Baking is always an excellent skill to have, and using this expert-approved soaking technique can ensure you have perfectly moist cake every time.

For a basic chocolate mug cake recipe, all you'll need are these staples: 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 3 to 4 tablespoons sugar (depending on how sweet you want your cake to be) ...

3. Place the cocoa in a large bowl and slowly add the hot water while stirring until smooth. Stir in the cold water, oil and vanilla until blended.

Her book “A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook” was first published in 1995, and a new edition came out in November that includes this recipe for holiday gingerbread cake with molasses whipped cream.

However, the chocolate cake was too dense and the crumb cake too dry — that’s what I get for taking random recipes off the internet, I guess.