Have you Baked a Cake in the Microwave?

two and a half minutes to cook, and five minutes to cool!

And thus we now know that having no time cannot possibly be an excuse. Don't worry folks I'll make one and tell you all how it went and if it's edible. If I'm in a good mood and my camera hasn't run out of juice I might even make a picture of it while it cools.

I make a cake in the microwave using my Tupperware Heat N' Serve. Chocolate Cake- 1 box choc cake mix 1 can Coke Mix both together and put in the Heat N Serve for 8 minutes on high. Very very good! Lemon Cake- 1 box Lemon cake mix 1 can Sprite Mix both and put in Heat n Serve for 8 minutes on High.

Whoa! That's so cool too. What I'd like to ask though is why you use soda in your recipes? It sounds like a great idea. Is it to make the mix rise or is there another reason? You see I usually don't have soda in the house so I'd have to get some in for the purpose of baking with it.

I have tried both and I believe that it is better to not have the lid on while cooking. Also, round...I can not say that enough-round pans only. Otherwise, the cake is too done here, and not enough there.

Ah I found somebody who "knows" about this stuff! Okay I've got the microwave dishes, thats not a problem. What I wonder is if I need to put the lid on them or not for the cake?

Ah now that's good to know. I do have a round microwave dish with a lid. I have two silicon plain cake pans but I'll keep those for the plain oven I guess. I'll be sure to try that chocolate recipe too. Thanks to you both for your help here.

That sounds good! I'll be sure to give that a go and let you know how I got on. I can see it now....big me buried under a heap of mini cakes... now that would be heaven!

Indeed yet another reason why we should try it. After all our cravings for cake will not magically disappear just because it's hot outside.

As they say looks aint everything! And in this case certainly not the most important. I totally agree that practice makes perfect. That's true of just about everything isn't it?

Here is the recipe I used for the cheese cupcakes: MICROWAVE INDIVIDUAL CHEESE CAKES FILLING: 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese 1/4 c. sugar 1 egg 1/2 tsp. vanilla flavoring Soften cream cheese on Medium for about 1 1/2 minutes. Mix in other ingredients and beat well until smooth. Place vanilla wafer or cookie in paper cup in microwave muffin pan. Spoon cheese filling on top and microwave on High 1 1/2 to 2 minutes until filling is set. This will make 6 cakes. When cool, spoon pie filling or piece of fruit such as kiwi, cherry, etc., on top. I add crumbled Nilla wafers to the top to finish mine off or crumbled oreos.

Thanks so much for that! I really like the ideas for toppings you have. I'll be sure to try them all out.

WTF!??????!!!! CHEESECAKE?!!!!! You've got to be pulling my leg! Seriously though, I hadn't even considered that option at all. Wow I'll make sure to have a look into how that works too. You see I have a small house with an even smaller kitchen. I'm talking dolls house here folks. That means I have my 4 ring gas cooker on top of the dryer. In turn I have a little convection oven, I mean like a small chicken is about the most it will take... As it sits on top of microwave it doesn't really matter to me if I put a cake into one or the other besides the time factor I guess. Thanks so much for telling us all about the possibility of cheesecake!

Cookies?! My jaw had already dropped when I read that cheesecake was a possibility. At the rate this is going I am either going to be really really fat or have a lot of people at work who are going to absolutely love me because of all the goodies! What a wonderful idea thanks!

Yes I would encourage that. There seems to be a bit of dissention in general if you could use just any mix or if you have to have one that actually says you can. Earlier somebody pointed out that all you really need to do is just bake it for a quarter of the time while others seem to think that there has to be something in the mix itself to make your baking a success.

How true. That's pretty much what I've been using mine for. But I have to say that now I'm getting kind of excited at the prospect of yummy things coming out of it too!

Well thank you very much for that tip SLcharger. It's a good thing to know. Doesn't matter if you use a box or make it from scratch. Just make sure you only set the timer for a quarter of the "regular" time and voila instant cake. Very good tip indeed!

Flapjacks? Ooooh that does sound good. And yet of all the things I personally would expect to turn out rubbery would be just that. If you do try them please let us know about your experience!

That's good news. That gives me courage to start on my experiment. And well yes chocolate will also be on the menu. I'll have to start thinking of an exercise strategy if it all turns out as good as I think it will. I mean heck so fast and good tasting will mean that I'll be tempted to make many more cakes/brownies!

Indeed the smell is great. But just think of the possibilites it would have if it works out like our friends previously have reported. Unexpected company...fresh cake hey presto! Got some urgent cake cravings and can't wait to get your hands on it? Poof in less time than it takes to say "whatsasillypersonfrommylotbakingamicrowavecakefer" you'll be getting a piece into your mouth. Come to think of it I think having to smell that cake waft for so long before you can actually munch down is really quite mean! he he he

Now that's the kind of thing I wanted to hear. You see I've always done it conventionally. Some cakemix brands, that are sold here, have a little logo on it saying you can do it in the microwave. And that made me wonder about it. Although I have to admit that I haven't seen it on brownie mixes.

I'm pretty sure that you won't get the nice brown crusty like edge. If that's what you like about a cake then don't go for the microwave version. For other cake variations that do not require that then I'm fairly certain it can be done with good results. And of course I'll share my tasty experiment results - be they good or bad - with all of you when I've done it.

Awww that's too bad that it turned out so bad. My microwave is only a few years old and hardly been used except for an occasional popping of corn or heating ravioli from a can so I think I'll be okay with that. Mind you it's a plain one. No special effects like browning or crispers on it.

At school we had home-ed and cooking was part of it. I do recall that there was a microwave but not what we made in it. But it has been a long time ago and I'm pretty sure that if it was a really good cake I would have remembered it. Indeed I don't think you would like them from a microwave. Thanks for your input though!