Ovenless Coale Cake

My family’s oven last worked in the early 2010s.
However, that never stopped us from cooking. After all, what’s a good kitchen without a microwave and a stove? Which is why we make Tim Tam cake as an our ovenless holiday desert.
A crucial part of this recipe comes from Australia, after my mom won a case for a client in Australia, they’ve repaid her every year by sending us a box full of Tim Tams. And so, with the limited options in front of us we make the cake.
I don’t remember when we started making the Tim Tam cake, but I do know what it means to me to have a symbol of my family dealing with a problem and solving it. It serves as a perfect summary of my family and an ideal treat. A lot can go wrong with this recipe, but that’s the fun part of it, no two times have I made it, and it really came out the exact same, from the first time I made it and it came out perfectly to the second time I made it and it came out as a jar of burnt goo.
You can make a lot of substitutions to the recipe for example instead of Tim Tams you can substuitute in Oreos. I’ve subbed everything under the sun in for cocoa powder. This recipe is what works for my family, but a big part of it is finding what works for you and your family.

Recipe

• Four Tim Tams
• ¼  cup milk
• One tablespoon flour
• One tablespoon sugar
• ½ tablespoon of baking powder 
• ½ tablespoon of cocoa powder

Instructions 

• Put three Tim Tams in a large bowl, pour in the milk, and crush up the Tim Tams using a spoon or fork, after that put in the flour, sugar, baking powder, and cocoa powder
• In that order, microwave for 1 minute or 1:30 and you should get a baked, mushy, warm result. And even if you mess up you should get a hot glass of chocolate milk