Microwave chocolate cake in a beer mug

 We sorted dinner for Mother's Day with the incredibly simple, quick, easy and delicious Marco Pierre White spaghetti carbonara recipe but obviously your mother, your childrens' mother or the woman you want to be the mother of your children needs something sweet to complete the meal.
 So let's knock up something easily quick and delicious. The inspiration for this comes from Table for Two Blog although I made a few small changes, mainly to accommodate mistakes I made and substitutions for ingredients I did not have.

 First off, it's important to note that all microwaves are different, so the cooking times are guidelines rather than set in stone. Tweak and test for yourself.
 My first attempt saw a mistake that turned into a happy result. I forgot to add the baking powder and ended up with a pudding rather than a cake. I added fresh cream and it was delicious.

The beer mug "pudding"

 The next attempt got everything right. This is a good one.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons granulated sugar (add one more if you prefer it sweeter)
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon milk
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 tablespoon of peanut butter or Nutella or similar

Method:

1.   In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.

 2.   Add the milk and vegetable oil and whisk until all ingredients are combined and the batter is smooth and silky with no lumps.

 3.   Pour the batter into a microwave-proof mug that is large enough to allow the cake to rise.

4.   Drop a tablespoon of peanut butter into the middle of the batter.

5.   Place in microwave and cook on high for two minutes. (This is a guideline. Test with a tooth-pick and adjust according to your microwave.) The cake will continue to cook for a while when it is out of the microwave.

6.   Allow to cool and garnish with chocolate shavings etc.

Please be cool and share!