Chocolatey goodness!

Fancy something chocolatey but can't be bothered to go to the shop to buy something? You might have the ingredients in your cupboard to make a delicious chocolate cake in 5 minutes!

What you'll need:
- A large mug. The type you get with hot chocolate gift sets are usually good, but any mug will do as long as it's not tiny!
- A spoon (preferably tablespoon, but if you're using a dessert spoon that's okay)
- A fork (for whisking)
- A microwave

Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp (3 dessert spoons) Self Raising Flour
- 1 tbsp (1 1/2 dessert spoons) Cocoa Powder (you can use hot chocolate powder if you don't have any cocoa powder, it works just as well!)
- 1 tbsp (1 1/2 dessert spoons) sugar (caster or granulated, I just use granulated as it doesn't really make any difference)
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp (1 1/2 dessert spoons) Vegetable oil (this is optional, it just makes it a bit more moist. Golden syrup also works extremely well!)
- 2 tbsp (3 dessert spoons) milk
- Peppermint flavouring (again, this is optional but adds a bit more flavour to the cake. you could also try vanilla flavouring or even adding a teaspoon of coffee if you like!)


First, put all of the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, sugar) into your mug.
Mix together thoroughly.
Add the egg to your mug and whisk with a fork until blended (it may look lumpy, don't worry about this!)
Add in the milk and continue to mix with the fork.
Keep mixing until the mixture is smooth and thoroughly mixed together.
Add the oil/golden syrup if desired.
Add your choice of flavouring.
Mix again
Pop it in the microwave for 1 minute (850 watt/category E) and ENJOY!


Tips:
Cooking for not enough time is better than cooking for too long. If you are unsure of the time for your microwave, put it in for 1 minute and check it! The cake should rise and look like, well, a cake!

If you want a syrup at the bottom of your cup, add more milk/oil and lessen the time slightly!



I really love this recipe, it's so quick and easy and the perfect snack for chocoholics like me!