A single serving keto mug cake recipe so soft, so rich, so chocolatey… and definitely not meant for sharing!
Low Carb Chocolate Mug Cake
This is possibly one of the most indulgent chocolate mug cakes you will ever try.
A brownie-like chocolate cake in a mug, made without flour, eggs, dairy, or oil.
It will completely solve all of your chocolate cravings… in less than 1 minute!
Ever since I posted my original Vegan Mug Cake Recipe –which is one of the biggest reader favorite recipes from this blog—people have been asking me to come up with a low carb or flourless version.
Over the years, I’ve experimented with coconut flour, peanut flour, and almond meal; and finally I’m happy with the results.
This chocolate healthy mug cake is everything I’d hoped it would be. You won’t miss the flour one bit!
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The Best Keto Cake In A Mug
Honestly, this cake is so rich that it might be more fitting to call it a chocolate mug brownie instead of a cake.
The taste reminded me of the Ultimate Unbaked Brownies, so if you like that recipe, you will probably like this one too – it’s like eating a batch of unbaked brownies with a spoon!
You can choose to use nuts or almond flour for this keto mug cake with no egg, whatever is easier.
I’ve listed the three variations below that I’ve tried (almonds, pecans, and almond flour), but I bet others could work as well.
If anyone tries the recipe with walnuts, cashews, or cashew flour, definitely be sure to report back!
If you need it to be a keto dessert, be sure to use a keto-friendly sweetener such as xylitol or erythritol, and choose a sugar-free variety if including chocolate chips. I’m not on the keto diet, so I just added some regular chocolate chips to the top and let them melt into the warm chocolate cake.
Sometimes I make really good decisions.
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*For a larger cake, be sure to check out this Keto Cake
Keto Mug Cake
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup almonds or pecans, or 6 tbsp almond flour (nut-free version here)
- 1 tbsp + 2 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp granulated erythritol or sugar or sweetener of choice
- pinch stevia, or additional 2 tsp sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp milk of choice, or 2 if using liquid sweetener
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- optional chocolate chips or sugar free chocolate chips
Instructions
- *If using almonds, grind them in a blender or food processor to achieve a flour-like consistency. It will be coarser than if you use almond flour (hence the almond pieces you can see in the photos), but both versions work.Combine all ingredients in a greased ramekin or small mug. Either bake in a preheated 350F oven for about 10 minutes, or cook in the microwave. If microwaving, time will vary depending on wattage and desired gooeyness. I started with 30 seconds, then added two 15-second intervals after that. The cake will look a bit gooey when it comes out, and it firms up as it cools. But there’s no need to wait for it to firm up too much – this cake is meant to be eaten straight from the mug!View Nutrition Facts
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This really sounds too good to be true! Trying it tonight for sure!
xo,
Em
This chocolate mud cake is amazing! I need this in my life!
Paige
Macros?
This came out so great! My blender didn’t end up pulverizing the almonds too much but it gave the cake a great crunch! Since my microwave is one of those tiny dorm 700 watt ones, I had to put it in for another 20ish seconds. I let it cool for a few minutes and it was so yummy and fudgey! Thanks Katie!
I really wanna try this with walnuts now!
Making this tonight. I love the simple recipe and the fact that the recipe makes a small treat. Thank you.
Thank you for providing another keto recipe! I’m definitely not keto, but I love it when vegans branch out and try cooking with more higher-fat ingredients! This mug cake looks fabulous, and I wish I had almond flour on hand to create this!
Have you ever made anything with miracle noodles?
Miracle Noodles are amazing! I make stir fry, spaghetti and pad thai with them. I never feel like I’m missing out. Ketoconnect has some great recipes
This was SO good. I admittedly ate a good portion of it before I cooked it… Relish!
What kind of milk did you personally use for this recipe? Almond milk? Regular milk?
I’m trying to figure out the macros. Thanks!
Katie usually bakes with unsweetened cashew-almond milk
This definitely hit the spot. I made it a little too sweet as I had sugar free carb free vanilla syrup that I added as well as the sweetener but it was soooo good. Bit of light whip cream in top and I ate it straight away. It was gooey to start and as it cooled it was more cakey. I liked it both ways. Thank-you for the lovely simple recipe
Thank you so much for trying it!
My microwave tends to overheat, and I didn’t have time for the oven, so I tried making this on a lower temperature setting. I couldn’t tell when it was ‘done’ so I used my best judgement. After putting a TBSP of chocolate chips on top I let it cool. It didn’t get to the consistency of cake, which was my fault because of the microwave, but instead I whipped the chocolate chips into the batter and ended up with the most heavenly chocolate treat that resembled a cooked brownie batter. Next time I’m doing this again, but I’m adding non dairy vanilla ice cream. Thank you so much for this recipe!
Not on a keto diet but am on a regular chocolate consumption diet. This recipe would fit in nicely with that.
LOLOL .. me too!
Excellent! Just did this. A perfect SOS recipe for uncontrollable chocolate cake craving.
Thank you again Katie.