So, today started off well…. and productively. I went to the cake decorating shop and bought some teal coloured fondant icing ready to make some flowers for my friend’s sister’s wedding cake. Oh, and finished the book I was reading… P.s. everyone buy Summer Loving by Rivka Spicer. It’s awesome.
Back to what I was talking about… Oh yes, I did some errands, so far, so good, then once I got back in my house. I tidied, cleaned, vacuumed… I was a housework machine!
However, after all that productivity…. I was tired. Andrew is still in Switzerland until tomorrow. I have lost a book that I was planning on trying out a new recipe from. And I had neither cake nor chocolate. Hmmph.
Enter Pinterest.
About a week ago I had pinned this recipe
I am very sceptical of microwaved stuff that should be baked. I have had a recipe for cake in a mug previously. It wasn’t good. It had the texture of a bath sponge. When did you ever want to eat a bath sponge? But…. it was necessary. I was in need of chocolate. Or cake. Ideally both. And this provided me with cake in less than 2 minutes.
It’s…. not bad actually, definitely edible. It even retains a little squidginess, as all good brownies should. It could’ve done with some icecream… but as mentioned. I was tired. There was no way I was going to the shop. It was a whole 5 minutes walk away after all!
It’s even vegan. Steady on.
Update: as per the comment below, I made another one of these using strong espresso instead of water. Mr M approved greatly. Recommended if you like coffee, it gives a hint of coffee, but not too strongly.
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Love it! I feel I need to try this out, cake in under 2 minutes, the the dream!
It’s definitely better than the chocolate cake microwave recipe I had ages ago. That was like biting down on a bath sponge.
Firstly, thanks for the shout out!! Secondly, I don’t know why I can’t read your posts through my WordPress app. How do you read blogs you follow? Thirdly, my favourite brownie recipe growing up was a microwave one. It was a 7 minutes in the microwave family size tray bake. I’m sure my mum will have the recipe somewhere! Will definitely have to try this version 😀
I go to read, then they are there. Perhaps your app needs updating? Mine didn’t show blogs for a while, but then I updated and it works.
Of course I would shout out! You are awesome. I’m not sure how many people actually read my blog though! Love you! X
I made this last week as well! I liked it, but it was more like a cake than a brownie. I like my brownies as fudgey as possible 🙂
Of course. Non-fudgey brownies are not brownies! Mine did have a lil’ bit of fudgey in it still, perhaps a few seconds less in the microwave?
I was kind of impressed with it, I did have a microwave chocolate mug cake recipe ages ago, but that was like biting down on a bath sponge. Ick. Filed away in NEVER AGAIN!
Yeah I’m almost sure I put them in too long….I made another one (the strawberry one, if youve seen it on pinterest) It was awwwwful! But when they do come out, it’s awesome, I mean dessert in less than 2 minutes?! Yes please!
Yep! 2 minutes from start to finish! Fabuloso! Sometimes you just gotta have some cake or chocolate and waiting around just won’t do!
Just made one! Totally good!
How did it go for you? Did you find it still fudgey enough for Brownie?
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe!! It is way 2 easy to make though! 🙂 At least it only makes 1, other wise it’s so good I would DEF be back for seconds! I pinned this from another person and it is just a smidgen diff, it calls for 2 tbs of coffee, milk, or water. I ALWAYS use the coffee that I have left over in the pot from the morning. Sometimes I have to put a few more drops of liquid in to get it mixed to the right consistency (when I put it in the mic it is more of a paste than the pic u have)
Oh really? Brownie with coffee seems like something Mr M would be all over! Thanks for the tip!
mmm! yummy. quick chocolate fix, surprisingly not as sweet as i thought it would be with that amount of sugar.1min 20secs in my 1000w microwave. now need some exercise to work off the calories. thanks Linds!:)
Yep, really easy. I fancied one yesterday but we’re out of cocoa powder!
i tired it and honestly its not good! maybe try milk and a little more sugar!:)
Really? I love them! But always need to make sure everything is mixed really well, especially at the bottom. And I love an intense chocolate hit, so find it’s sweet enough already, but I guess that’s an individual thing.