Aug
09
Dark Chocolate Cake in a Mug
By popular demand, here’s the dark chocolate cake-in-a-mug I posted on Twitter last night. It has just 3 net carbs per mug!
There must be something particularly compelling to me about 1-minute “baked” goods that come out of the microwave, because here we are with a follow-up to the tremendously unpopular “weird flax muffin in a mug” recipe of 2 months ago.
Credit goes to Carolyn of AllDayIDreamOfFood.com, as this chocolate hazelnut mug cake comes from her blog. All I did was translate her use of whole hazelnuts into hazelnut meal, and replace the sugar alcohol she likes to use with the sucralose and stevia I prefer.
I’m betting you could turn this into a serious treat with the addition of whipped cream. Me, I just devoured it straightaway…
Dark Chocolate Mug Cake
Print recipe
| Serving Size 1 mug (half of the recipe) | |||
| Per Serving | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 393 kcal | ||
| Protein | 9g | ||
| Total Carbohydrate | 11g | ||
| Total Fat | 38g | ||
| Fibre | 8g | ||
| Sodium | 120mg | ||
Need cake NOW? Also need it to be very low carb? This gooey dark chocolate cake-in-a-mug takes 1 minute in the microwave and just a few ingredients. Just 3 net carbs per mug!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup hazelnut meal (about 2.8 oz)
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup coconut milk (canned)
- 1 tablespoon sugar-free syrup (any flavor)
- 2 packets sweetener (stevia or splenda)
- 2 tablespoons butter (or ghee)
Directions
| Step 1 | |
| Place butter in the mug and melt in the microwave (about 10 seconds). Swirl to coat sides and set aside. | |
| Step 2 | |
| Combine all other ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Pour half of the mixture into the mug. (The other half can be saved for later or poured into a second mug, prepared as in step 1.) | |
| Step 3 | |
| Microwave mixture on high for 1 minute. Remove and eat right away or when cooled to desired temperature. | |
