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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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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Amazing!!!! Will make this on a daily basis. No need to modify anything!!
This is such a quick,easy snack, and easy on both carbs and calories! Today, I decided to play with it a bit.,subbed peanut butter powder for the cocoa, and stirred in some Lakanto chocolate chips. Not sure which way I like it better! Lol
So yummy! This is the best mug cake I’ve made. Thanks for this great and easy recipe! I’m going to make a few batches in advance and just add the liquid ingredients when I’m ready to eat it.
Thank you for trying it! 🙂
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I do not leave reviews! But for this chile!!!
If you’re reading this comment it’s not too late to just do it
Get into it ok !
This recipe is so good!! I’m a chocoholic, and I definitely got my fix in just a minute!
I tried this with pecan flour and it was so good and rich! I felt like I was cheating on my keto diet! Thank you so much! It definitely took care of my chocolate craving lol .
Thank you so much for making it 🙂
My mug cake with almond flour did not turn out!! Tried it twice!! What am I doing wrong??
Hi Marsha, what didn’t turn out about it? And what specific ingredients did you use?
This keto mug cake was fabulous! We put halo top on the top and it tasted like a restaurant dessert 🙂
I love, love, love chocolate cake! It’s my biggest weakness – tried this Keto version of the mug cake & thoroughly enjoyed it. My husband did too. Thank you so much for creating & sharing a recipe that can keep me eating cake & not adding to my waistline!! 🙂
This is better than normie mug cakes, and I’ve tried so many recipes over the years. Can’t believe it doesn’t call for eggs or butter. (I do use half & half and very good cocoa.) The first try I used almond flour as-is out of the bag, and while the texture was a bit grainy, that was all almonds, which for me made it richer. Tonight I wanted to see what would happen with sifted almond flour (this stuff is brand new on me). Changing nothing else – WOW. Really intense, soft, perfect. Thank you! This keeper is going to get me through keto and many snack attacks.
This makes us so happy 🙂
Made this keto mug cake for the first time and it taste really good! Thanks for this recipe