Miracle Mug Cake

Today i was trying to find a fast and easy recipe that i could use for the demonstration speech i need to give soon for my summer speech class. And i had heard of mug cakes before (where you have the batter in a mug and then microwave it), but i had never seen any recipe like this before. i really dont understand how it works, but somehow, by some probably miraculous force, this thing actually tastes good. once you see this recipe, you'll understand.

Recipe:
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 Tb. cocoa powder
1 egg
(there's not even any flour!!!!! that's it for ingredients!!!!!!! well... unless you put chocolate chips on top. as someone i know might have done...)

so you put all those things in a normal sized mug and mix it all up with a fork and pop it in the microwave for 50-60 seconds. (be careful not to put it in too long)

when it comes out it's really hot, puffed up in the middle, kind of fluffy, and moist (unless you overcook it). add chocolate chips right away so they'll melt (highly recommended. also, i hear some cool whip on top is awesome).

this mug cake has a lot of things going for it.
since there's no flour in it, it's gluten free. it's also pretty cheap to make and relatively low in calories because of how few ingredients there are. there's also very little clean up, and you dont even need an oven or a pan or some friends to help you eat it!

also, it's a great recipe for people who aren't on a diet, but have someone in their house who is on a diet. this is because this recipe only makes 1 serving, and the raw ingredients aren't anything that even a desperate dieter would eat by the spoonful.

now that i'm done singing this recipe's praises, i'd like to give a small warning. yes, this cake is good. but please don't compare it to your great grandma's secret family recipe chocolate cake. it's good, but nothing can really compare to that. i will say this though. if all cakes were judged by quickness and ease of preparing, how fast it cooked, how few ingredients it had, how easy it was to clean up, and how good it tasted, this cake would be the best cake ever.

i think it took me less than 5 minutes to make this cake. it's well worth your time, and i definitely encourage you to try it :)

oh, and i should probably say where i found it since i didn't make this one up myself.  i found it here: http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2010/08/02/3-ingredients-60-seconds-gooey-chocolate-mug-cake/    

Will it Blend???

i dont know if you guys have heard of this before, but apparently there's a show called "will it blend?". basically, it's a bunch of videos where a guy puts different things into the world's strongest blender.
it's an awesome show. and an awesome blender. but i must say, i am a little scared by how much i enjoy watching things get distroyed inside a blender :)
maybe you'll see why.

that beast can blend anything... well... almost anything.

Patty-cake Cats

i found this on stumbleupon and thought it was too funny not to post here :)