One Bowl Chocolate Cake

This winter has been so incredibly long and drawn out that I almost feel like I don’t know what to do with myself.  I keep hoping for spring, but all I get is another week of winter.  So I thought that maybe if I make a recipe that is the epitome of comfort food that you want on a winter day, spring would actually come.  I don’t know if this will actually work, but it’s worth a shot.  I also really just wanted an excuse to make this recipe again; it’s so incredibly easy (I know I say that a lot, but this time I mean it.  This might be the easiest recipe I’ve posted on this website).

I’m sure you’ve seen recipes for chocolate mug cakes around the internet, but a lot of them look dry and almost too cakey I found this recipe on babble.com and it was everything I’d hoped I would ever find in a chocolate cake.  It was moist, rich, a little nutty and so incredibly easy (did I say that already?)  This is perfect comfort food to end a bad day with, and it tastes good enough to serve when you’ve got company.

 

Now, if you can’t tell this was too big for me to actually make in any of the mugs that I have, so I chose to use a microwave safe bowl.  You can use whichever you’d prefer.  But be warned: this makes a surprisingly large amount of cake.  You can definitely split this between 2-4 people, especially if you serve it with ice cream on the side… Just sayin’.

I know I’m repeating myself, but this recipe is so easy anyone that can count to four can make it.  I’m not joking.  Here’s what you’ll need:

4 tablespoons self rising flour

4 tablespoons white granulated sugar

1 egg

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

3 tablespoons Nutella *

3 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil

*You could probably substitute peanut butter for Nutella if you don’t like hazelnuts.  Just a thought.

Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl until all of the ingredients are combined and smooth.  Put the bowl into the microwave and cook for 1 ½ minutes to 3 minutes depending on the strength of your microwave.  I microwaved mine for about as long as it typically takes me to heat a bowl of soup.    When you take the bowl out of the microwave use oven  mitts since the bowl will be hot.  Let sit for a few minutes and enjoy.

 

You can add toppings like powdered sugar, whipped cream, ice cream, nuts, or essentially anything you want to put on a chocolate cake!  So give it a shot, you won’t be disappointed!