The cake is baked (or microwaved at least).

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Uncle Charlie emailed me this recipe for 5 minute chocolate cake. That’s right, you are now no more than 5 minutes away from homemade chocolate cake:

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

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

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 (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don’t be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.

Improvise

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Merian was coming over this morning to help me sort out some tax kerfluffle stuff, so I figured the least I could do would be to offer some homemade cookies to accompany her coffee. You can’t get chocolate chips here, but they do have some very tasty bars of chocolate, so I improvised and made one of my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes and used one of my favorite bars of chocolate with bits of orange in it. They were a hit!

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Coffee Project rock another fine ThxMgmt show at New World Brewery, Ybor City, Tampa, FL – January 28, 2012.

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Coffee Project rock another fine ThxMgmt show at New World Brewery, Ybor City, Tampa, FL – January 28, 2012.

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Finally, good coffee in DUMBO!

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Brooklyn Roasting Company

Jolt of Paradise

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Nibby Double Choc-Espresso Cookies

The whole house smelled like coffee and bittersweet chocolate. Nirvana.

Vegan cookies made with cocoa powder, chips, and cacao nibs, all spelt flour and a mix of oats and spelt flakes!

yummysmells.blogspot.com/2011/06/coffee-break-cookies-and…

Nirvana

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Nibby Double Choc-Espresso Cookies

The whole house smelled like coffee and bittersweet chocolate. Nirvana.

Vegan cookies made with cocoa powder, chips, and cacao nibs, all spelt flour and a mix of oats and spelt flakes!

yummysmells.blogspot.com/2011/06/coffee-break-cookies-and…

Mocha-Nana Cake

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With some chocolate soy milk, tofu and bananas to use up ASAP, I hit Google and began adapting a recipe from Taste Magazine Australia – www.taste.com.au/recipes/17570/banana+chocolate+cake. Rich espresso flavour comes along for the ride, making this super-moist, pound-style cake a real treat for the office employees I gave it to!