Best Microwave Chocolate Cake

Pregnancy is a beautiful experience. It is a time your hormones rule you and your cravings are either strange or stronger. I bet many get the most attention from family during pregnancy.  😉  It is often not only to keep the pregnant lady happy but also for the fact that a happy mom nurtures a happy child.  Rightly said in an old  tamil saying ஊரார் பிள்ளையை ஊட்டி வளர்த்தால் தன் பிள்ளை தானே வளரும்“.

My sister-in-law loves cakes especially chocolate cake and she is pregnant. 🙂  No need to say that we all pamper her, yet a fresh gourmet cake is not an avail in our native town.  I wanted to teach her how to make her own cake, so she can quench her cravings. A challenge I had was that this cake needs to be baked in a microwave oven.  Whenever I baked my regular recipes in convection oven, I also tried a portion in microwave. I was in a hunt for the best microwave chocolate cake recipe.

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This particular  recipe was the best of all and the added advantage is that it calls for oil . Oil keeps the cake moist for longer time and as it does not need creaming of butter, there is no need for vigorous beating. A wire whisk or even a fork would be sufficient to combine the ingredients.  A quick and convenient cake recipe for  y’all with love from my kitchen.

INGREDIENTS

Group 1


All purpose flour/ Maida – 2 cups (1 cup= 240 ml )

Cocoa powder – 3/4 cup

Salt- 1 teaspoon

Baking soda – 2 teaspoon

Bru /Nescafe instant coffee – 1 teaspoon

Group 2


Eggs – 2 number

Sugar – 2 cup

Sunflower oil – 1/2 cup

Curd / Yogurt – 1 cup

Vanilla essence – 2 teaspoon

Group 3


Boiling water – 1 cup

 

Take all the ingredients in group 1 in a big bowl and mix them with a fork / whisk. The idea is to break all the lumps of the flours,  if any , and distribute the baking soda well.  Keep this aside.

Start whisking the eggs as much as  you can,  no pressure on how long and how well you need to whisk .  Add the sugar now, beat until the sugar is kind of dissolved. Add the oil, yogurt and vanilla essence.  Now add the dry  ingredients little by little , making sure the flour mixture  is well incorporated . At the end , you will have a thick cake batter , often times, finding it hard to stir. Now add the boiling water , the batter will be thin, fear not, the cake will be good.

Oil the sides and bottom of a microwaveable square pan / bowl. Pour the batter till  the bowl is half full. Microwave until the surface of the cake bounces back when touched , or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted at the middle of the bowl.  The time will vary according to the size of the bowl , wattage of the oven. For a 2 cup  bowl , it took 3.5 minutes on a 700 W microwave oven , this is just to give you an idea.
Chocolate cake

 

 

Enjoy your cake sliced or directly from your bowl , the choice is entirely yours. What I assure you is that the warm moist cake will translate to happiness!

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3 thoughts on “Best Microwave Chocolate Cake”

  1. I like the Cakes very Much and among them Chocolate Cake is my favorite. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Now I can eat the cake whenever I feel so.

  2. Harish Senthilkumar says:

    I enjoy making cakes.Though I am very young I have enough freedom to make this simple, yet tasty cake.

  3. Harish Senthilkumar says:

    I enjoy baking. These are one of those very simple recipes that require minimum experience, which is good as i am only 12.Amazing recipe thanks a lot

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