I do feel that there is a despairing lack of posting happening in the past... 4 months. So in true procrastination-during-stuvac fashion, I shall be posting your saviour - the ultimate mud in a mug, lovingly adapted from a recipe send to me by She Wears Skirts.
Unfortunately, I ate it too quickly to satisfy my sweet/chocolate/cake/fudgy/gooey/hot craving and therefore do not have any pictures. But do not despair! I promise to give thorough descriptions of what it should look like and trust me, it's so freaking amazing you will forever be grateful.
So to all you fellow stuck-in-an-unending-hole-of-study friends and those damn-you-free-as-a-bird-but-so-cold-right-now friends, here goes. Note the measurements are in no way exact and you should just go by feel.
Mud in a Mug
Get a mug. One you can microwave, not too big, not too small. This recipe doesn't make too much (the cake turns out to be maybe 3/4 cup size) but it's rich enough.
Put 1 1/2 tbs milk and 3/4 tbs unsalted butter in in. Microwave for about 20 sec on high so it melts a bit. Stir this with 1 1/4 tbs sugar to dissolve the sugar and completely melt the butter.
Add 1 3/4 tbs plain flour, 1 tbs cocoa and 1 pinch bicarb soda. Stir it to incorporate everything, don't worry, it doesn't have to be perfectly smooth. The consistency should be like normal cake batter, not too thick, but a thick kind of runny. Sort of like the picture of pouring batter in this blog: click me! (scroll down a bit ps. how good does this look?)
Stir in 2 tbs chocolate chips. Yes! Do it!
Microwave on high for 30-40 seconds. The cake should be hot and super moist & muddy because it's only partially cooked. The top has a shiny sort of skin/layer. It sort of looks like this but not as high. click me! This is because we only partially cook it so it's super muddy. Oh yeah.
So eat! Enjoy! And much thanks to She Wears Skirts. I do enjoy, perhaps too much.
Good luck with exams, eighth street-ers!
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For those of you also studying babies like me or excitedly looking forward to Louis Tiffon's (or is it ala Louie now?) new sibling: here's a token picture to satisfy your cluckiness.
