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.
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!
How did I live without this site? As a single-nester I usually just do without rather than make a whole pie or cake. This is very helpful. Thanks so much.
Made this last night and it was GREAT! I used frozen raspberries which still worked out well. I also used chocolate raspberry stevia which was also delicious. It was a rich chocolate but not overly sweet which I like. Would make it again. The single serving idea works all well too.