If you're a college kid on the go, a bachelor with no oven skills, or a kid who isn't allowed to use the oven unsupervised, have no fear! A plethora of options exist for the wanna-be microwave chef.

Even cake?! Yes! You can make single serving sized cakes in the microwave, and here's how.

Spray your cup with cooking spray, just enough to coat the cup. In a bowl, mix together all your ingredients and stir well. Now pour this batter into your cup.

Put the cup in the microwave and cook it on full power for 60 seconds. Depending on the power of your microwave, and your altitude (go figure) you may have to cook the cake longer. Only cook in additional 15 second intervals, because an overcooked cake is no good, and it's even worse because you're microwaving it. Trust me, you think an overcooked cake out of the oven is dry and yucky, try having a solid wedge of dry microwave cake sometime. No fun.

Once your cake is finished, it should be nice and fluffy. Now to serve it. Take a plate and a butter knife, and gently turn your cup over, letting the cake slide out of the cup. Guide it with soft presses of the butter knife, and once it's out, set the cup aside to be washed.

You can add fresh fruit, ice cream, or even chocolate sauce to a bowl to make this a sweet treat that is truly easy enough for anyone to make. For a real classy microwave cake, cut the cake in half height-wise, so that you have to mini-cakes. Spread chocolate sauce over the bottom half, then put on a layer of sliced strawberries. Spread a bit more chocolate sauce over the base of the top half, then put the top half back on. Drizzle chocolate sauce over the top and sides, sprinkle a little confectioner's sugar over the cake and voila, chocolate strawberry cake in less than five minutes!

• A microwave safe cup, 12 ounces or around that.
• Cooking spray

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 ½ tablespoons sugar
• ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
• A pinch of salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 teaspoon oil