Inside: Need a quick little something special for that someone special? Make our keto Red Velvet Mug Cake for Valentine’s Day. You will “heart” it.
It starts with ingredients you likely have on hand. (If you’re doing the keto diet, that is.) Almond and coconut flours, sweetener, and baking powder. Eggs and butter and cream. Easy? You bet. And oh, so little time to prepare. Mug cakes are about as instant gratification as you can get when it comes to making a cake. I’m a fan, can you tell?
A little recipe testing confession: if you use a half pint mason jar like I did, you’re likely to watch it rise a couple of inches above the rim during the microwaving process. Thankfully it quickly deflated and fit nicely in the jar, though I had wondered if it was going to spill over. I ended up microwaving for one minute, letting the cake deflate, and then continuing for another 30 seconds. Every microwave oven is different, so you’ll have to experiment with a watchful eye.
But how do you know when the cake is done? If you check it after one minute and see it’s wet on the top, then you need to microwave it a little longer, like 20 or 30 additional seconds.
A word about the icing. . . It’s a lovely little cream cheese and butter concoction with sweetener and a little lemon juice and walnut pieces. While the icing will still be good without the lemon juice, the lemon really brightens the flavor. And who doesn’t love walnuts? Pecans would be nice, too. And I certainly wouldn’t object to slivered almonds, either.
All right, time’s a wastin’. Let’s get to that recipe, shall we?
- 3 tablespoons of almond flour
- 1 tablespoon of coconut flour
- ½ tablespoon of cocoa
- 1 tablespoon of sweetener (I use a stevia blend with erythritol)
- ¼ teaspoon of baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 1 tablespoon of heavy cream
- 1 egg
- ¼ teaspoon of almond extract
- ¼ teaspoon of red food coloring
- 1 ounce of cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- ½ tablespoon of sweetener (I use stevia and erythritol blend)
- ¼ teaspoon of fresh lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon of walnut pieces
- Mix almond and coconut flours, cocoa, sweetener, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- Melt the 2 tablespoons of butter in a 12-ounce mug. (Or take a risk and try an 8-ounce mug.)
- Add the cream, egg, almond extract, and food coloring and mix well.
- Add in the dry ingredients and mix well again.
- Microwave for 1 - 2 minutes until there is no moisture on top.. (I suggest checking after a minute.)
- While the mug cake cools, cream together cream cheese, butter, sweetener, and lemon juice.
- When cake is cool, spread with the icing and top with walnut pieces.
- Enjoy!
Notes: If you aren’t into doing keto, simply replace the almond and coconut flours with regular flour. Same goes with the sweetener if you want to use sugar, though it might take two tablespoons with regular sugar. As previously mentioned, an 8-ounce mug is a tight fit, but it looks more attractive for gift giving than if the cake only comes up so far inside your mug. You can always mix up two versions for trying. A pretty ribbon and a cut-out heart made this a simple but cute gift.
Just ask Mom.
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