No-Guilt MICROWAVE! Chocolate Cake

That's right....chocolate cake in the microwave. When I first saw this recipe, I laughed and thought, "There's NO WAY that can taste good." But, now I'm a believer.

As I stated at the bottom of my last post, I started Weight Watchers. Yes, I'm trying to lose weight, but my main goal is to be healthier all around and feel better about myself. Of course, a few days into this lifestyle change, it hit....that "I NEED CHOCOLATE NOW!!" feeling gnawed at me and wouldn't go away. First, I tried a weight watchers recipe for brownie, but they were disgusting and just didn't do anything for me. Then, I remembered the microwave cake from a HEALTHY DESSERTS blog. Okay, when I think healthy desserts, all I can think of is fruit. What do you think of? Cake? Fudge? Cookies? No? Well, think again.

Recipe derived from Chocolate Covered Katie-Healthy Desserts Blog

She also has "special diet" recipes! Gluten-free, vegan, sugar-free, etc. Check it out!

It looks really small in this picture (must be the angle?), but it's actually about 4 inches in diameter, 1/2 inch thick? Just guesstimating!  :-)

This is how I made what is shown in the picture above. Katie says this is a single-serve cake, but it's too much for me. So, I divided it into three. She also gives lots of other options for substituting ingredients.

No-Guilt Microwave Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
1 Tbsp PLUS 2 tsp cocoa powder

3 Tbsp all-purpose flour

1/8 tsp salt

2 Tbsp sugar

1/4 tsp baking powder

3 tsp unsweetened applesauce

3 Tbsp skim milk

1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

**optional** Cool Whip, "Free" (fat free, only 1g sugar per serving)

**optional** Strawberries for garnish

Directions
(1) Mix all DRY ingredients in a regular size soup/cereal bowl. MIX WELL!!!

(2) Add liquid ingredients and mix.

(3) Divide mixture evenly between three ramekins or small soup cups.

(4) Microwave for 30-50 seconds, depending on microwave wattage. (I do mine for 50 seconds and still have a small runny spot in the middle of the cake, but that's fine with me!)

(5) Top each cake with a dollop of cool whip (2 Tbsp is a serving) and sliced strawberries, if desired.

****Points Plus Value: 2****

****Any variations to this recipe could change the points value!!****

A dessert worth ONLY 2 points and involving chocolate is monumental to me. I'm SUPER picky and this is more than good enough to satisfy that chocolate craving! Next time, I'll leave out the strawberry though, because I'm weird about mixing fruit and chocolate....unless it's Hershey's chocolate covered strawberries!!!

Next dessert attempt? Frozen gobs! Stay tuned.....