Cake in a Cup

Ingredients
4 tablespoons self-rising flour
4 tablespoons sugar
1 egg
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
3 tablespoons Nutella
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons vegetable oil

Whipped Cream Topping (if desired)
½ cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon sugar

Directions
Combine all ingredients in a large coffee mug. Whisk well with a fork until smooth. Microwave on high for 1½– 3 minutes. (Time depends on microwave; mine took 1½ minutes.)

Add heavy cream to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment and whip on medium-high speed until almost stiff. Add sugar and beat until heavy cream forms stiff peaks. Top Mug Cakes with whipped cream and a little chocolate sauce, if desired.

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The Cake in a Cup is probably one of the most ingenious inventions I've ever had the privileged of eating. It was so yummy and perfect to tame the I need cake right now! craving that comes on every now and then. Plus, I didn't have to buy an entire cake and then have the burden of not only eating it all, but also thinking about all the calories I just ate lol. So this is a great alternative.

Now because I'm full of all kinds of talent, I managed to get egg on my pants while trying to crack the stupid thing. Everything went off without a hitch other than that, but as you see, the directions say to cook it for 1½– 3 minutes, but my microwave must cook cold or whatever so I had to cook it for about 4 minutes. I took it out and was eating it the first time and got down to the bottom and it wasn't quite cooked all the way through, so I just popped it back in the microwave and finished. I think if I had known that it wasn't cooked all the way, the puff on the top wouldn't have fallen down (check out the pic). It probably would have been like a mushroom ballooning out of the top of the cup, but it's all good and everything tasted great and that's all that matters.

I also didn't make the whip cream to put on top, just because I thought it would be a little much to have at one setting between that and dinner. I didn't even finish the entire cake as it is, so I'm sure with that I would be exploding with food lol.

Original Recipe Here