You may have seen some of these 'quick cakes' floating around these here Internets lately. I had, and was rather sceptical. Throwing caution to the wind, and with an narky toddler and wife to keep happy, I wanted to see if I could make a chocolate cake in under ten minutes. Cherry picking from three of four recipes, I settled on the following combo: INGREDIENTS 8 Tablespoons self raising flour 8 Tablespoons sugar 5 Tablespoons cocoa 1 Egg 6 Tablespoons milk 5 Tablespoons oil 1 Microwave-proof container METHOD Mix the dry ingredients. Add the egg. Pour in milk and oil, and mix well. Put in microwave for six minutes on maximum. Turn out on cooling tray. EAT! And do you know what? It actually worked. We had a nice, firm and moist cake ready to go. I reckon that it would work pretty well with a ganache with a bit of cream on the side. I didn't get a photo, because this mob demolished it too quickly for me.