It's no secret that the life of a modern woman is very eventful, and finding the time to create complex and labor-intensive culinary masterpieces is far from always possible. That is why manufacturers of modern household appliances are doing everything to make our lives easier and allow us to pamper ourselves and their home with tasty, but easy to manufacture dishes. Today at our services are multicookers, and double boiler, and microwave ovens. The pie in the cup, which will be discussed in this article, is prepared just in a modern microwave oven. This is a very simple recipe that will take you no more than 10 minutes, starting with preparing the ingredients and ending with washing the dishes, and as a result you will be able to treat your loved ones or guests suddenly arising on the doorstep with an excellent delicacy.
Necessary ingredients for preparation: 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder and any nuts. It is worth noting that the cake in a cup with such an amount of cocoa will produce a very rich chocolate taste, so if for some reason you do not like this taste, you can safely vary the amount of powder. After two or three preparations, you can easily regulate the amount of all the ingredients yourself, choosing them according to your taste.
In addition to nuts and cocoa, we take 3 tablespoons of butter and sugar (butter can be replaced with vegetable odorless), as well as 1 chicken egg and 2 tablespoons of warm milk. If the milk is not preheated beforehand, the cake in the cup will turn out not so tasty, so you should pay due attention to this aspect. We also need flour (4 tablespoons) and a little baking powder - about a teaspoon without a hill. In addition, you can diversify the taste of the cupcake with all kinds of essences, flavors or just citrus zest - it all depends on the taste.
The cooking process should start with the selection of suitable dishes - this can be a cup with a volume of at least 500 ml, or any container suitable for cooking in the microwave. A pie in a mug is just the general name of the recipe, in fact, you can cook it in anything, the main thing is that the sides of the dishes are not too low - in the process of cooking, the cake rises and there is a risk of losing some of the dish before the readiness.
When the dishes are cooked, inside the sides should be greased with oil, carefully distributing it on the walls. After that, you can drive a raw egg into it and add sugar. Making a cupcake does not mean whipping - just rub the components with a fork, but you need to do this very carefully, avoiding the appearance of lumps.
After grinding sugar with an egg, gradually add warm milk there (but not too hot, otherwise the egg will curl), cocoa, essences and butter. Once again, gently rub and at the end we introduce the flour along with the baking powder. At will - a little nuts. After the last thorough stirring, we send the cake in a cup to the microwave. It is worthwhile to be careful about the power of the device - if it is about 1000 W, the cooking time will be no more than 3 minutes. You also need to ensure that the total volume of the dough does not exceed 1/3 of the volume of the cup, since the cupcake will necessarily rise and may leak from the dishes.
When cooking is finished, be sure to leave the cake for a few more seconds in the microwave, and then use a toothpick to check the uniformity of baking. If necessary, run the program again, but no more than 45 seconds. This time is usually enough that the cake is finally baked. Before serving, it can be decorated with sauces, coconut flakes or just powdered sugar. If you prepare a cupcake in small portioned mugs, before serving, you can not remove it from them, in other cases it is worth getting it out of the dishes and cut into portions.