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.
