This recipe is a fast, cheap and out of control Keto lava cake. Its’s a quick chocolatey treat with only 4g net carbs per serving.

Hello fellow chocoholics.

Today I’m going to show you how to make a quick and easy Keto lava cake.  But first, I want to take a moment to kvetch.  It’s because it is 4 pm and I am stuffed to the gills with chocolate cake.  I’ve spent the entire day trying out different ways to cook these Keto lava cakes and in the process ate WAY TOO MUCH CAKE.

Such are the pitfalls of being a food blogger. (tiny violins play)

But I should back up a minute and explain exactly what chocolate lava mug cakes are.  They are these single serving chocolate cakes with an oooey gooey uncooked center.  The outside is the consistency of a cakey brownie.  Or a brownie-like cake.

The consistency of the outer cake shell actually depends a lot on how you choose to cook the low carb lava cakes. 

You can either bake them in the oven or zap them in the microwave.  From start to finish, it takes 20 minutes in the oven or 6 minutes in the microwave.  And the crust on the baked version is nice and crackly, like a brownie, whereas the microwaved version is more spongey and doesn’t have much of a crust to speak of.  So it’s really a decision between whether you want to make a quick chocolatey dessert, or an extremely quick chocolatey dessert.  No judgement.

So just how Keto is this Keto lava cake?

The recipe has just 4g net carbs per serving, so it’s pretty darn Keto.  It’s so low in carbs, that you might think about adding a scoop of low carb sugar-free vanilla ice cream.  Breyers makes a really tasty vanilla ice cream called Carbsmart that has 7g net carbs per 1/2 cup scoop.  But if you really want to do it right, you should make your own Keto vanilla ice cream with just 3g net carbs. It’s optional, but think about the mix of hot chocolate lava cake and melty vanilla ice cream.  That’s some ooey gooey deliciousness right there.

So, as someone who has eaten more chocolate cake today than I care to admit, I can give you a few more kernels of Keto lava cake wisdom.

• Make sure to grease your mug or ramekin very well, if you plan to release the Keto lava cakes onto a plate.  But if you are by yourself, you can dispense with the niceties and just eat it straight out of the mug (my preferred method, obviously).  
• Be sure not to overcook the mug cakes, or they will be normal, cooked through chocolate cakes.  Though still very delicious, they won’t have that special je ne sais quoi.  You’ll know that they are done when the top is set but still jiggly.  
• Don’t leave the lava cakes too long in the mugs.  They will continue to cook after they come out of the oven, so release them from the mug, or just eat them ASAP.  

Ok, I think that’s everything I know about Keto lava cakes, but now you will have to excuse me.

I’ve got a food nap to take.

Print

If you liked this low carb chocolate dessert, then you might like my recipes for French Silk Chocolate Pie, Chocolate Cheesecake, or Chocolate Cupcakes with Coconut Frosting.

172