Microwave Chocolate Banana Cake and Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients

CAKE

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (gluten-free for allergies, such as rice flour or a mixture of soy and rice, corn etc)
• 1/2-1 cup sugar or maple syrup or golden syrup (or to taste)
• 1 ripe banana
• 3-5 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup cold water or cold brewed coffee or orange juice or milk (rice or soy milk for allergies)
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring or almond flavoring or peppermint extract
• 2 teaspoons chocolate flavoring

SAUCE

• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• sugar or syrup
• 1 dash salt
• 1 cup milk or rice milk or vanilla-flavored soymilk
• allspice
• cornstarch, to thicken

Directions

1. 1

   CAKE: Sift dry ingredients into a bowl (if using thick flour such as soy, it can work better if you sift twice) In another bowl mash banana and mix with liquid ingredients.

2. 2

   Combine and stir both together till well blended.

3. 3

   Pour into a lightly oiled microwave cake dish (I use a ring dish).

4. 4

   Cook high heat (use turntable) 6 to 8 minutes or until cake tests done.

5. 5

   SAUCE: In a bowl, mix a small amount of milk with cornstarch to create a paste.

6. 6

   In a saucepan, combine cocoa, sugar/syrup and salt.

7. 7

   Gradually add milk and cornstarch mix until smooth.

8. 8

   Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture boils.

9. 9

   Reduce heat to medium-high and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly until desired consistency.

10. 10

    Stir in vanilla etc.

11. 11

    If mixture needs to thicken, take some out of saucepan and mix with cornstarch.

12. 12

    For Vegan do not use milk [dairy].