5-minute Chocolate Cake

Step 4 Eat it!

Cuidado! Muy caliente!

This cake is still good half an hour out of the oven. In fact, I think it gets better the longer it sits, but I can't speak to how it does after that, since there's never any left!

Enjoy!

Comments

[somebody12345]

the first time mine burnt but that was my own faukt i have a 1750 watt microwave and it was set on high power the second one turned out great though. IT'S DELICOUS AND NUTRICOUS!

[djhusi]

Wow this is awesome.
The first time I tied my 700w microwave was set on high and the cake burnt like the Reichstag under 4 minutes :D
Next time I tried it on medium and it turned out to be perfect, comme il faut.
Thank you very much. Great work. A couple of ideas like this and you'll rule the World :)

[AzuriaHill]

Mine was also a burning ball of smoke with my 700w. The smell was really awful and it lingered way too long. I hope my next try will be better, I'll take your tip with medium!

[Hobo in Training]

This just happened to me. I would like to describe it as, "A molten ball of death and decay." I think I'm gunna be sick... DO NOT OVERCOOK!

[Finlay Page]

this is great. worked very well

[Kenmeister]

Not bad!
It tastes better if you leave it a few minutes to cool down.

My chocolate chunks all sunk to the bottom, so there was an extra tasty surprise waiting at the bottom of my cup :-)

[hunterbait93]

Mine did not go very well at all...
There was smoke coming out of it, and after 40 minutes of chipping away at the surface, I found it to be charcoal inside...
Lol

[alauzon]

I just took mine out of the microwave,
it smells amazing!
I can't wait to add some icing and dig in.

[mde laat]

Thank you for the 2 tablespoons egg change you've made. I have a 700watt and did 3 min and it came out smashingly perfect. Thank you very much

[sabu.dawdy]

what change ? can u tell me ?

[darockerj]

for some reason, whenever i make this recipe it never brims over the top. does anyone know why? :\

[sbrooker]

THAT WAS DELICIOUS... Om nom nom nom nom! This is a GREAT instructable, but I think I burnt mine a little around the edges. 3 minutes might've been a little too long in my microwave. I'll try 2:30 or so next time.

Seriously, that was a great breakfast! :D

[mstorck]

The instrucable is aweessome, but didnt worked well for me, hahaha

[aidanjarosgrilli]

did it taste good?

[mstorck]

Yesss, tasted really niice, hahaha

[Pyrophoric]

Epic fail!

[mstorck]

ohhh yeah, hehehe

[jlasher]

I got all the way to the end and realized I didn't have any chocolate chips, I'm sure it would have tasted much more chocolaty with them. I wasn't crazy about the taste, but I don't like to waste food, so I put peanut butter on it and it tasted much better. I'll have to try it again sometime when I have chocolate chips.

[hthompson5]

Oh my goodness, this was DELICIOUS. I added a little squirt of chocolate syrup in the mix, as well as crushed dark chocolate. I topped it with the syrup too, and it came out delicious. My only complaint was that it stuck to my mug; should I have sprayed it first?

[kwolfgang01]

I attempted to halve the recipe. Originally nuked it for 2:00 but it didn't look done so I went another 30 sec and it turned out really dry (except the bottom). Also I used peppermint extract instead of vanilla. The taste was good, so I guess I'll just keep experimenting...

[ORJANA]

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

[Purple Guy]

Small Bowels, who's bowels? Did you ask them before you shoved the mix in their intestines?

[lifetaker1000]

lol. butt cake

[nimrodel]

Nice recipe. A suggestion, if anyone dislikes the taste of oil, use melted butter. The texture will change a bit, but the taste is nice. Add fresh cherries inside for heavenly taste.

[Civicalized]

I followed the recipe and it was great! I have been experimenting with substitutes while baking and another substitute for the oil could be applesauce. Not sure if it will work in this but maybe worth a shot?

[nimrodel]

Sounds interesting. It might add moist without the extra fat.

[nimrodel]

moisture lol spelling fail for me XD

[courtzandme]

I Love it

[Beanie10]

I am going to have to try this. Thanks for the recipe! It looks great!

[Shany120]

I LOVE IT!!!! :D

[kadenbohn]

this is to die for i LOVE it!!!

[Atifsaqlain]

Hey This is Awesome!! Made my own an really liked it!! thanks!!!

[Neon Panda]

Going to try this later, Just what i need on a cold day like today. (=^.^=)

[BrokeTheInterweb]

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

[LuliOlly]

I hope you don't mind me asking, but how much of each did you use? :P

[murtaza64]

 I omitted the egg and used milo instead of cocoa, it turned into a burned chocolate-like HARD cake. ANy ideas?

[tolfe2]

use a bit more milk or water for the egg (add some not much sugar) then just use less milo more choc chippies :P

[Lioness]

If you want to avoid the egg because you're vegan:
1) Add an equal amount of unsweetened applesauce, it will retain moisture. I've tried this, it works.

If you want to try something interesting:
2) Take a tablespoon of flax seed, put it in a dew tablespoons of warm water, wait for the seeds to produce gel (which they do) use a whisk to beat it off of them, put it through a sieve and use the gel instead. This stuff also makes good unscented hair gel. I've tried it as hair gel.

If you want to try something odd I heard about but haven't tried yet:
3) Put some calendula (Calendula officinalis) flower petals in a cup, add warm water, wait till they soften blend them into a mix and use that. No idea how this one works, it's just something I heard.

[dougbrowne]

 EXACT same thing happened to me when I tried it today. omitted the egg and also replaced the milk with a few dollops of whip cream because I was fresh outta milk.   The thing came out super hot, smoking, sizzling, REALLY hot, and had a bad burnt sugar oder to it.  Hmmm..... Guess i'll try again later when I have milk. 

[ohbejoyful]

dougbrowne, check to see whether you added real whipped cream (ie, cream that had been whipped), or an oil-based product.  Adding vegetable oil would have the same result as you described.