- Hey bakers, today I'm gonna show you how to make
chocolate cake, chocolate cake in a mug.
This is homemade cake from scratch,
but it only needs 90 seconds in the microwave to cook,
and like a minute of prep time,
so you can have a very dangerous anytime treat
whenever the fancy strikes you,
with a few ingredients you probably have
already in your pantry.
Full warning, this is not calorie-free,
and it's very easy to make.
Let's get started.
First off, we're gonna be adding in
one quarter cup of flour,
make sure to lighten it up before you measure it,
plus a tablespoon, so there you go.
A quarter teaspoon of baking powder,
a quarter cup of sugar,
just under a quarter teaspoon of salt, like a healthy pinch.
And now two tablespoons of cocoa powder,
so use a nice cocoa powder if you can.
This is Valrhona and it's super rich.
Cocoa powder is really fatty,
no sugar, but lots of fat in there,
even though it's a powder,
so you have a lot of clumps happening.
Make sure you sift the ingredients out for best results.
See, look at that, clump, clump, clump.
Okay, give this a nice whisk
just to combine the ingredients.
And now the wet ingredients.
Two tablespoons of vegetable oil,
one tablespoon of coffee,
this is from a Moka pot, so it's really strong.
If you don't wanna use coffee, though,
go ahead and just use water or milk.
The coffee really adds
a little bit of extra oomph to the chocolate,
you're not gonna taste coffee, really, trust me on this.
Last but not least, one quarter cup of whole milk.
Let's whisk to combine.
And now it's combined,
but I'm gonna whisk it for a little bit longer.
When you're doing this,
you're activating the gluten in the flour
and while you don't want too much of that
because it makes it bread-y and tough,
that's not gonna happen with this cake, first of all,
but it also needs to have that gluten to create structure
so the cake will hold itself up.
So let's whisk our little hearts out.
Okay, that's good, we have a nice silky chocolate batter.
Plop all this batter into our mug,
this is ready to plop into the microwave,
but for a little bit of extra indulgence,
let's chop up some nice dark chocolate
and just sprinkle it on top.
It'll be totally worth the extra effort, trust me.
I have three squares or 15 grams
of a really nice, high quality, 75?
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Three squares or 15 grams of a high quality,
70 percent cocoa dark chocolate,
this is from Scharffen Berger I don't know how to say it,
but it's nice, and I'm gonna give it a rough chop.
There we go, pick that up.
And then just sprinkle it on the top of your cake.
This is done, so right now,
we're just gonna plop this into our microwave for, depends,
depends on how powerful your microwave is.
For me, this will be about 85 to 90 seconds.
You can take it out after like 80 seconds
and see if it needs a little bit more time,
little 10 second intervals will do ya, and that's it.
I happen to have one built into the island,
so let's plop that in there, close it,
giving it a full 90 seconds, and go.
(upbeat music)
Out of the microwave, ready to eat.
Mm, it smells delicious, like chocolate cake.
Wanna see, it's not, I'm gonna warn you,
it's not the most beautiful cake
you've ever seen in your life,
it doesn't look gorgeous, but, this tastes delicious.
This is the most fun recipe testing I've ever done
because it only cooks for like 90 seconds,
and then you're like, oh, little bit more chocolate,
little bit more salt, add some coffee,
maybe some whatever, done.
Let me tell ya, the end result, worth the wait.
So, spoon a little bit out there, do you see this?
The texture melts in your mouth.
It's like the cake is saying,
"Oh hey brownie, we're cousins, did you know that?"
That's what it's like.
And it would be perfect with a little bit of ice cream,
if you're asking my humble opinion.
Mm, yeah, I hope you get to make this recipe.
Do you want me to make more of these super easy desserts,
or do you like the ultra fancy stuff?
Let me know in the comments,
I love hearing from you and getting feedback, so.
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