Dangerous Chocolate Cake

This cake is delicious, simple and quick. Perfect for when you have forgotten to make pudding!

You need:
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug (If you need a quick fix) or divide into ramekins (cups and ramekins need to be microwave safe)

To make it:

1. Pop dry ingredients in the mug and mix well.
2. Add the egg, mix again
3. Add milk, oil, mix.
4. If you are using chocolate chips mix them in with the vanilla.
5. Put the mixture in the microwave and zap for 3.5 mins at 800 W (compensate more time for lower power)
6. Don't worry if the cake rises above the top : )
7. Let it cool a bit, and eat!

photo thanks to gurke

Banana Cake

Ripe bananas are not everybody's favourite fruit, but if you've bought them, do you really want to bin them? Why not make delicious banana cake, and remember that if you don't have time to make one today, you can freeze the ripe bananas until you do.

Prep time: ~15 minutes

You need:

Butter- 125g

Sugar-3/4 cup

1 egg

ripe, mashed bananas-2

1 1/2 cups self raising flour

1/4 cup of milk

you could also add a complementary flavour such as vanilla, poppy seeds or think about substituting some of the sugar with a brown or muscavado sugar.

To make:

Take the sugar and butter (and vanilla if you are using) and melt in a saucepan. Add the bananas and mix well. Beat the egg and then mix that into the mixture in the pan, followed by the flour. When the mixture is well mixed slowly add the milk and mix gently. Put the mixture into a cake tin and bake for around 4o mins at 170 degrees/ Gas mark 3-4.

Delicious :)

To serve:

Excellent as a cake, it is also wonderful hot with cream or vanilla icecream as a warming pudding.

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Don't want to waste banana skins? Make them into fertilizer

photo with thanks to KCanard