Show Notes: Episode 10
5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake: A quick and easy, dangerously delicious treat that you probably already have all the ingredients for tucked away in your pantry. It’s the perfect dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth, or if you have some cute trendy mugs…it’d be a great addition to your next dinner party!
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 4 tbs gluten free flour
- 4 tbs sugar
- 2 tbs cocoa power
- 1 egg
- 3 tbs milk
- 3 tbs oil
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- chocolate chips (optional)
Combine the flour, sugar and cocoa power in a large mug. Add the egg and mix together. Add milk, oil, vanilla and chocolate chips, if you so desire, and mix again. Microwave on high for 3 minutes. Presto! Chocolate cake in a mug.
We tested this recipe with three different flours: gluten free all-purpose flour, Gluten Free Pantry’s French Bread/Pizza Mix flour, and Bob’s Red Mill Pancake Mix. Our favoirte was the pancake mix. It had a fluffly texture like normal cake and a great flavor. However, it expanded way more than the other flours in the microwave. We ended up with half the batter spilled across our microwave tray! So, if you use the pancake mix (which I definitely recommend!) split the batter evenly between two large mugs, and you’ll avoid all the mess.
We’re always looking for cool new tips and recipes to share on the show. So email yours to tips@gfcentral.com.
5 Responses
Thank you!
Posted on February 24th, 2009 at 9:18 am
I actually developed my own GF version of this last month – http://tinyurl.com/ctojkk – to capture the same “light and fluffy” effect as the pancake mix but w/ using regular GF flour, you can just add a little bit of baking powder, which helps to fluff it up a bit.
I think adding in the choc. chips are a must though, one can never have too much chocolate!
Posted on February 26th, 2009 at 2:57 am
My 5 year old says, “it was really good.” We give it a 4 star for our family! We added 1/8 tsp of baking powder and used millet for the flour. We just started a gluten free diet this week and this is the first recipe that we used! Thanks for giving us a great beginning!
Posted on March 2nd, 2009 at 6:19 pm
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Posted on May 26th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
My 5 year old says, “it was really good.” We give it a 4 star for our family! We added 1/8 tsp of baking powder and used millet for the flour. We just started a gluten free diet this week and this is the first recipe that we used! Thanks for giving us a great beginning!
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Posted on June 30th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
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