Ever craving for something sweet and you have absolutely
nothing to eat at home and you’re lazy to go out? A quick and easy fix would be
making a mug cake with ingredients lying around in the kitchen!
Ingredients
1/4cup All Purpose Flour
1/8 cup Sugar
1/8 cup cocoa powder
1/8 cup oil
1/4 cup milk
pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon Eno (you can use baking soda as well)
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Figure 1 - Ingredients |
Recipe
-Mix all the wet ingredients in a tall microwaveable mug
using a fork.
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Figure 2 - Wet ingredients in the mug |
-Add in all the dry ingredients one after the other and mix
well with the fork such that no lumps are left
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Figure 3 - Dry ingredients in the mug |
-If you wish you can add a spoonful of Nutella or chocolate
chips in the centre of the batter for an extra hint of chocolate.
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Figure 4 - Add a dollop of Nutella |
-Microwave this mug for around 2 minutes on high heat and
remove once done!
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Figure 6 - Ready to eat mug cake |
P.S. this cake tastes amazing when it’s hot, so gobble on it
as soon as you remove it from the oven
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Figure 7 - Texture of the mug cake |
Note
To make the vanilla version, simply omit the cocoa powder
and add 1/8 cup of all-purpose flour with a dash of vanilla essence/extract!