Gordon Recipe Blog

The Holidays are over.

Most of us made a new year’s resolution to lose weight this year.

You have been doing great on whatever diet you have been on.

All of a sudden you are craving chocolate cake, what do you do? 

You know if you make a whole cake, you will either eat the whole cake, which is not good for your diet or you will end up throwing the cake away, which is very wasteful.

Why not make an individual cake in a cup?  Very easy and quick to do, will satisfy your craving and you won’t feel guilty and think it ruined your diet.

It is delicious and it is only 146 calories!

Here is the recipe:

Chocolate Mug Cake

Ingredients:

1 Egg                                                 Mug or Cup

2 TBSP Cocoa Powder                   Cooking spray

2 TBSP Sugar Substitute               

Pinch of Salt

1 TBSP Heavy Cream

½ tsp Vanilla Extract

¼ tsp  Baking Powder

Instructions:

1. Spray the mug/cup with cooking spray
2. In a small bowl, beat the egg and set aside
3. In another bowl , mix the cocoa powder and sugar substitute and pinch of salt
4. Add cream, vanilla and egg to the dry ingredients. Mix well
5. Add baking powder and mix well again
6. Place in mug/cup and firmly tap on the counter to release any large bubbles
7. Cook in microwave for  1 minute 20 seconds, depending on your microwave, the top of the cake should be solid.  Flip cake onto a plate to cool.
8. Top with whipped cream or berries if desired.

Check out this other chocolate cake recipe, too!