The Great British Bake Off has started again on the BBC, and caused a flurry in our house when we realised we had forgotten all about it, and therefore didn't have any cake, and certainly not any keto cake. So was born this 5 minute chocolate cinnamon cake, loosely based on a mug cake, but cooked in a slab and topped with whatever you like.
You will need: A bowl, a plastic tub to cook it in, a microwave and a spoon!
Ingredients (serves two cake hungry people)
30g Unsalted butter
30g Coconut flour
1 tsp of baking powder
2 tbsp liquid sweetener
1 tsp of cinnamon
2 eggs
20g Cocoa
1-2tbsp of water or double cream
- Melt the butter in the microwave
- Add the coconut flour, eggs, cocoa, cinnamon, sweetener and baking powder.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Add 1 tbsp of water and mix, if the mix still looks dry add the second tbsp. You may need slightly more water.
- Pour the mixture into the plastic container and smooth the top. Tap the container on the side to even it out.
- Cook in the microwave on full heat for 3-4 minutes. In the last two minutes check the cake every 30 seconds, you want to take it out just after the top has stopped feeling completely moist.
- Quickly take the cake out of the plastic tub so it doesn't sink or sweat and slice in two.
- Serve with either whipped cream or keto icing.
I've got two pictures of the served cake here. I'm not a fan of the erythritol icing as the cooling effect is slightly too much for me, but I am a fan of the whipped cream!
Nutritional Information (no topping included)
Calories 278 kcal
Fat 21.4g
Carbs 6g
Fibre 9.1g
Protein 11.8g
This is a bit higher in carbs than I would normally like for a cake. But to be honest the portion is huge I can live with 5 carbs for that size slice of cake.
