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Two delicious backup (or front line) desserts

James Scales
The Commuter

Monday, February 9, 2009

OH CRAP! My cake! My beautiful dessert, all the planning gone to waste, the hour spent making it and the half hour spent decorating it! My valentine’s day is ruined! What am I ever to do!

“Use me, I am your wonderful friend in a crisis situation!”

What? I must be hallucinating. Who was that talking? That could not have been-

“Yes, it’s your microwave! Don’t be so foolish, all the time you spent on that dessert was in vain. You could just have used me and a brilliant recipe to make your Valentine’s Day dessert. I am hurt, maybe I won’t bail you out.”

“Oh please! I really need this night to go well, after last year I am expected to flub and it would mean so much to me- Am I really begging a microwave?”

“Yes, yes you are. And since you did beg, I will share with you two secret recipes that only require some basic baking ingredients that you very well may have in your kitchen and only take a few minutes to make. Firstly is the delicious mug-o-cake. You will need: four tablespoons of flour, four tablespoons of sugar, two tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa, one egg, three tablespoons of milk, three tablespoons of oil, chocolate chips, and about a drop of vanilla. Oh yes, and one coffee cup. Mix your flour, sugar, and cocoa thoroughly in your coffee mug. Then add your egg; when that’s mixed add the milk, oil, chocolate chips, and vanilla. Make sure the whole thing is combined, and when you are sure put it in me. If I am 700 watts then it will take four minutes, if I am 1000 watts then only three. It should slide out of the mug easily and if it doesn’t just let it cool and then slide a knife around it. Slice it in half and you should have two decent individual-sized cakes! Top with some random frosting or powdered sugar. The cake may benefit from a half hour of sitting, but you don’t have to wait.
“If cake isn’t your ideal situation, or you don’t have four minutes, try brownies. It’s perfect if you have oversized mugs and a scoop of ice cream to make a great brownie Sunday in only about two and a half minutes. Get out four tablespoons of flour and sugar, two tablespoons oil, cocoa, and water, and a very small pinch of salt. Mix the dry together, then add the wet; again make sure you are thoroughly mixed. Nuke it in me for about a minute, maybe seventy-five seconds. Top with a scoop of ice cream and you have a very pretty and very delicious quick dessert!”

“Are you sure this will work?”

“Trust me, I have nothing better to do than fantasize about all the wonderful conveniences I have to offer.”

Later that night… “Thank you microwave! You saved my evening. This Valentine’s Day was a success, not a sucky-mess! How can I ever repay you?”

“Just remember me when you are in need of convenient and sometimes delicious foods.”

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