I enjoyed this cake and it was fun to make it in the microwave. I added 1/2 cup sugar and a total of 1/2 t baking soda as suggested. I placed pecan pieces and chocolate chips on top of the cake before I placed it in the microwave and when I brought it out they were on the bottom and a nice touch.

Awesome cake!I've never made microwave cake before so I was surprised that it came out exactly like a baked cake! It tastes best straight out of the microwave. If you leave it for too long it goes hard. I added 1/2 cup of sugar.

I followed the other suggestions and added the extra ingredients and only had to cook 1 1/2 minutes, it came out perfect. I added some chocolate chips too and cooked it in a coffee cup.

sooo easy and tastes good too. i adjusted it alittle due to others reviews. 1/2 cup sugar, 3 tbs. cocoa, 1/4 cup cho. chips, and cooked it 3 1/2 min. let it sit for about 10 min. put whipped cream on it and it was delicious. no need to let it sit, but i just liked it a little drier. thank you laura for a great recipe!

I give it 5 stars, as adjusted. Per other reviewers, I added extra sugar, about 1/3 cup more than called for. I also think it is good to play with time / container size/shape. With that said, it gave me the exact chocolate fix I wanted from the ingredients I had on hand.

I think this recipe works better if you use 1/2 - 3/4 C. sugar, 2 TBSP. cocoa powder & melt 2 oz. of milk chocolate (or whatever you prefer) with your butter and cream it together, then add sugar and other ingredients. I used strong coffee in place of the milk to enhance the chocolate flavor. Spilt the batter into two heavy microwave safe cereal bowls and let them go for about 2 min. 15 seconds. In order for them to be really flavorful, I let them sit and continue to carryover cook, I removed the cakes and glazed them with a simple chocolate butter glaze. I then covered them in foil and let them sit for about 8 hours. They came out tender & chewy, more like a brownie than a cake. Just don't use too much cocoa powder or you will have one dry, bitter cake. These would be great for slumber parties, simply because they are easy to make and fun to decorate- they have potential to be really cute, and yummy.

This probably isn't the best tasting cake I've made, but it's so quick and easy I had to give it 5 stars. If you make up a simple icing to go with it it's great for a fast dessert.

this was pretty good. I added 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 tsp baking soda. I think i might have put it in the microwave for 30 secs too long and so it became dry. I did add pecans. It was yummy for microwaved cake.

I added sugar and cocoa powder as suggested and this still came out tasting flour-y. The consistency was good, though. With nutella and a glass of milk, I enjoyed it, but I couldn't handle it plain.

Wow. Great cake. Fast, easy, and delicious. I took others' advice and used 1/2 cup sugar, 3 tbsp cocoa and 1 tsp baking powder. I also used margarine instead of butter and rice milk instead of cow milk. It's almost a different recipe. Hehe. I baked it 3 1/2 minutes in my microwave and it came out perfect.

For flavor and convenience, this totally gets five stars! Don't expect a texture like a baked cake, it's not the same. This is denser. My daughter and I loved this cake. I ended up not cooking it quite long enough, so there was still a bit of gooey batter on the bottom of the bowl when I inverted the cake. Being the "food safety expert" that I am, I just spread the batter on top of the cake like frosting. It tasted great, but next time I'll make sure it's cooked all the way! :)

This is great for a quick chocolate cake fix. I nuked butter + sugar for 30 sec to soften, then tossed the rest of the ingredients into the bowl, making the recommended changes: 1/2 cup of sugar, generous tsp of vanilla, 4 Tbsp of cocoa powder, and 1/2 tsp of baking powder. There's no need to combine the dry ingredients in a separate bowl -- one fewer bowl to wash. It tasted exactly like it was baked in the oven, minus the crispy top/sides. It was very chocolaty, moist, and evenly done in my cheap microwave. Highly recommend!

this was the most disgusting cake ever! i followed the other reviews and added more sugar and cocoa, and it was way too sweet! maybe if you try the normal recipe it will be ok...but dont add extra sugar!

This cake is wonderful for a late night snake. It is not very sweet, so I simply added 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 TLBS. of cocoa. After doing so, this is a cake I will make time and time again. Thanks!

Excellent quick chocolate cake. I had a craving for chocolate cake but did not want to go through the mess of making one nor did I want a lot of leftover cake. I made this cake in my Pampered Chef mixing bowl, cooked it in the bowl, and my husband and I ate it out of the bowl. One bowl no mess & a yummy cake. I did take the suggestions into consideration and used 1/2 Cup of Sugar and 3T of cocoa. Very good ~ I will make this again :)

omggg,,im among the preggos that were crazing cake,but way to lazy,and this was EXACTLY what i wanted! im sitting here eating,in choc-o-holic heaven! i did take the advice of some of the other,and used 1/2 cup sugar and an extra TB of coacoa,i also added a palmful of chocolate chips and topped it with powdered sugar,,,DELISH!

I doubled the ingredients, except for the sugar which I replaced by 1.5 cup of Splenda + 3/4 cup of dry powder milk. It did not rise much, but it did taste quite chocolatey. I will try more Splenda next time since it wasn't sweet enough for me. Maybe it's because I change some of the igredients, but I would not call this cake delicious as other reviewers have. It's OK if you're desperate for chocolate cake but don't want to spend much time on baking.