After dinner I was still feeling a bit peckish and since Laura went out for coffee with a friend tonight I thought I’ld hunt around in the pantry and graze for additional nomnoms. Suddenly I remembered a delicious 5 minute cake recipe I saw on Mactalk awhiles back and the game was on!

So here’s how MY attempt came out. First and foremost I slightly modified the recipe.  I suggest you do not make the same mistake.

I used Splenda, partly, instead of the sugar the recipe called for.  This had no noticable effect other than making the cake less sweet. How strange. It should also lessen the girth on my already busting waistline.

I also used extra virgin olive oil instead of whatever filth you are supposed to use in chocolate cakes.  This unfortunately gave the cake a slightly nauseating mediterranean taste. At least my cholestrol won’t go up!

This is how far the cake expanded whilst cooking. Compare the head of this to the one in the original link. Simply pathetic.

This is the finished product.

The verdict? Even though it was slightly less sweet, noticably rubbery and looked like ass compared to the original, I would definitly make it again! This time with more sugar and some other sort of oil. 5 Minute Chocolate Cake FTW!