Chaque mois, le magazine I Love English propose aux 12-15 ans la recette d’une spécialité britannique ou américaine, comme ce “chocolate mug cake”. Idéal pour un goûter chocolaté, il est ultrarapide à préparer en rentrant de l’école. Yummy!
Chocolate Mug Cake
This moist* and delicious mug* cake is easy to make. It’s the perfect snack* when you come* home from school.
Ingredients (for one large mug*)
• 40g of dark* chocolate
• 25g of butter*
• 20g of flour*
• 15g of sugar
• 1 sachet (7.5g) of vanilla* sugar
• 1 egg
Method*
1• Break* the chocolate into pieces and put them in the mug. Chop* the butter and put it in the mug.
2• Heat* in the microwave* for 40 to 50 seconds.
3• Take* the mug out of the microwave. Stir* the butter and chocolate mixture* with a fork.
4• Stir the sugar, then the egg, into the mixture. Add* the flour. Mix* well, with the fork.
5• Heat in the microwave for another* 40 to 50 seconds (until* the mixture starts* to rise).
6• Take the mug out of the microwave and let* it cool for a few* minutes. Then, enjoy your delicious mug* cake!
7• You can also make a white chocolate version. Use white chocolate instead* of dark chocolate and don’t add any vanilla sugar.
****** Vocabulaire anglais ******
add: ajouter
another: encore
break into pieces: casser en morceaux
butter: beurre
chop: couper en petits morceaux
come home: rentrer à la maison
dark chocolate: chocolat noir
few: quelques
flour: farine
heat: faire chauffer
instead of: au lieu de
let it cool: laisser refroidir
method: préparation
microwave: micro-ondes
mix well: bien mélanger
mixture: préparation
moist: moelleux
mug: chope, grande tasse
mug cake: gâteau dans une tasse
snack: goûter
starts to rise: commencer à lever, à gonfler
stir: remuer
take out of: sortir de
until: jusqu’à
vanilla sugar: sucre vanillé
