Microwave Cake

Microwave Cake

Microwave Cake is a home-style breakfast recipe at difficulty 1/5 (Beginner), about 308 kcal. This is a microwave-friendly quick cake. Ingredients and step-by-step instructions are below, with notes for home cooking.

Difficulty

1 / 5

★☆☆☆☆

Beginner
Estimated Calories

308 kcal

Ingredients

  • Microwave
  • Microwave-safe container
  • Butter
  • Flour
  • Baking powder (without it, it will taste like a biscuit/cake)
  • Egg

Steps

  1. Add the following ingredients, making sure the container is not more than 3/4 full.
  2. Cut a piece of butter about the size of a half egg and place it in the container. Heat it in the microwave for **15 seconds** until melted.
  3. Melt/Chop your **chocolate/banana** into a **crumbs/paste** texture.
  4. Crack an egg into the mixture and whisk it well.
  5. Add 15g white (or brown) sugar (sweet-tooths can add more) (See attached 4)
  6. Add 1g salt (**If your subsequent flavor ingredients contain salt, please adjust accordingly**).
  7. Add 2.5g baking powder.
  8. Add 15g flour (gluten content doesn't have much of an impact).
  9. **Add any ingredients of your favorite flavor!** (Dry ingredients like nuts and cookies are not added at this stage).
  10. Mix until you reach a thick yogurt-like consistency where no dry powder is visible.
  11. Add optional dry ingredients (excluding non-cooking powder) on top.
  12. Praise yourself 🥰
  13. Heat in the microwave (high power) for **1 minute** (until it puffs up into a fluffy cake shape).
  14. Remove the cup (it will be hot, ahhhhh ↑) and post it on your Moments/social media—it's ready to eat.

Notes

This is a microwave-friendly quick cake. The texture is soft, sweet, and fragrant; it's a family dessert that anyone with zero skills can easily handle. Based on eggs and flour, paired with butter for energy and rich aroma, sugar quickly replenishes physical strength. Adding nuts or fruit increases dietary fiber and vitamins. It requires very few materials and can be completed in just 1 minute using high-power microwave heating. From prep to taste, it's the fastest at 2 minutes; beginners can finish in about 20 minutes.

Estimated Difficulty: ★
Estimated Calories: 308 kcal

Calculation:
- Egg 🥚 1 unit
- Flour 🍚 15g
- Baking powder 🍚 2.5g
- White (Red) Sugar 🍬 10g
- Salt 🧂 1g

(Optional flavors)

- Coffee powder ☕
- Chocolate 🍫
- Oatmeal 🍿
- Milk 🥛
- Nuts 🥜
- Cookie crumbs 🍪
- Banana 🍌
- Not a dark cuisine 🍆

- You can repeat the operations before praising yourself multiple times to make a bigger cake.
- Baking powder is used to make the cake fluffier. It is mostly aluminum-free and costs only a few yuan per pack; you can buy it and keep it at home.
- In the step **'Add any ingredients of your favorite flavor!'**, if you add **liquids** (like milk), be sure to ensure you can mix the next step into a **thick yogurt-like consistency**. It is recommended to add in small amounts multiple times to prevent excess water leading to a soggy product.
- **Do not exceed 3/4 of the container with ingredients!!**

If you encounter any problems or can improve the process by following this guide, please feel free to submit an Issue or Pull Request.

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