I’m sitting here sipping my morning coffee in a mug with rainbow-coloured circles that remind me of jawbreaker candies.
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This psychedelic mug is my favourite thing right now, because it was a Mother’s Day gift from Cole. He had been excited all week to take me to his preschool for a Mother’s Day tea but was careful not to tell me too much because it was supposed to be a surprise. Every now and then I would catch him practicing the song they were going to sing, and he also let it slip that there were cookies involved, but other than that he kept the secrets pretty well.
As I was sitting on the classroom floor watching my son and his classmates sing ‘I’m a Little Teapot’, I was suddenlly amazed that that was my son up there and I was his mother. His mother. Even though I’ve been a mother for almost 5 years, since the day this boy was born and we touched noses for the first time, I am still struck with awe now and then when I think of myself as a mom. Wasn’t I just a kid myself not too long ago? How can I have kids of my own already? Yet here I was, watching my eldest son sing me songs and serve me iced-tea and cookies he helped baked.
At the end of our lovely tea, he gave me my gift: my colourful mug with a bag of cake mix and a note attached on how to make chocolate cake in a mug. I’m familiar with the sinful joy of cake in a mug, so I was thrilled with my gift. I’ve seen this recipe floating around the internet for a while now but I don’t know where it originally comes from. I first saw it on my favourite messageboard and was hooked. My friends still curse the day I emailed them this recipe years ago, because it meant having dangerously easy access to chocolate cake in only 5 minutes. Now prepare to curse this day as well, because I’m going to share it with you now.
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I often use applesauce in place of about half the oil, and cut down the sugar to 3 tbsp. You can omit the chocolate chips, but I just can’t bring myself to do that because they make this cake so good. I also like to use peanut butter chips sometimes. I try to make this cake when there are other people around to share it with, or I’m sure I’d eat the whole mug myself. We made Cole’s mix last night and all 4 of us had some with ice cream. Hot cake with melting ice cream is too good for words.
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Yummy! Looks good and will have to try it. My only complaint? No pic of the psychdelic mug 😀
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Hahaha, I know!! I took these pics a while back because I keep meaning to post about cake in a mug so they were taken before my funky mug. I’ll try and take a pic today and post it because it’s really cute.
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Oh Megan, I know what you mean. Adam caught me “Love-crying” (his words for me making an ass of myself in public) a few times during our mother’s day tea, and made me open my present three days early. Now I only wish I had a microwave…Teresa
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We made this cake and it is totally divine, perfect for a quick chocolate fix!Following from the Finding New Friends hop. Feel free to stop by our blog:www.dontcallmeawino.com
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That cake looks so cool. I like that it’s just enough for one person. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I’d like to invite you to stop by and link your cake up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/05/sweets-for-saturday-16.html
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What a sweet gift! Your son has a good teacher! Happy Mother’s Day!
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This looks so good. I think I will try this with my step-daughter. She loves to cook. Following you from the Finding New Friends Weekend Blog Hop! Would love it if you LIKE my page: http://www.facebook.com/flightlessgoose
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Uh. Chocolate cake in a mug sounds DELICIOUS! Thanks so much for sharing – I am in LOVE with it!
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I’m always looking for fun rainy day baking activities. My daughter is going to love this one! Thanks!
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Such a silly, fun idea. Perfect to do with kids, I think.
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Sounds amazing …your directions are missing some ingredients?
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Ah so it is! It’s fixed now, thanks!
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It was a glorious day when I discovered chocolate cake can be made in a mug! 🙂 I’ve used a recipe similar to this many many times!
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no way!! this looks so delicious!!!I love chocolate! :)I will try it sometimes! 🙂
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This is SUCH a great idea. I love cake, but I hate having a whole one around. Thanks so much for this!Emiliewww.liveeatsmile.blogspot.com
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Ok, I finally tried this and it was amazing! I put less sugar in the mix and definitely followed your lead with lots of chocolate chips. I didn’t, however, listen to your advice about eating it with others. I ate the whole mug!Emiliewww.liveeatsmile.blogspot.com
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If you plan on tipping this cup of cake onto a plate, I would grease or spray the inside of the cup; I’m sure it would be easier to clean up after if you grease the cup as step number one.
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hey thanks for sharing this amazing recipe! but i want to know what is the degree that i need to scale when bake it with microwave?
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I use the highest setting on my microwave…is that what you meant?
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