Best-Ever General Conference Treat (If You Watch from Home)

First things first... A TEMPLE IS COMING TO PHILLY!!! A TEMPLE IS COMING TO PHILLY!!! YAAAAAAAAY!!! President Thomas S. Monson (president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) announced this morning that a site has been chosen for a new temple in Philadelphia. I know all the Latter-day Saints in the Philadelphia Stake and other surrounding stakes have been praying long and hard for this day to come! And now our prayers have been answered! Hooray!!! I imagine there's a lot of (reverent) celebrating going on back in Philly right now. :-) The temple is very special to me and to all members of our church; it is the House of the Lord, where sacred ordinances and very special meetings take place. Tim and I got married in a temple, where we were sealed together as an eternal family in a very small and inspiring ceremony. I just couldn't be happier about this!!!

Okay, so this recipe comes from Laura W (thanks hon!), and I like it because it's super fun, it's super easy, and it's super tasty. Therefore, I am heretofore designating it as the Best-Ever General Conference Treat, because you can whip it up really quickly during a hymn, and then eat it during the next talk. :-) Haha! It takes about 5 minutes to mix, and then another 3 minutes to bake in the microwave. It's also really easy because you can just use the same tablespoon measurer for all the ingredients, so there's hardly any clean-up. Go ahead and give it a whirl!

Chocolate Mug Cake
A moist, spongy mini-cake that you can make in a mug in the microwave.

4 Tbsp flour (plain, not self-rising)
4 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp cocoa
1 egg
3 Tbsp milk
3 Tbsp oil
Small splash of vanilla
3 Tbsp chocolate chips (optional)
Some chopped nuts (optional)

Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well. Pour into a microwave-safe mug and cook on High for 3 minutes. (The cake will rise about an inch above the rim of the mug, but don't worry! It'll resettle.) Allow it to cool, and then tip it onto a plate, or just eat it out of the mug. Best served with milk or whipped cream or ice cream!

I, naturally, have already given it a whirl. Here's the mixed batter, ready for pouring into the mug:

Here's the finished mug cake:
Yum-O!

At first, I was a little disappointed that all the chocolate chips had sunken to the bottom of the mug, but then I decided that it was okay, because they're delicious wherever they are, and then I decided that it's awesome, because you get to find a secret surprise of melty chocolate at the bottom! Yaaaaaay secret melty chocolate surprise!!