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my microwave is bust, but feel a little office party/experiment coming on with this.

if you know my boss's sweets addiction and our related industry, you'd probably know I've got my next payrise sorted with a little team bonding instant cake episode like this on a Friday afternoon...


(that's a lot of oil .................)

Tas wrote: (that's a lot of oil .................)

And with oil at US$135/barrell it's gonna be an expenisve cake!

HOW BIG ARE YOUR MUGS?

Mine overflowed like a chocolate volcano. Tastes pretty good though. Mmm... lunch.

cromasaig wrote:HOW BIG ARE YOUR MUGS?
Mine overflowed like a chocolate volcano. Tastes pretty good though. Mmm... lunch.

You need to use a big mug.

That, Bender, is quite the girliest mug I've ever seen!

OK, I'm just jealous that you've achieved a Pisa-esque Leaning Tower of Cake, while mine was... well, I'm not sure what it was, but it wasn't pretty. I'm using a bowl next time.

cromasaig wrote:That, Bender, is quite the girliest mug I've ever seen!

Perfect mug (and unfortunately not mine) for the picture I reckon, and much friendlier than the General Dynamics one I've got (which advertises a missile system "for when you need to kill something fast"). Don't get all jealous now!

Bender wrote:much friendlier than the General Dynamics one I've got (which advertises a missile system "for when you need to kill something fast"). Don't get all jealous now!

Interesting strapline. Not that I have much experience in this area, but I would guess that if you get to the point where you need to kill something, then it probably does need to be done fast.

Actually, I think I could do with one of those.

so was I the only person slightly grossed out by that pic?

Tas wrote:so was I the only person slightly grossed out by that pic?

Dunno about grossed out, but it certainly looks more like turd in a mug.

Mine didn't lean quite like that, but it did rise up out of the mug

Tas wrote:so was I the only person slightly grossed out by that pic?

Confession: the picture is of dog food straight out of the tin.

(Just kidding. But then again, you never know... )

I added chopped banana into the mixture, yum!!!

A drop of vanilla essence also made the cake more fragrant.

Oh, and melted butter instead of oil. Probably sounds like a heart attack in a mug but hey I only live once!

There should be no difference in taste bt adding melted butter or oil.

It is very different... the aroma and the flavor. Butter is salted, and also smells distinctly different from cooking oil.

OK so own up Bender, where did you get that pic? Was there an on line recipe or something?
I just got sent the very same picture in an email (with step by step instructions for the very same cakeinamug, I told them they were so behind the times... )

Pinklepurr wrote:where did you get that pic? Was there an on line recipe or something?

It was from an email somebody sent me aaages ago. You don't really think I own a mug like that do you?