I have a question for Cannelle et Vanille, Tartelette and la Tartine Gourmande:
Sure you can bake amazing desserts and take gorgeous photographs, but can you make cake in a mug in your microwave in under three minutes?
Not having one of you in their kitchen, some people apparently willing to do anything for cake tried the recipe on an hilarious thread on Something Awful, found via about orange.
Here are some of the comments:
"Looks possible but looks nasty, like cotton"
"I actually have cocoa, just missing eggs... will this work out?"
"Do you think ap flour would work instead of cake flour?"
"Probably not, it looks like it barely works as it is."
"I would imagine AP flour would make it even more rubbery than it already predisposed to being"
and give a verdict:
"There isn't really much flavor and the texture is identical to foam rubber"
"I would rather poo poo in a cup and eat it."
"there may be a point where it becomes spongy during the liquid to rubber transition"
"Over the course of five minutes the scents that came from my microwave were: Cooking chicken, old motor oil, cocoa, and burned coffee."
"It took me two tries to get a fork into my leaning monstrosity, and when I bit into it, it was crunchy. I threw it at a wall as hard as I could and it didn't break at all."
Some became inventive:
"I put in 4 tbsp of strawberry quick and used ap flour since i didn't have cake flour. It was hard to mix."
"Here's the finished product. It tastes a little like strawberries, and a little like failure."
The thread goes on until someone volunteers their cup/microwave Huevos Rancheros recipe. (2 huevos, 1 ranchero)
"Place eggs in a cup. Put salsa on it."
"Put in microwave for three minutes at maximum power."
"scoop content back into the mug. enjoy."
This picture made me laugh so hard.
HAHAHAHA!!!!
Posted by: Aran | November 23, 2008 at 03:27 PM
You just made me laugh so hard that gingerale went up my nose( okay out my nose i was trying to be proper:):)!!
Posted by: nadia | November 23, 2008 at 04:28 PM
Thanks for the laughs!
Posted by: Barb McMahon | November 23, 2008 at 04:45 PM
trust you to came up with crazy funny post corine!!! and this is one of the million reason why you're so very worthy for the award dearest!!! :D
Posted by: shill | November 23, 2008 at 06:17 PM
I just snorted my coffee!!!!!!!!
:)
Posted by: Tartelette | November 23, 2008 at 08:06 PM
Cooking anything in a microwave is an abomination. We must have pity on the poor souls who are driven to such measures. For truly they know the depths of desperation.
Those are just nasty, yo.
Posted by: muralimanohar | November 23, 2008 at 08:53 PM
ahhaha nice...looks like something i would do:)
Posted by: vana | November 23, 2008 at 09:48 PM
Hilarious...
Not so hungry anymore, afterall!
Posted by: Angelina | November 24, 2008 at 12:22 AM
ah quand les americains cuisinent, c'est du bonheur !! ;-)
Posted by: TheYoupiTouch | November 24, 2008 at 01:09 AM
Ha ha this is funny!! Thank you for the link to your Figuera post. I cant believe that you have been there. I hope I get there someday
Posted by: Elisa Day | November 24, 2008 at 01:37 AM
Hilarious! I sadly experienced the last picture when I tried to warm an egg in the microwave. I stared in horror and shut the microwave door to think for a while.
ps: You know what cooks amazing in the microwave? Turkey! My parents always pre-cook the turkey in the micro, and then add the other stuff and put it in the oven. It is sinfully juicy and delicious because the microwave cooks it inside without drying it up.
Posted by: alis | November 24, 2008 at 01:56 AM
tu me faire rire mais je crois que je vais plutot continuer à faire des gateaux sublimes et delicieux....!
Posted by: miss sunrise | November 24, 2008 at 02:05 AM
you crack me up!!!1 hahaha
Posted by: absolutely fabulous | November 24, 2008 at 02:08 AM
Corine, youre a NUT - I love it ( and the post above!:-)
Posted by: all things bright and beautiful | November 24, 2008 at 05:42 AM
OH MY GOODNESS corine
I just noticed! Designers Guild is one of your SPONSORS!
WOW!
Posted by: all things bright and beautiful | November 24, 2008 at 05:43 AM
THAT is sooooo funny. Thank god I never put an egg in the wave.
Catherine
Posted by: Cat | November 24, 2008 at 07:08 AM
Yes. Laughing out loud. That's fun on a Monday morning.
Posted by: Danette | November 24, 2008 at 08:06 AM
Corine:
I so needed a good laugh today, thank you.
Lisa
Knitty, Vintage and Rosy
Posted by: Lisa | November 25, 2008 at 08:59 AM
Where have you beeeen all my life Corine?
here's a little improvement on the mug for y'all:
whisk the eggs with some soft muscavado sugar and add an extra yolk for the centre its all gooey and so good
i like to use my wife's lady eggs
Posted by: Harold Pinchworthy | June 24, 2011 at 02:28 AM