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Cupcake!

Cake in five minutes.. in a cup!

The fastest way to obesity.

Based on an original project available here

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Mix all the dry ingredients together in a mug.
Add the wet ingredients and stir away. This is pre-stirring and I was excited by the little globes of milk trapped in the oil. You probably aren't though...

If you're feeling clever like I was, you can decanter the batter into two some other mugs. This is a child's peter rabbit mug. I took care not to drown Peter, but as we'll see later, I definitely over filled. (Do not overfill.)

It's best to keep the batter to the bottom two thirds of the cup.
Microwave on full power for three minutes. I think my microwave is 800 watts. If yours is more powerful, do two minutes. You can always do an extra minute, but you can't take minutes away once it's burnt.

This is why it's important not to overfill. Poor Peter Rabbit and his family have been obliterated by molten chocolate goo.

If you click on the image you can see the giant Elvis quiff that came out of the cup also- which I find quite impressive.

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Tami

Aug 5, 2008 6:53pm

Ahhhhhh! Definitely going to try this soon <3

Natalie

Aug 5, 2008 6:54pm

This is brilliant. =D Awesomeee!

Natalie

Aug 5, 2008 6:56pm

Okay, I just realized that its a CUP-cake. Buahhhhhahha. The original cupcake. Gahhhhh. Even more brilliant. =D

kermit

Aug 5, 2008 7:47pm

Hmmmmm ^^ Yummy Yummy, even though I just worked a full day in a bakery and am totally exhausted I would love to taste this.

queenfairypants

Aug 5, 2008 8:21pm

Literally a cupcake! you could also do this with jars I've seen it! ACE!

Roma

Aug 5, 2008 10:03pm

The Jar cakes are lovely, but they're ovenny so they'd taste better- I'll be honest! This one's just all about speed and a quick chocolate fix. Mmm!

camilaustral

Aug 5, 2008 10:15pm

your how-to was very funny :D
i think i'm trying this only because i like reading it :)

lizanne

Aug 5, 2008 11:05pm

This looks really yummy! You could even mix the dry ingredients ahead of time and keep them on hand for any chocolate "emergencies".

Vicky Ninja

Aug 6, 2008 11:16am

Oh wow!! Im making some of these, definitely! Are wine glasses microwaveable? It would look cool to have a cake in one of those ^^

DIS.AR.RAY

Aug 6, 2008 3:38pm

lol the last picture is weird, but it LOOKS SO GOOD! I've got to try this sometime. Very easy and cheap and fun :D

Whenever my mom goes on vacation she gets coffee cups and we have TONS so I can have a brownie cup festival ;D lol

Thedarcy

Aug 8, 2008 3:41pm

it looks really good. cupcake for yourself and not a dozen for the whole family

***********Just an AMERICAN note. What they call CORN FLOUR we call CORN STARCH. So Americans beware :-) You don't need to by finely ground CORNMEAL! (also CASTER SUGAR can be made in a food processer)Now back to my microware for a tasty treat!

maderas m.

Aug 10, 2008 1:28am

i already do it
its soooo great!!!

: D

tortishell tiger

Aug 10, 2008 4:35am

it looks great and all,and im going to try it but um, whats caster sugar?

Betty K.

Aug 10, 2008 8:18am

Karen B. made these earlier for me and a friend... they were awesome! And after we were part way through eating them we though of adding a liitle Bailey's as a topper... the cake really absorbs it (a little goes a long way)... super tasty!!!! Thanks for the how-to!!!!!!

Samantha E.

Aug 11, 2008 4:52pm

i just made this from your recipe and eating it now so quick and yummy =]

Cat Morley

Aug 12, 2008 4:30pm

Yummy, that looks super duper tasty.

tortishell tiger

Aug 12, 2008 6:41pm

poor peter.

Rosie

Aug 13, 2008 6:23pm

lovely. I make victoria sponge in the microwave (it takes about 6 minutes) but I never never thought of this genius.

btw Tiger, caster sugar is superfine sugar.

ʎǝɔɐɹƃ

Aug 14, 2008 11:38am

Hehe Roma I love it-when I made mine I put a couple of pieces of chocolate in the mixture when it was half ready and it was yummy and melty chocolatey goodness, Roma what microwave do you have the display is super cool, oh and I thought you were on a diet ? :P xx