# Chocolate Cake microwave to oven conversion? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake-microwave-to-oven-conversion/643240 "2012-12-06T21:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake-microwave-to-oven-conversion/643240/1 "2012-12-06T21:49:59Z")
Tomorrow I’m doing a St Nicolas celebration with friends. We celebrate with this game, and everyone brings three presents: one nasty, one nice and one from your own home. For my “from my own home”-present I want to do a jar (yup, I have a jar) filled with Emergency Chocolate Cake Mix (yup, I have the ingredients). I also have this tiny silicone cake tin, like a 1 person size. The recipe I used to use for Emergency Chocolate Cake was the following: 4 tablespoons self raising flour 4 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons cocoa 1 egg 3 tablespoons milk 3 tablespoons oil 3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) A small splash of vanilla essence Stir them all together and pop in the microwave on high for about 3 mins (depending on how much you make). It’s certainly not the best cake ever, but good for a Chocolate Emergency. I used to have a jar of pre-mixed dry ingredients, and I can tell you emergencies occurred with some frequency. 😉 Now I’m making the mix, but I no longer have a microwave, and I also want to write the instructions for someone who might not have a microwave (giving both options). I tried the recipe in the oven on 175C (350F) for about 25 mins, and it still wasn’t done. :mad: Any suggestions? How long might it take? To me, 175C is normal cake temperature, and 25 mins gets a normal cake done, let alone a teeny-tiny cake. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake-microwave-to-oven-conversion/643240/2 "2012-12-07T00:09:21Z")
I’ve never had a normal cake cook in 25 minutes at 350F. More like 35-40.