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
Notes
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Is this meant to rise? Mine just looks the same coming out as it does going on.
This keto mug cake was the best I’ve ever tasted!! It was sooo gooey and delicious. I did add sugar free chocolate chips. YUMMY!!
Can powdered almond ( Crazy Richards powdered almond or pb2) be used for the almond flour?
Hi! We have not tried so really do not know. Be sure to report back if you experiment!
I actually couldn’t believe how close this was, to a sweet chocolate mug cake. And the texture is actually BETTER than the full sugar stuff! Wouldn’t believe for a second this is keto but it was so easy, came together so quickly and it’s soooo good. I used caster erythritol and a pinch of stevia, with barista oat milk. Sooo good. One of the best microwave mug cakes I’ve had. Thank you!
I used this as a base for a mug cake that worked a little better for me, since almond flour is expensive and I don’t want to use too much of it. I used a 1/4 almond flour, a tablespoon cocoa powder, same amounts for baking powder, sweetener, salt, but 2 tablespoons of milk. I microwave it for 1 min and 10 sec and it turns out great. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!
I’m on keto and I wanted to try out something chocolatey. This is perfect. I put a little more almond milk than the recipe called for, but it still turned out. So good! I think I microwaved I in 15 second increments for close to 2 minutes to get the consistency I wanted. Well done!
I’ve been Keto/Low Carb for several years now. Believe it or not, this is my first Mug Cake… I’m hooked. So easy, so fast and so yummy 😋.
Thanks
Hi Katie, I’m not keto but I am looking for healthy recipes for my dad as he is diabetic and also has heart disease. I am learning as I go. My question is, the nutrition facts you posted show sodium of 292mg, is that from just 1/8 tsp of salt? Or do other ingredients contain sodium? My dad’s daily sodium intake should be no more than 2000mg, this is probably fine considering my mom cooks with little or no salt but I am curious about where that number comes from. Thank you!
Getting back on Keto and was ready to try a single serve dessert. I used brown monk fruit sugar and added a few semi sweet chocolate chips. I shared with my 1 year old and 6 year old and they loved it too. Thank you!!
Delicious mug cake recipe!