[mommamurray]

Morning Ladies.. I am a long time lurker, sometime poster.. I am just not sure where to put this. Yesterday my boss sends me this email with a recipe for chocolate mug cake..it looks soooo good.. but not really south beach friendly.
the recipe goes as follows
4 Tb flour
4 Tb sugar
2 Tb cocoa powder
3 Tb choc chips
1 egg
3 Tb milk
3 Tb oil
splash of vanilla
mix the dry together, then add the rest.. Spray Pam inside a large coffee mug put in the microwave high for 3 mins let cool and enjoy
Now I really wanted to try this so I played with the ingredients for awhile to see if I could get it to taste good and still be able to eat it in Phase 2..
well tip one.. you cant bake with olive oil...lol I am sure many of you know this. I used whole wheat flour, skim milk, splenda and omitted the chips ( and tried olive oil lol) not too crazy about it..but...BUT.. I do think I found a way to make my cake and eat it too..
5Tb whole wheat flour
Splenda to sweeten
1 egg and one very ripe banana and splash of vanilla
Microwave for 3:30 mins
let cool
I will try again to work on the chocolate one and see if I can add

[zeffryn]

I've baked with extra light olive oil with no problems...extra virgin is not so great though.

For the chocolate, you could add unsweetened cocoa powder.

I like the idea of adding a banana instead of oil. I've always substituted applesauce. Yogurt would work as well - vanilla or another sugar free flavor.