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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Amazing 5-Minute Chocolate Mug Cake for Election Day



My friends, I have to admit to being more than a bit disappointed in Tuesday's election results. We may have reached and tipped over the point between national freedom and national servitude. I posted this after the 2008 election. I don't have energy to write anything new today.

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This is a special treat for a tough day, whether you feel hopeful or afraid. (Almost) instant gratification -- what could be better? Enjoy.

AMAZING 5-MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE FOR ELECTION DAY
The most dangerous recipe in the world: Night or day, you are only five minutes away from warm, delicious chocolate cake! Use this recipe with caution.

1 coffee mug
4 tablespoons flour (plain flour, not self-rising)
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips
Small splash of vanilla

Quick Chocolate Frosting

4 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 tablespoon baking cocoa
a few teaspoons of milk

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Add dry ingredients to mug and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips and vanilla; mix again. Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes.

The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little and then tip out onto a plate, if desired.

While the cake is baking, mix the chocolate frosting -- add the milk a little at a time until frosting is a pasty consistency. Spread over the cake.

For a complete dining experience, you can also top with vanilla ice cream, instead of or in addition to the chocolate frosting.

EAT! This cake can serve two if you want to share.
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3 comments:

  1. Jane LebakNovember 8, 2012 at 4:12 AM

    http://wdtprs.com/blog/2012/11/reflection-on-the-election/

    The Roman historian Livy wrote about the terminal decline of the Roman Republic that “Nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus… We can bear neither our vices nor the remedies.”

    Alas, I fear that our vices have called forth precisely the leaders that reflect those vices. The vices feed the leaders, and they the vices.

    We may no longer have the collective will to make the changes that must be made to change course.

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  2. Andra M.November 13, 2012 at 7:44 PM

    You're certainly not alone. After three days of tears, temper tantrums, and a lot of prayer I managed to resign to the fact we have jumped into the abyss. But we are not without hope, because God wins in the end -- even if our country doesn't.

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  3. Amy DeardonNovember 14, 2012 at 3:57 PM

    Obama is indeed "fundamentally changing our country," but we must always hold to our values. We have the leaders the majority voted for. I try to stay apolitical for the most part on this blog, but will say I have shed tears over the direction our country is going. God help us.

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