Cake in a mug
Serves 1 – prep time 5 minutes, cook time 3 minutes
Ingredients
4 tbsp self-raising flour
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp cocoa
1 egg
3 tbsp milk
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp chocolate chips
Method
- Place all the ingredients in a large mug and mix well with a spoon. Make sure there are no lumps left in the cocoa.
- Add the egg and beat it a little on top of the dry ingredients to break the yolk.
- Add the oil, milk and vanilla essence and mix until well combined.
- Stir in the choc chips and cook in the microwave on high for 3 minutes.
- Eat it straight out of the mug with a scoop of ice cream! (Take a look at our Ice cream in a bag recipe if you want to make your own!)
Jam Drops
Makes 30, prep time 15 minutes, cook time 15 minutes
Ingredients
6 tbsp butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 3/4 cups self-raising flour (sifted)
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup raspberry jam (or whichever flavour you prefer)
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced).
- Cover 2 baking sheets with baking paper and set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until pale.
- Add egg and vanilla and beat well.
- Add flour and salt and gently mix well.
- Using a teaspoon, make balls out of the batter and put on the baking tray about 2cm apart.
- Make an indentation in the centre of each ball using the end of a wooden spoon or a clean finger.
- Fill each indentation with a quarter of a teaspoon of jam. Bake for 10-15 mins.
- Try not to eat them all at once!
Weet-bix slice
Serves 10, prep time 15 minutes, cook time 15 minutes
Ingredients
4 Weet-Bix (or any brand – crushed)
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder
70 g butter (melted)
1/4 cup water
Icing
2 cups icing sugar (sifted)
2 tbsp milk
Method
- Preheat oven to 180C (160C fan-forced).
- Melt butter and pour into the crushed Weet-Bix. Mix well.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and stir until combined.
- Line a square cake tin with baking paper.
- Press the mixture into the base.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Cool
- To make the icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl.
- Gradually add the milk while stirring until it is smooth and spreadable.
- Pour the icing over the cooled slice in the cake tin and spread to cover.
- Allow the icing to set.
- Slice into squares and enjoy!