips and cover with a microwave proof cling film.

Microwave on medium-high for 1 minute and then for another 30 seconds. It should be cooked but moist and gooey in the middle.

Allow to cool and eat greedily with some cream or ice cream.

Additional Information

You can bake this as well, preheat the oven to 200C and bake for about 15-20 minutes. Also microwave one mug at a time. This is from foodgawker.com Polli I hope you'll try it out :)

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What 9 Others have said

This is my go-to recipe for microwave chocolate pudding. Followed exactly, including cooking time, and is absolutely delicious served with vanilla ice cream. I microwave it in one portion in a breakfast bowl and then split out two portions post cooking. In my 800W microwave, this is perfectly cooked in 1m 30s, with just a little gooyness left to form a bit of sauce. Generous portions but the perfect amount for dessert lovers, in my opinion. Have made several times and will make several more. The best I have tried - better than a lot of chocolate restaurant desserts I've had! Use good quality cocoa and works well with sunflower oil too.

Posted by Kazool on 23rd October 2016
Was gorgeous but very rich! The mixture seemed very thick. I slightly tweaked the recipe for one mug used 1 small egg, & bout 5-6 tablespoons milk & cooked for 2 mins 15 seconds in an 800w microwave, ended up like a chocolate fondant in a mug Yum!!! Shared between 2 since was so rich & made in a large mug.

Posted by Foxycupcake649 on 14th March 2016
Can I make this by cooking it in the oven if I don't have a microwave?

Posted by keen_baker on 29th June 2014
This was delicious! I only cooked for 1 minute as I tried one last week which I overcooked, so it was rubbery. This came out perfect, nice and light with plenty of gooeyness!

Posted by carlyd28 on 26th February 2014
This really was lovely I followed the instructions and also used a mild light olive oil (because it saved on washing up!) and used large chunks of a good milk chocolate bar such as galaxy. Would make again may be with a bit more cocoa (another 1/2-1 tbsp) make sure its good quality cocoa!

Posted by Helly123 on 11th January 2014
This worked perfectly for me, I used oil instead of butter, and used SR flour. If people are having problems with the time I have to assume it is due to low power on the microwave or because they are trying to cook the whole batch in 1 minute instead of each cup (half the mix). Delicious, light and fluffy. I cooked mine in low shallow cereal bowls and gave them 1 minute 20 seconds each - perfectly moist.

Posted by cbear1 on 20th February 2013
Saw this recipe and just had to try it. I was desperate so i had to substitute nesquik for cocoa and chocolate syrup for chips. Took double the cook time but still tasted great.

Posted by linag2955 on 14th January 2013
This recipe is truly awful - doesn't cook for long enough, the measurements are all wrong. Don't waste your time - there are better recipes for mug cake on the web

Posted by charliegunn on 12th January 2013
Lovely but had to cook for twice as long as stated (maybe my microwave wattage is different) used a mug that holds a pint and it over flowed! Was lovely tho and enjoyed by 3 of us!!

Posted by Hgrave on 12th November 2012