Eggless Chocolate Lava Cake in a mug - when husband becomes the chef !

Eggless Chocolate Lava Cake in a mug - recipe by Ranveer Brar and implemented by dear husband :)

Quantity - 2 regular size mug cake

Ingredients -

Cold water - 1/2 cup
Oil - 3 tbsp 
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Powdered sugar - 1/3rd cup
Salt - a pinch
Dark Cocoa powder - used Hershey's brand 2 heaped tbsp
Maida - 1/2 cup
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Dark chocolate - 1 bar . We will be using approx. 3/4th of this bar . I used Ghirardelli dark chocolate (60% dark) squares


Procedure-

1. First prepare wet ingredients . For this in a big bowl , add cold water , oil , lemon juice as per specified quantities . Mix everything well with a fork or a spatula . 
2. Next add powdered sugar to this wet mixture and stir nicely to melt the sugar . 
3. After the sugar is nicely mixed , start making the dry mixture .
4. For dry mixture , in another bowl , start by adding pinch of salt , cocoa powder , add maida and baking soda . Mix all these together gently .
5. Now add the dry ingredients to wet mixture and mix slowly . Use Spatula and mix slowly - do not over mix . 
6. While the mixture is resting , prepare mugs to make the cake . Add 2 squares to each mug and then pour the mixtures . Fill the mug only halfway with the batter and tap it few times . 
7. Microwave for 90 sec or until forks comes out clean . 

Take out your forks and just dig into it to taste the molten lava cake :)

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