Easy White Chocolate Lava Mug Cake in a Microwave

Name: Easy White Chocolate Lava Mug Cake in a Microwave
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 3 Tbsp Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, about 21g; 1 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, 5g; Stevia Sweetener, 2 Tbsp sugar worth (Use your brand’s Conversion Chart); ¼ tsp Baking Powder; 1½ Tbsp Almond Milk, Unsweetened; 1 Egg; 1 Tbsp Cashew Butter; ½ tsp Melted Coconut Oil; ½ Tbsp White Chocolate Chips, or Chopped White Chocolate

by Haylee Jane Monteiro

1 mug cake

3 min

A quick and easy White Chocolate Lava Mug Cake made in a Microwave. This healthy chocolate lava cake has a white chocolate center made with cashew butter and chocolate chips and is perfect for an instant gooey mug cake dessert. No oven or baking needed!

Stating a fact here: making a molten chocolate lava cake in a microwave is not as easy as I thought.

I’ve tried and test tested healthy mug cakes before and have that part nailed down - the light airy and fluffy texture. But getting a gooey molten chocolate center in a mug cake does not work the same unless you add a ton of the ‘bad ingredients’.

After a lot of experimenting, I found the key for this recipe: Cashew butter (or another nut/seed butter) stirred with a bit of coconut oil + chocolate chips.

So now the runny melty filling remains in place, instead of dropping to the bottom or drying out.

easy white chocolate lava mug cake in a microwave

Easy White Chocolate Lava Mug Cake in a Microwave

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Recipe details

Yield 1 mug cake
Time spent: Prep time: 2 Minutes Cook time: 1 Minutes Total time: 3 min

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Ingredients

3 Tbsp Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, about 21g
1 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, 5g
Stevia Sweetener, 2 Tbsp sugar worth (Use your brand’s Conversion Chart)
¼ tsp Baking Powder
1½ Tbsp Almond Milk, Unsweetened
1 Egg

Molten Lava Filling:

1 Tbsp Cashew Butter
½ tsp Melted Coconut Oil
½ Tbsp White Chocolate Chips, or Chopped White Chocolate

Instructions

Lightly grease a 1 cup (8 oz) ramekin or mug and dust the inside with cacao/cocoa powder.
In a bowl, mix flour, cocoa, sweetener and baking powder.
Add in milk and egg and stir or whisk lightly to form a smooth batter. Do not over-mix, or the cake will be too dense; Small lumps are okay.
Transfer ¾ of the batter into the mug/ramekin.
In a small bowl, stir together cashew butter and coconut oil.
Add nut butter blend and chocolate chips into ramekin.
Pour remaining batter on top and spread.
Microwave on high for 45 seconds or until the top is set and dry to touch. Microwave additional time at 5 second intervals if needed.
Let cool a few minutes, invert onto a plate and dig in!

Comments

Sam on Jan 04, 2021

Is there a way to make this without a microwave. I'm opposed to using them. Thanks, it looks scrumptious!! I appreciate your culinary research on our behalf.

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- Haylee Jane Monteiro on Jan 05, 2021
  
  Hi Sam! This really means a lot!
  I haven't tried this myself, but I think 8-10 minutes in the oven at 350°F should do it. I really would love to know how it turns out!
  
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Janet Thatcher on Jan 05, 2021

Hi how many calories?

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- Haylee Jane Monteiro on Jan 05, 2021
  
  You can find the details on my website
  
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