Quick chocolate cake in a ceramic bowl

 Ingredients

• All-purpose flour- 3 tbsp
• Instant coffee powder-1 tsp
• Drinking chocolate powder or sweetened cocoa powder-2 tbsp
• Sugar- 2 1/2 to 3  tbsp
• Baking powder- 1/4 tsp
• Milk- 2tbsp
• Egg- 1 large
• Canola oil-2 tbsp
• Vanilla extract-1/2 tsp
• Spray canola oil

Preparation

In a mixing bowl combine all-purpose flour, coffee powder, sugar, and baking powder. Mix well.

Add milk, egg, oil, and vanilla extract, and stir with a fork, just until combined.

Spray canola oil into the ceramic (or glass) bowl so it won't stick. Add the contents of the mixing blow to the ceramic bowl and microwave on high for 90 seconds (or a few seconds more) until cooked through. 

DO NOT OVER COOK. 

Having said that, we have a very old, weak microwave, it took almost 5 minutes.

Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or simply dust with powdered sugar. Or just wait until it cools and dig in.

NOTE: You can use cocoa or baking powder instead of drinking chocolate mix, and in that case add 1 or 2 tsp sugar according to your taste. 

I could have done it all in a single bowl if I had sprayed it in advance, but sometimes the spray wears off and it doesn't come out of the bowl cleanly. So I mix in one bowl, spray another, and pour into the sprayed bowl. But the other way means washing one less dish.