50 Second Eggless Chocolate Mug Cake

Happy Valentine's Day to all! For the last several years I've have always baked a chocolate cake for this day, but this year with Manoj being out of town, the cake plans have been postponed to another day. But again it is impossible to ignore all the chocolate treats that I have been seeing everywhere and what's better at such times than this super easy chocolate mug cake. I have made this so many times, it is just the thing to satisfy all those sudden, irrational and odd time cravings for chocolate cake.

If you are looking for an easy last minute dessert to round up your valentine's day meal or for any other time then this could be it. The cake is moist, chocolaty and uses just basic simple ingredients. You can make it extra special by serving it with a dollop of whipped cream or ice-cream or drizzling or even pouring as much chocolate sauce as you like. Some ganache would be great too.

The only thing to take care is to not overcook the cake. In the microwave a few seconds here or there could make a big difference. 48-50 seconds is what it takes in my microwave works perfectly in mine, make sure to check.

Eggless Chocolate Mug Cake

Ingredients:

3 tbs all purpose flour/ maida

1 tbs cocoa

1 1/2 tbs castor sugar/ super fine sugar

1/4 tsp instant coffee powder

1/8 tsp baking soda

1 tbs finely chopped nuts (I used walnuts)

2 tbs chopped dark chocolate

1 1/2 tbs water

1 1/2 tbs oil

1/2 tsp vinegar

1 tsp vanilla

Method:

Whisk together flour, cocoa, sugar, coffee powder, baking soda. Add the chopped nuts and chocolate and mix. In another bowl whisk the water, oil, vinegar and vanilla until combined. Pour the wet mixture over the flour and whisk gently just until combined. Spoon the mixture into a microwave safe mug and microwave for 50 seconds. 

Cool for a few seconds and enjoy!

Chocolate Biscuit Cake

Here's wishing you all a Very Happy Valentines Day! 

I've been celebrating the whole week, doing all kinds of crafts for Anushka's school. I've cut and glued so many hearts, Valentines Day has never been more real! To me its another day to be around chocolate and if I'm really lucky maybe I'll have something new by the end of the day:)
I'm going to be doing a lot of baking in the coming weeks, so I decide to make this super simple no-bake dessert instead. This recipe was given to us by one of our teachers when we were in the 6th grade and it was probably the first dessert I ever made. The original recipe used a simple buttercream frosting but I like this fudge frosting much better. I used to make it so often back then, my brother and I just loved it. 

You can easily adjust the amounts to make as many cakes as you like or you can pile the biscuits high and make a really tall cake. This is also just the thing to make with your kids. Anushka loved dipping the biscuits and stacking them.

Chocolate Biscuit Cake

Ingredients:

1/2 cup milk

2 tsps instant coffee powder

1/2 tbs sugar

12 digestive biscuits

Quick Fudge Frosting:

50gms bittersweet chocolate

1 tbs butter

1/2 tbs golden syrup or light corn syrup

Method:

Warm the milk slightly and dissolve the coffee powder and sugar in the milk. Keep the milk aside to cool.

Dip one cookie at a time in the milk and stack them neatly one on top of another to make two cakes of 6 cookies each. 

Place the stacked cookies in the freezer while you make the icing.

Melt the chocolate over a double boiler until melted and smooth. Stir in the corn syrup and butter until melted. Keep aside to cool until the frosting is thick enough to frost with.

Remove the biscuit cakes from the freezer and frost both the cakes. Decorate as desired and keep refrigerated.