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Cherry and Chocolate Mug Cake

When you absolutely need a cake within minutes, you need a microwave mug cake. Adding cherries to the chocolate mug cake gives a taste of the Black Forest, but orange zest would also work well.

Serves 2

Difficulty
Easy
Microwave
Preparation Time
Less than 30 minutes
Cooking Time
10 to 30 minutes
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Ingredients for  2  Servings

  • 75g
    Dark chocolate, melted, plus extra to serve
  • 50g
    Unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
  • 2
    Eggs, beaten
  • 50g
    Caster sugar
  • 50g
    Plain flour
  • ½ tsp
    Baking powder
  • 50g
    Pitted cherries from a can, chopped, 2 tbsp juice reserved

Approximate Times

  • Preparation :
    Less than 30 minutes
  • Cooking :
    10 to 30 minutes

Method

  1. Place the chocolate, butter, eggs and sugar into a bowl and mix together well.
  2. Add the flour, baking powder, cherries and cherry juice and fold together until smooth.
  3. Grease two mugs with butter, then spoon the mixture into each until three-quarters full. Cover each with cling film, place in the microwave and cook on full power for 2 minutes. Remove the cling film and cook for a further 30 seconds, or until risen and cooked through.
  4. To serve, top with the reserved cherries and drizzle with the melted chocolate.

Notes

This recipe is based on a 800 watt microwave.