So, Kate and I (Amy) have been searching for a good low carb mug cake recipe since we started our low carb/keto journey’s 5 years ago.
Well, they all promised delicious cake and they’ve all gone straight from the microwave to the trash can — EXCEPT for this one.
It’s great as is but here are our tips:
- Brown the butter in a pan first!
- Add a pinch of salt
- Microwave for :45 seconds.
Here’s the ingredients (we used Lily’s chocolate chips):
TOTAL CARBS: 3 NET CARBS
Enjoy! I know we did:
xoxo
Kate & Amy's LCHF recipes 
These were very good! Any reason why you don’t use brown sugar subsititute instead of white? Just curious if the brown would work.
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Great idea! We haven’t tried it.
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Yum!!
If directions followed exactly it’s PERFECT!
This is a keeper! I may try brown Swerve as suggested but still a great recipe.
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Loved this! I added a 1/4 tsp of baking soda!
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Got the ingredients but how long do you cook it. Microwave or oven?
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Hi Dale the recipe states :45 seconds in the microwave
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Can you double the recipe?
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We’ve never tried it! 🙂
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I’ve got to say, my household and I REALLY loved this! I prior comment said to add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and it makes it more like a little cake, which I like! It fluffy, still a bit dense the way I like, rich but not too much, and I even used a few light cranks of my Himalayan pink salt grinder… TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL! It’s my new favorite go to dessert, thank you so much for sharing this creation 🖤🙏🖤
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Is this one egg and an additional egg yolk?
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Just one raw egg yolk
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Is this then baked?
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Recipe says to microwave it for :45 seconds.
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Holy smokes! Hands down the BEST mug cake I’ve ever had. Ever. Thank youuuuu!!
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Yay! So glad you loved it!
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One whole egg or just the egg yolk or one whole egg and also an additional yolk ? Recipe is unclear due to comma?
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It’s the egg yolk only.
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Loooove this! I’ve always been hesitant to try mug cakes ( tried one and I did not like it at all!) but I was really hungry for a keto chocolate chip something, so after perusing Pinterest came across this recipe- and you were right this hit the spot! I thought it was still raw only 45 minutes, but it was PERFECT! This is a keeper!
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Tastes like a chocolate chip cookie. Didn’t look golden brown like your pic though. But I will make again.
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23g of total carbs!!?? Is that a typo? Otherwise sounds good
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You’ll see that it’s 3 NET carbs in the macro screen shot. That’s what you count for low carb.
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Best keto mug cake I’ve ever had! I buttered the mug and added the pinch of salt like suggested, and out of all the ones I’ve tried. this is by far the best! Thank you!!
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This was delicious!! Followed the directions to the T!!
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Excellent!
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Best keto dessert yet!
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Wow! So good!! Recipes like this make a keto lifestyle completely reasonable and easy to stick to!!
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This was delicious! I could taste the browned butter and it definitely adds great flavor. I accidentally put the whole egg in and it still turned out tasty!
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Omg it’s soooooo good I am actually eating it right now and I tried it with the brown sugar cause y not ? And so yummy thank for the recipe and I put some home made whip cream on top and whip cream is also sugar free
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Oooo this is dangerous… It’s SO GOOD
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This was incredible!!! Thank you so much for sharing!
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Made this tonight, browned the butter and used lankoto munkfruit golden. Sooooo good!
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By far the best keto dessert I have made!
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Wow! This was so good!!
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I must say this was good. I added some pecans.
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This absolutely hit the spot!!!! Tastes like a chocolate chip cookie fresh out of the oven! I did use the brown sugar swerve because it’s what I had. YUM!! Thank you!!
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This is so good, I’ve made it more times than I can count. I’m waiting on my microwave to doing right now!
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I’m guessing I should have cooled the butter first as it melted the chips!
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mine was tasty but looked nothing like the picture. can you please tell us your step by step instructions? Thank you
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Soooo delicious!!!
Soooo easy!
I topped with Lily’s milk chocolate chips right out of the microwave. Let them melt and topped with a bit of heavy cream and fresh strawberries! Shared with a friend as a decedent dessert!
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Thank you for this amazing mug cake.
I did add 1 tbl spoon of vanilla, no sugar, Almond milk into the recipe.
This is the most flavorful I have tried. The brown butter is the flavor key to this little treasure cake!
Thanks again!!
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I make this way too often, it’s really good!
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Browning the butter & the fact that it’s microwaveable makes all the difference! Great recipe. Thanks for sharing!!
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This was amazing and it only raised my blood sugar from 86 to 97
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Got a craving. Made this. I’ve never browned butter before except on accident and I burned it. After everything was said and done I the mug cake. It was delicious!
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This is a great recipe, we loved it, I’d call it a cookie not a cake, it has nothing in it to make it raise like a cake but that is no bearing on my opinion that it was very tasty and very likeable.
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I use the Lily’s Chocolate Caramel chips…SO GOOD!! Much better than any plain chocolate ones, but there’s a brand that Kroger just started carrying: HU No Added Sugar Chocolate Chips that use allulose as the sweetener. Very expensive at $12 for a 7 oz. bag, but man, are they fabulous!
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I’m looking forward to making and eating this later today. I’ve been wanting a really good keto mug cake, and came ip with two of my own recipes, but never thought to brown the butter first. I have two keto flourless cookie recipes that call for just egg whites, so I can see two great desserts being made later today 😊!
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So good! But, while making this recipe I mixed up the yolk and white sooo I made 2 treats. I used the white of the egg to make a ‘sugar cookie’ type recipe. I added the listed ingredients omitting the choc chips and did not brown the butter, I did add the pinch of salt. Topped with a dash of sprinkles, micro as instructed and it was also delicious!
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This was wonderful as written. I experimented with hand whipping the unused egg white to soft peaks and folding it in just before cooking it. It was a whole new cake and absolutely delicious! Cooked it about 60 seconds in my 1000 watt microwave.
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