Microwave Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cake

Microwave cakes weird me out. I'm not sure why, I somehow think its sorcery that you can pop out a tall fluffy cake in about three minutes from a microwave. I don't there is enough heat involved and it doesn't have the same glorious smell or golden brown tinge that you get from an oven. I think its also the fact that if you're going to all the trouble of making a fatty cake, other people should be able to share and enjoy it with you. Finally, while you could make this in your office or something, who the hell casually stocks flour and eggs in their office cupboard? Milk, sugar and butter sure, but flour and eggs? Weird.

Anyway, I love peanut butter and chocolate so I thought I'd make this cake. I shared it with my Boyfriend cause I don't like sweets. It wasn't too bad but I really wish it was a fluffier cake, its a dense mud cakey sort texture. I used dark chocolate so it wasn't as sweet as I'd have liked it. It wasn't too bad though and just enough for one! I stole the recipe from this website, this blog right here.

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Mug Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

 Uses: calories for one, when a whole cake is too fat

Ingredients for the cake:
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons peanut butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla paste
1 beaten egg
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons chocolate chips

Ingredients for the cream cheese frosting:
1 triangle of cream cheese
1 tablespoon of peanut butter
1 tablespoon of icing sugar/ fine powdered sugar

Instructions:

1. Cream the peanut butter and butter together in a separate mug or something.

Like so

2. Mix the vanilla, sugar and egg together in the mug.
3. Mix everything else left behind, flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and chocolate chips in with the vanilla, sugar and egg mix.

Tasty?

4. Then pour in the butter and peanut butter paste. Mix together.

Tastier?

5. Microwave for 2-3 minutes until you're happy with your cake. Don't open it, if you suspect its not done yet, just microwave for it for another minute.

I wish it was taller and fluffier

6. Mix the cream cheese icing together and ice the top of the cake. Eat as soon as possible.

Smoosh together