Chocolate Mug Cake: A Low Carb Treat Ready in 60 Seconds
In short
A chocolate fix in about a minute. Mix a tablespoon of coconut flour, a tablespoon of cocoa, half a teaspoon of baking powder and 2 tablespoons of sweetener in a mug, stir in a tablespoon of melted butter and an egg, add vanilla and a few sugar-free chocolate chips if you like, then microwave it for 60 seconds.
Key points
- Six main ingredients: an egg, ½ teaspoon baking powder, 1 tablespoon coconut flour, 2 tablespoons sweetener, 1 tablespoon cocoa and 1 tablespoon butter.
- Optional extras: a dollop of vanilla essence and a few keto or sugar-free chocolate chips.
- My sweetener: I use Lakanto monk fruit sweetener.
- Melt the butter first. You don’t have to, but melted butter makes it much easier to stir through.
- Dry ingredients first. Give the coconut flour, cocoa, baking powder and sweetener a quick mix in the mug before the butter and egg go in.
- 60 seconds in the microwave. It comes out a lot like a chocolate sponge pudding.
- How I serve it: tipped into a bowl with some fresh cream or keto ice cream.
Not a mud cake, a mug cake. In this video I make a chocolatey, keto-friendly cake right in a mug, and it cooks in the microwave in 60 seconds.
It’s one of those treats that helps you cut back on the carbs but still maintain the will to live. A handful of pantry ingredients, one mug, one minute, and you’ve got something that eats like a chocolate sponge pudding.
Method in brief
- Melt a tablespoon of butter in the microwave.
- In a mug, mix a tablespoon of coconut flour, a tablespoon of cocoa powder, half a teaspoon of baking powder and 2 tablespoons of low carb sweetener (I use Lakanto monk fruit).
- Add the melted butter and an egg, and give it a good stir.
- Add a little vanilla essence and a few sugar-free chocolate chips if you’re using them, and stir again.
- Microwave it for 60 seconds.
- Tip it into a bowl and serve it with fresh cream or keto ice cream.
Why I make it
When the chocolate craving hits, this is about as quick as a homemade dessert gets, and there’s no sugar in it. Even if you don’t care about low carb, it’s a cracking chocolatey treat ready in a minute.
Want more sweet stuff? Watch me make my sugar-free brownies, my sugar free chocolate mousse or my low carb ice cream, which goes nicely on top of this. If you’re after something savoury, try my low carb pizza or low carb fries.
New to all this? Grab the free Carb Guide, or watch my story and how I lost 23kg in four months.
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Not medical advice. I'm not a doctor, dietitian or nutritionist, just a bloke telling the story of what worked for me. Check with your doctor before changing your diet or medication.
