Chocolate Cake in a Mug

I saw this recipe for Chocolate Cake in a Mug the other day and thought the kids would get a kick out of making their own little cake! We gave it a try this morning and they thought it was the neatest thing.

Here's the recipe:

CHOCOLATE CAKE IN A MUG

4 Tablespoons cake flour
4 Tablespoons sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa
1 Egg
3 Tablespoons milk
3 Tablespoons oil
3 Tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
1 Mug

Instructions:

Mix flour, sugar and cocoa
Spoon in 1 egg
Pour in milk and oil, and mix well
Add chocolate chips and mix again
Put in microwave for 3 minutes on maximum power (1000watt)
Wait until it stops rising and sets in the mug
Tip contents out of mug onto saucer.

Here they are mixing up their "egg"

Adding the wet ingredients to the dry

Mixing...

And here's what it looks like! I think you may need a real egg here. Ours looks a little flat, but it's spongy and cake-like! We're saving them for dessert after dinner tonight.