I have seen this before, but only remembered it when I found your instructable again, and finally tried it!

I made it tonight with plain flour, and put the microwave on 80% power, and stopped it after 2:30 minutes, as it was just starting to deflate.

Turned out perfect, and even came out of the mug quite well after running a knife around the sides. I'm regretting not taking a photo, I'll have to next time, as my friend pointed out that it looked like the scene from alien with the baby ripping itself out of the woman's stomach, due to the melted choc chips that had sunk to the bottom, and when turned out made a gooey, delicious mess out of the top.

nomnomnom it was delicious. I'm going to have to try the same idea using one of my favourite chocolate cake recipes, just ratio'd down to fit the mug.  Thanks!!

love this instructable, turns out awesome cake

i made one yesterday that rose to almost double the height of the mug, but was deflated by the time i got a camera. turned out nice and fluffy though

I experimented with this, and found that pudding mix works great! just substitute any pudding mix for the chocolate powder (and eliminate the chips, unless you want them in there). So far Ive tried strawberry, vanilla, and white chocolate. They tasted great

My  masterpiece I made 5 min ago! ta* da*

Enjoy!

bOOm! Or like the romans say: veni vedi vici - a total winner that lil' cupcake! Even I could do it - and that's nothing short of miraculous ;) I was able to use the microwave w/o causing radiationburns on the better part of northern europe AND got a super tasty result. I used 600 watts for approx. 4 mns - and YES - I will do it again... and again...and...

Cheers from germany,

Pete

I have been making this (With your recipe) for quite a while now, and recently have decided to experiment since it's so easy! I was going for a non-chocolate version, and the result was (in my opinion) good. It's kind of a mini-spice cake, which went well with my coffee! (Note: I cut your original "Base" recipe by half for experimenting purposes, but it's easy to simply double it again) 2 Tbs flour (plus a little more, if needed. The lack of Cocoa makes it a bit runny) 2 Tbs sugar 1 Tbs egg 1 and 1/2 Tbs milk 1 and 1/2 Tbs oil A sprinkle of nutmeg (I haven't measured, but 1/8 teaspoon should be about right, slightly more if you like it strong) Coffee to go with! Losing the nutmeg and adding chocolate chips makes a nice chocolate chip cookie-like mini-cake. For my microwave, 1:20 is just right. 1:30 it starts to burn in the middle, and 1:10 is a bit too moist.

I have made this several times with fantastic results, yet for some reason this time I made three attempts at making the cake and what happened with all three was that first, the batter was far too thin like a regular liquid rather than typical cake batter. Then when I nuked it it simply boiled and became a strange, hard material that is currently stuck inside the bowl. I double checked my ingredients and amounts each time and still got the same result. Can anyone help me figure out what went wrong??

I made mine and cooked it for 3 min but had to cook it 2 more but then it was still liquid so i tried 1:30 and with 42 seconds left it was burning and smelled like really badly burnt popcorn. Any sugustions?

This is one of the best chocolate cake recipe in the world! I am planning to put all of the dry ingredient in bags so later in life I will add the LIQUIDS!

Used NesQuik for lack of cocoa, so I added less sugar. Delicious! Thanks =)

hi! love the cake but here's a few suggustions: 1) use 3 tablespoons of melted butter instead of oil. 2) use a shallow bowl instead of a mug. 3) whisk the ingredients vigorously for 2 minutes. 4) microwave it for 1 minute and 20 secs. Cheers!!!

I tried making it, but I wasn't sure my mug could hold the ingredients, so I cut the recipie in half. I added half of everything, and set it for 3 minutes. I opened the microwave, and out came a giant cloud of smoke. I closed the microwave so the smoke detector wouldn't go off, and opened the back door, which was right by my kitchen. I opened it up, grabbed the mug, closed it again, and took it outside. I then preceded to fan the smoke outside, and I finally got a fan and amed it outside. Now, my house stinks of burnt chocolate, my Mom's furious, and my Brother's mad at me(nothing new there). I went to type this comment, and suddenly I realized I cut the ingredients, but not the time!!!!!!!!!  I went downstairs and explained what happened. 

Moral of the story:
When you cut the ingredients, remember to cut the time.

The good that came out of it:  My first experement that failed miserably as a mad scientist.

Very good! I ended up using less flour and more cocoa powder, though!

NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!!!AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi... Sorry... May i know what do you mean by a splash of vanilla?

CHOCOLATE CAKE?!?!?! IN FIVE MINUTES?!?!?!?!?! I AM NOT WORTHY!!!!

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thanks for the recipe it's awesomee .. : D
but the cake have burned a little bit does anyone kno why ?

Add hershys dark syrup to it its amazzzzing

the txt said 2 tbsp of cocoa but the video said 1

I love it!!!. I put the mix in small bowels and came up with good results!!. Thanks..

Try self-rising flour SHWOOOM

Just tried this, mostly following the recipe, but I used 2 tbsp eggbeaters instead of the whisked egg - way less hassle, and what I had in my fridge. I also didn't have any chocolate chips in the house (they get eaten!), so I added a swirl of chocolate syrup on top of the cake instead.. Yum!.

I just made an account to tell you people the cake is not a lie! You can get the cake at the end... you have to fight for it but it is worth it (chocolate cake)!

I made an account just so i could comment on this instructable. I made this for my parents and they loved it. Thx so much it rox.

awsome cake recipe. it worked perfect the first time. but the second (most recent) time i tried it, it didnt crown...at all. i didnt add the egg, but i did mix ALOT. could that be it?

Excellent!! I just saw your 5 minute Pie and wondered about this recipe since it gets emailed to me all the time and voila! it's already been done and documented!! Did StarTree de-lactose it? I would probably try it with almond or hemp milk myself, since I a) already have it on hand because b) I don't do pasteurized cow milk any more because c) it's too long to go into it and discussing one's allergies can get really gross... But I can't wait to try this!! I want to try putting some chopped up nuts in it too!! Thanks!!!