Coffee Mug Molten Chocolate Cake for Two

Name: Coffee Mug Molten Chocolate Cake for Two
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 ounce (28 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped, plus 1 ounce (28 grams) broken into 4 equal pieces; 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounce; 50 grams), sugar; 2 , large eggs; 2 tablespoons, unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 cup (1 1/4 ounces; 35 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder

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By Cristin Walsh

Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2013

Desserts or Baked Goods

Homemade molten chocolate cake in 5 minutes, start to finish? Amazing! If only it actually worked.

SERVES2

TIME20 minutes

Coffee Mug Molten Chocolate Cake for Two

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

These individual chocolate cakes are cooked in coffee mugs in the microwave for a nearly instant dessert. To keep our cakes from overflowing, we had to supplement bittersweet chocolate with cocoa powder; cocoa powder has less fat, which pro...

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