Chocolate Cake Optimizing →[More:]Mrs. Plinth and I tried this cake recipe (there was something similar on mefi) and it was OK. We're in the process of optimizing it. We added a pinch of salt, a tsp of vanilla and some chocolate chips and butter as the oil. This made it much better, but the chocolate chips need to go into the middle. We tried greasing the cup and dusting it with a mix of cocoa and sugar, but that didn't do much. I might also try subbing cream for the milk and subbing some strong coffee for some of the cream/milk.