I’m in Valentine’s Day mode.
Fresh berries, red wine, an exorbitant amount of dark chocolate…
Really, I guess that’s my everyday mode. 🙂
But honestly what’s the point of waiting until February 14th? This quick chocolate lava cake is easy to make, secretly good for you, and deliciously rich.
To make it even more delicious, top it with my homemade Healthy Chocolate Sauce.
Upon breaking into the cake, you will find a gorgeous pink berry filling that pours out like molten lava.
It’s much too good to save for once a year.
Chocolate Lava Cake In A Mug
Adapted from the reader favorite “One Minute” Chocolate Mug Cake
- 3 tbsp spelt, all-purpose, or Bob’s gf flour
- 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp dutch or unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp sugar of choice or xylitol
- pinch stevia or 1 extra tbsp sugar of choice
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp milk of choice
- 2 1/2 tsp vegetable or coconut oil (Although I don’t personally like the cake when applesauce is subbed for the oil, many commenters do think it tastes good this way. Sub at your own risk.)
- 2 tbsp mashed raspberries or raspberry jam (If using the raspberries, feel free to mix in a little of your favorite sweetener.)
- small handful mini chocolate chips, optional
If using the oven, preheat to 350F. Grease a small dish or 1-cup ramekin. In a separate small bowl, combine first 6 ingredients and stir very well. Add the oil, vanilla, and milk and stir to form a batter. Spoon half the batter into the greased dish, spoon the raspberries and optional chocolate chips on top (only in the middle of the batter), then top off with remaining chocolate batter. Either microwave 30-40 seconds or bake 13-14 minutes. If you don’t want to eat it straight out of the dish, be sure to wait for it to cool before trying to remove the cake.
View Lava Cake Nutrition Facts
If desired, top with any of my 30+ Healthy Frosting Recipes.
Oh my! This looks so delicious it’s hard to believe it’s healthy! I love it!
I just whipped this up….Girl! This is AMAZING!!! I didn’t have raspberries so I subbed with Strawberry jam and dark chocolate chips…MERCY! So Good! Like I needed another easy, decadent chocolate recipe to whip at a moments notice for my ever so prevalent chocolate cravings. Thanks….thanks a lot!
I just whipped this up….Girl! This is AMAZING!!! I didn’t have raspberries so I subbed with Strawberry jam and dark chocolate chips…MERCY! So Good! Like I needed another easy, decadent chocolate recipe to whip at a moments notice for my ever so prevalent chocolate cravings. Thanks….thanks a lot!
There are so many interesting recipes it’s hard to choose which to make next! I love the vast majority of your recipes but I would love it if readers could rate recipes to help give feedback to those selecting a recipe to make!
Made this in a mug last night and LOVED every bite! I used WW pastry flour, just .5tsp sweetener (coconut sugar), .75tbsp cocoa+1.5tsp raw cacao powder, and 2.5tsp unsw organic applesauce in place of the oil (I kept the milk amt. the same though). For the filling I mashed a few raspberries, dropped that in, and also chopped up and dropped in a square of Endangered Species espresso bean dark chocolate. Yuuum espresso raspberry mug cake. It took exactly 1 minute in my microwave and came out onto a place perfectly! I’m so excited to try other variations, especially a dollop of nut butter inside. Thanks!
Yuuum! I just used up the last of my berries to make homemade chia berry jam…I wish I would have set some aside because I would have made this too! ;-0
This recipe brought me back to the Chocolate Mug Cake, which I just made. (An all time favourite, just like the deep dish cookie pie.)
I enjoyed every bite.
I couldn’t have imagined a chocolate cake so easy and yummy.
It was a delicious breakfast on a Sunday morning.
You made my day. Katie, you’re a genius.
Thank you for being you.
Anyone have an idea how I would successfully use maple syrup as the sweetener in this recipe? Looks delicious.
I’ve used 1 tbsp and 1 tsp of maple syrup when making this recipe.
Could I use oat flour?
This looks amazing! How long will it keep and how should I store it?
Loved this! My better half needed something sweet tonight so I made this. A little early for V-day but that is okay.
What I would like to do is mix up the dry ingredients in a jar and then just have to add the wet and cook. I am going to try to figure this out, I just hope it works.
Truly loved this recipe.
Thanks.
Wow, looks delicious. Thanks for the recipe! (and the inspiration)
Oooh I love any excuse to make something chocolate… and I love that it’s single serving. I don’t like sharing chocolate.
Very delicious but FYI that the microwaving does NOT work out how you’d expect 😛 Still delicious (obviously) but it doesn’t look right.
Will definitely try again. Perfect for a birthday cake for two 🙂
Wait, where’s the red wine? And how is this secretly healthy?
Will it be good-enough-for-guests if served at room temperature several hours after baking?
Thanks!