In reality, sticking to a low-carb diet doesn’t require you to give up sweets; you just need to prepare them somewhat differently.
This is one of my current personal faves, and I know kids will adore it as well. The best part is that, while feeling like I’m breaking my plan, I actually am not!
You probably already have all of the components for this cake that you may anticipate finding in a ketogenic recipe.
This low-carb, keto-friendly mug cake makes one serving and takes less than two minutes to prepare in the microwave. It is bursting with lemon flavour.
These wonderful low-carb mug cakes are something I have been really enjoying making. When I created my cup cake cookbook a few years back, I thought I had tried every flavour combination imaginable for a typical mug cake. But low-carb mug cakes are a completely different realm, and this has really rekindled my drive to make new mug cakes.
FLOUR SUBSTITUTES WITH LOW CARB
Superfine almond flour and coconut flour are used to make this cake. This recipe only requires a very small amount of coconut flour, yet it is crucial to its success. I prefer cakes made with almond flour since I find that they turn out to be lighter and moister. But, a small amount of coconut flour is required to absorb the lemon juice.
INGREDIENTS:
Citrus Mug Cake:
- 1 tablespoon butter, 3 tablespoons almond flour, and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder.
- Use 1 tablespoon of your preferred sweetener, such as granulated monkfruit (OR 1 egg white) 3 tablespoons of egg whites
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/5-8 tsp. lemon zest
Citrus Glaze:
- 1 tablespoon softened cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar (granular)
- ONE tablespoon thick cream
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Lemon zest, 1/8 teaspoon
DIRECTIONS:
- Add all of the mug cake ingredients to a mug, stir well, then microwave for 1 minute and 20 seconds!
- Stir thoroughly to blend for the glazing.
NUTRITION:
(without the glaze) Nutrition for mug cake
Calories – 238
Fat – 22g
Protein – 9g
Net Carbs: 4g
Nutrition for mug cake AND glaze
Calories – 341
Fat – 32g
Protein – 11g
Net Carbs: 4g
BEST Keto Lemon Mug Cake
Ingredients
Citrus Mug Cake:
- 1 tablespoon butter, 3 tablespoons almond flour, and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder.
- Use 1 tablespoon of your preferred sweetener, such as granulated monkfruit (OR 1 egg white) 3 tablespoons of egg whites
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/5-8 tsp. lemon zest
Citrus Glaze:
- 1 tablespoon softened cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar (granular)
- ONE tablespoon thick cream
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Lemon zest, 1/8 teaspoon
Instructions
- Add all of the mug cake ingredients to a mug, stir well, then microwave for 1 minute and 20 seconds!
- Stir thoroughly to blend for the glazing.
How much coconut flour? You mention how important a small amount is, but ingredient list has none.
I’m a bit confused at the amount of zest, 1/5th to 8t? That’s one heck of a range. Please explain.
Confused on the egg whites. Could you clarify please
Totally confused by egg whites. 1 tbs sweetener then in brackets egg white?
What is meant by this?
Use 1 tablespoon of your preferred sweetener, such as granulated monkfruit (OR 1 egg white) 3 tablespoons of egg whites