More of my vampire cats...

Ok, so I couldn't resist putting up more pictures of my anti-daylight-loving Snuffleupa-cats.  

These are pics of them when they were still young (ok, they're not that old - they're only 2) and a little leaner than they are today (not my doing - I've only had them 6 weeks).   

This is Oscar and Foster...

...and this is the 3 of them together (from left to right): Oscar, Foster and Mercedes.

Just thought I'd share these just in case I never get to see anything but their butts running away from me and the camera...

...but the people on Seseme Street did get to see Snuffleupagus eventually, didn't they?

Enticing, but...

5 minute chocolate cake?  What evil person invented that?

Microwave salespersons, that's who.  You can Google the recipe for it pretty easily (I got mine emailed to me).  

I thought I'd give it a shot since I had nothing else better to do with my time one morning.  While the cake did rise above the rim of the cup (a good 2 inches or so), it did collapse down to what you see below.  I tipped it out onto a plate (very easy, no sticking) and tried a piece.  

Yeah, the recipe is a little over-hyped.  Maybe I'm a snobby cake connoisseur, but it was a little too rubbery for my liking.  Not that I didn't expect the texture to be a little off, but I was expecting so much more from the email that had "The most dangerous recipe in the world" emblazoned in the body of the text (I think I took that out when I forwarded it).  It's only dangerous if you're super desperate for a chocolate fix, and are locked in your home with no viable alternative than to make this in your microwave.  Blah.

So much for shortcuts on making cake - I like the old skool version that's oven baked.  But I'd encourage anyone to try this at least once, just to see if it's yummy for someone else's tummy.