The Fix

Let's say you're in the middle of watching the achingly lush "Bright Star" when you recall the raspberries in syrup you bought in the afternoon as a hearkening back to your youth. They aren't your mother's raspberry preserves in a mason jar but they are as close as you're likely to ever again be as your mother has destroyed the raspberry bush and taken up playing Wii over canning. So the consolation raspberries cross your mind but you are watching this velvety romance and you think, raspberries are simply too delicate and sweet, you need something rich. Hit pause:


5 Minute Chocolate Cake:

3 T Sugar
4 T Flour (or GF flour)
3 T Cocoa
1 Egg
3 T Milk
3 T melted Butter

Mix the dry ingredients in a mug. Add the egg, milk and butter. Mix well. Microwave on high for 3 minutes. Let set for a minute or two. Transfer to a plate or bowl. Top with raspberries and icing sugar.

Adapted this from this recipe, I added extra cocoa and cut back on the sugar, because I prefer richer to sweeter, and of course used a GF flour mix.

Voila! Chocolate cake without missing a heartbeat. And trust me, "Bright Star" without chocolate's like Christmas with no snow.