A friend of mine recently returned to school and as such has a much more busy schedule. We were talking recently and she mentioned something called the five-minute mug cake. Apparently, you make this concoction by combining all its ingredients into a standard coffee mug and microwaving for a few minutes. This sounds like a recipe for disaster to me; though I must admit to turning my nose up to using the microwave for any real cooking (Hello my name is Edwin and I am a food snob).
What’s your reaction? Have any of you tried this? I shall attempt this and report back!
Tags: cake
I've tried it. Not horrible in a pinch. Use half the egg amount that they call for (which involves wasting a half an egg, but the proportions are seriously off otherwise).
Did you let your egg, milk, etc. chill first?
Shouldn't one's eggs and milk always be chilled assuming they're stored in a fridge? Or do you mean "chill" as in "hang out in a casual setting"?
Jane – sometimes you do let your eggs sit out for a little bit so that they're not chilly. You can casually chill while your eggs unchill.
Not the best nomenclature choice on my part, but yes, let them sit to reach room temp (not get colder). Would it matter with something as simple as a bunch of schtuff in a mug about to be nuked? 😛
Edwin, this cake frightens me. I think I'll take Funfetti boxed cake over this any day 🙂 But I'm interested to see how the experiment goes!
we ate it in the marshalls when the power was wonky. the texture is a little tougher than you’d want cake to be. if you eat it straight after the nuking, and cover it with icecream, it’s not too bad, but it has a closer consistency to that of a chewy brownie. and if you nuke it too much, it’s crazy tough. like jerky.
Sounds like it would be good for a quick fix, but not to expect magic 😛