nutella cake in a cup

I always have a craving for sweets after dinner (I think I was conditioned by always eating ben&jerrys after dinner in college). I heard about amazingness that is microwavable cake in a cup rather late in the game, but the first/last time I made it, the texture was powdery, heavy, and dissatisfying. I was a little skeptical when I saw the recipe for nutella cake in a cup (pretty much nutella + chocolate or peanut butter = win), thinking it’d be similar. But I just tried this and this satisfied my chocolate craving in a second. Also, this is pretty much 2 servings, since I just split it with my dad.

Nutella Cake-in-a-Cup

Recipe from this page, my notes in parentheses.

4 tablespoons self-rising flour
4 tablespoons white granulated sugar (I reduced to 3.5tbsp and still thought it was too sweet. I think it could be 3 or less)
1 egg
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
3 tablespoons Nutella (I only used 1 tbsp since we didn’t have much left, but it was still hazelnut goodness!)
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil (I used 1 tbsp vegetable, but I’d recommend at least 1.5 since it was still a little dry)

Mix all of the ingredients in a large coffee mug and microwave 1.5-3 minutes. (I watched mine carefully for about 2 minutes and it volcanoed out of my mug.) Best served a la mode or with a tall glass of milk. (:

{No pictures of my own to show since it came out really ugly, but it was delicious anyway)

Also, out of the kinds of flour I had, I did not have self-rising flour, so I made my own.

1 cup of All-Purpose flour

1.5 teaspoons of baking powder

.5 teaspoon of salt

Mix thoroughly in a bowl. I saved the rest of it in a ziplock bag to use the next time I have a craving.

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