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The Greatest Invention Ever...And How To Make Your Own.

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Yes. This is it. I have stumbled upon the greatest invention in the history of man. The wheel? Pretty good, no? DONKEY FOOD, compared to this. Fire, that's what you're saying now, it's got to be fire. WRONG. It's simple, my friends. Cake!

But no normal cake...3-minute cake. Designed for the student in need, and fun for all the family!

The idea is that the common student has two items at his disposal - mugs and spoons. The result of this recipe is a delicious cake that can be made in 3 minutes and can take the place of a full meal. The two best applications of this recipe are when I've had mates round for a midnight feast, and when my brother brought bags and bags of the ingredients into school to make them during maths class.

Here are the instructions (these are the proportions I use. The best results are when half is baked, and the rest forms a sauce, though if you fiddle with the numbers you get varied cakes.)

Into 1 mug (yes, MUG), add:

1 egg
3 1/2 tablespoons self raising flour (or, 3 non-self raising and 1/4 tsp. baking powder)
3 tbsp. milk
3 tbsp. oil (Vegetable, if this is unavailable, ground nut.)
4 tbsp. Cocoa powder (Cadbury's drinking chocolate powder or similar will do)
1 teaspoon baking powder.
4 tbsp. caster sugar.

Then mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, mix, and when it's all smoooooooooooooooooooooth, it's done.

Next, place the mug in the microwave. The original recipe is for 3 minutes on full, however, I recommend 1 minute, then add a teaspoon of chocolate spread, then another minute in the microwave.

Et voil?! Good eats! Goes great with ice cream or chocolate sauce.

EDIT: Here's some photos courtesy of BSprague:

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/601/0906091714a.jpg
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8084/0906091717.jpg
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2677/0906091730.jpg		2009-09-06 00:02:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

Nice. Except being a student I don't have half of those ingredients at my disposal.

Anything you make out of dust? I have plenty of that. 		2009-09-06 00:07:00

Author:
Syroc
Posts: 3193

Dust's a powder, I'm sure you could use it to replace all the powdered ingredients on that list.2009-09-06 00:17:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

Updated for Students around the world:


Ingredients:

1 egg
3 1/2 tbsp. Dust
3 tbsp. milk
3 tbsp. oil
4 tbsp. Dust
1 tbsp. Dust
4 tbsp. Dust.



Mmmmm mmmm, I'm so going round Syroc's for dinner

.		2009-09-06 00:21:00

Author:
rtm223
Posts: 6497

With dust being mainly skin cells, you're probably better licking your arm for a while in that case, syroc xD2009-09-06 00:24:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

Oooh, I can do it with rtm's adjustments. I'm going to report back.

From hospital. 		2009-09-06 00:28:00

Author:
Syroc
Posts: 3193

After you said that, I just thought "YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"2009-09-06 01:12:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

Me too, so I'm just going to make some chicken masala instead. 2009-09-06 12:31:00

Author:
Syroc
Posts: 3193

Is no one going to try this awesome recipe? It is so awesome it cannot be described, you just have to try it for yourself.2009-09-06 21:32:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

O ye, I tried it last night. However, I put one tablespoon of baking powder in by accident...so...yeah. It basically exploded in the microwave. It was good though. 2009-09-06 21:34:00

Author:
BassDeluxe
Posts: 984

Do it again, and film it.
2009-09-06 21:35:00

Author:
ARD
Posts: 4291

Can I use regular sugar? I think I might have Confectioner's sugar as well, but I'm not entirely sure, and I want to try this out. 2009-09-06 21:39:00

Author:
BSprague
Posts: 2325

I used regular sugar in mine. I didn't even know what caster sugar was until I looked it up.

Speaking of which, by caster sugar you might edit in (superfine sugar for you Americans)		2009-09-06 21:47:00

Author:
BassDeluxe
Posts: 984

Yeah, regular sugar's fine. I used Musca-whatever it is, the common brown sugar, it was fine.

Also, funny mistake Bass First time I tried it with baking powder, I put in 1 teaspoon, and even then it grew so much the tower collapsed. A tablespoon would be...crazy.		2009-09-06 21:50:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

I'm going to see if I have everything now. If I have everything, I'll make it and post some pictures. 2009-09-06 21:52:00

Author:
BSprague
Posts: 2325

Haha, cool, thanks BSprague. And try not to make the same mistake as Bass xD Also, the chocolate spread is not necessary, so don't worry if you don't have that.2009-09-06 22:04:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

It works! I didn't have Confectioner's sugar, but regular worked fine. Also, I didn't have cocoa powder, so I used Jell-O mix, and took a couple pictures. It's delicious, though it did overflow in the microwave a little bit. I'm uploading pictures now.

EDIT: Pictures reposted a couple posts down at #22.		2009-09-06 22:19:00

Author:
BSprague
Posts: 2325

I don't see any pictures.2009-09-06 22:40:00

Author:
Arkei
Posts: 1432

I see the pictures fine...2009-09-06 22:42:00

Author:
BSprague
Posts: 2325

I don't see them either

This sounds like a great idea though 		2009-09-06 22:45:00

Author:
S-A-S--G-U-N-R
Posts: 1606

No pictures here either. I was looking forward to that too. I love cake ( and ice cream and pies and chips and biscuits and .... well anything yummy really )2009-09-06 22:48:00

Author:
mistervista
Posts: 2210

I realize what the issue is, I linked to the pictures straight from my Gmail account, meaning that only the person who is logged in can see them. I'm reuploading them now.

Ok, these two are of the "cup-cake":
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/601/0906091714a.jpg
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8084/0906091717.jpg

And this is after the fact:
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2677/0906091730.jpg		2009-09-06 22:52:00

Author:
BSprague
Posts: 2325

That looks really tasty. It's just too bad that I only have like two of the ingredients.2009-09-06 22:57:00

Author:
Arkei
Posts: 1432

That looks really tasty. It's just too bad that I only have like two of the ingredients.

I didn't have a couple of ingredients, I just improvised. Instead of 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder, I used 2 tablespoons of Jell-O pudding mix and 2 tablespoons of Cookies 'N Creme Muscle Milk. 		2009-09-06 23:03:00

Author:
BSprague
Posts: 2325

That looks really tasty. It's just too bad that I only have like two of the ingredients.

It does. I don't have an egg or baking powder I think.		2009-09-06 23:04:00

Author:
S-A-S--G-U-N-R
Posts: 1606

What oil are we talking about here? Crude oil?

Does seem like a good idea though (the cake not the crude oil) so I might just give this a go.		2009-09-07 01:42:00

Author:
Matt 82
Posts: 1096

What oil are we talking about here? Crude oil?

Does seem like a good idea though (the cake not the crude oil) so I might just give this a go.

I didn't know what to use, I just used Vegetable Oil. It worked well, and it didn't taste bad at all for something that took a minute or two to mix up and another two in the microwave.		2009-09-07 01:54:00

Author:
BSprague
Posts: 2325

Vegetable oil, or, if you don't have it, ground nut oil will do.2009-09-07 02:01:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

I think my physics teacher gave me the recipe for this last year
I never made it though. Maybe I'll try to make it this week...		2009-09-07 02:07:00

Author:
hilightnotes
Posts: 1230

This looks really cool, don't have some of the ingredients though. 2009-09-07 02:14:00

Author:
applepod124
Posts: 163

applepod, which ones are you missing, I may be able to recommend some alternatives you may have to use...2009-09-07 02:34:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

Ok, I just made tihs with 75% success.


I used Canola Oil, Jello Chocolate Pudding Mix, and Brown sugar as replacements.


It overflowed, but not terribly, but really significantly. It tasted good, but not awesome.		2009-09-28 05:49:00

Author:
Astrosimi
Posts: 2046

what the!
i just made this in Foods and Nuitrition 1
i was head chef
hated makeing this
mixing it together in a mug is way to difficult
and it tastes nasty
might have been cause we had to make it in..get this
THE MICROWAVE
*sigh*
the one time i get to be chef
and i get this
meh 		2009-09-28 06:15:00

Author:
Littlebigdude805
Posts: 1924

lol all hail the microwave

anyway i will try this it looks yummy		2009-09-28 08:06:00

Author:
rseah
Posts: 2701

Astrosimi, yeah, those different ingredients may have messed up the recipe xD

Littlebigdude, I'm sorry it didn't go well, but everyone I know has found the mixing easy (only 30-60 seconds, and in a cooking class, I'm sure you stir a LOT more than that), the microwaving fun (you get to see the cake rising, it's so cool!), and the cake delicious. But each to their own D:

rseah, good luck man!		2009-09-28 09:12:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

oh i see you used Jell-O
we had to use bakeing cocoa powder
wich tastes nasty
wich probly made the cake...thing
nasty lol
when i say nasty i dont mean it was bad
just less better than makeing it the real way

on the up side the next day we made
RED LOBSTER DROP BISCUITS
DELICOUSE!		2009-09-28 18:46:00

Author:
Littlebigdude805
Posts: 1924

Nono, you don't use jell-o, you use the ingredients I posted in the OP, it was Astrosimi who used it (I don't see why xD).2009-09-28 18:52:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

oh it was the microwave
makes it all rubbery and gross
cause i was makeing it for the whole group
so first time a did 3 mins
then i learned from that and dropped to 2 mins
but they still came out gross
watching it come out of the cup was kinda nasty
it was like "so...im gunna eat...that?"		2009-09-28 19:10:00

Author:
Littlebigdude805
Posts: 1924

Haha, lbd, dude, you're getting it all wrong! The microwave's the good part! It's exactly the same as oven/aga except FASTER and maybe overheating, but watching it come out of the cup is the part that most people like best!2009-09-28 19:18:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

So I put all this into a mug, stir and then microwave......
sounds a bit off, but I'm willing to give it a go!		2009-09-28 19:29:00

Author:
Coxy224
Posts: 2645

Haha, awesome, post results!2009-09-28 19:53:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

Whoops! Accidentally ate the results!
Brillaint recipe, bit dry, but that's my fault for not putting on anything like choc spread or making something to go on top.

I'll photo it next time I make one
Cheers		2009-09-28 20:05:00

Author:
Coxy224
Posts: 2645

Oh dear, no photos, I guess you'll have to make another one right away! 2009-09-28 20:07:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

guess i have a different outlook on food =/
eating and makeing the food is supposed to be the fun
not watching it be gross in a microwave for a minute
wheres the appeal?
i doubt you'll find much use of a microwave in the proffesional kitchen
only good for quick noodles
even then its better to boil the water.

idk it all just seems off
think about it
"oh noes theres no time to eat i gotta get to *insert place here* in like ten minutes lets see whats a good quik *breakfast,lunch,dinner* hmmm i know...CAKE! yea and i can make it in a mug!"
see?
oh well still fun i guess.		2009-09-28 20:12:00

Author:
Littlebigdude805
Posts: 1924

Yeah, we do have different ideas, the fun is the mess, the mixing, the godlike power of creation and watching your creation rise, think about Frankenstein, his creator was pretty darn pleased when an electronic machine made his creation rise.

But that didn't turn out that well.		2009-09-28 20:42:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

eeeexactly
isnt a liveing being more pleasant when done the right way?
just like food.
i did like the mess though
cause i wasnt the one who ahd to clean it up.		2009-09-28 20:46:00

Author:
Littlebigdude805
Posts: 1924

Looks... GREAT. I'll have to try this!
EDIT:
Well I tried it and I am full, have tasty goodness in my tummeh, and now know a valuable piece of info... It will prove to be effective for a multitude of years.

By the way, a little tip: Don't make it in a short mug... It makes a mess.		2009-09-29 00:56:00

Author:
chezhead
Posts: 1063

By the way, a little tip: Don't make it in a short mug... It makes a mess.

Hehe I should SO make one in like a petri dish height dish, or a saucer. Flat cake!		2009-09-29 19:17:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

Whoops! Accidentally ate the results!
Brillaint recipe, bit dry, but that's my fault for not putting on anything like choc spread or making something to go on top.

I'll photo it next time I make one
Cheers

I don't know what it is about mine, but I've never had a dry one using the ingredients I use. I don't cook it all the way though, from the pictures I posted you can tell it's still pretty moist. 		2009-09-29 19:49:00

Author:
BSprague
Posts: 2325

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Me and my brother just made one, even without the baking powder it was good. I expected it to be dry but it was nice and moist. Maybe a bit more chocolate next time though...18th birthday...mug party!

5 Stars and hearted 		2009-09-29 23:29:00

Author:
adlingtont
Posts: 321

Hehe, glad to see it worked for you!2009-10-01 19:20:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

This is a cool idea for Halloween, because once those pesky kids realize you ran out out of candy, you can just wip up a batch of Insta-Cake for them! 2009-10-03 22:31:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551


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