This keto coconut flour mug cake is the most delicious keto vanilla mug cake with only 4.9g net carb per serve. Plus, it makes a lovely single-serve keto birthday cake if you use my keto coconut frosting. Also, the recipe is gluten-free, dairy-free, and therefore suitable for anyone on a paleo diet too!
We all crave birthday cakes at some point, whether it’s your birthday or not, that craving must be fixed right? As always I’m here to tell you that this is ok to have birthday cake on a keto diet. Of course, you need to use the right ingredients to keep things very low-carb and high-fat but keep reading and I will guide you through this in a sec!
Coconut flour is one of the lowest flour in carbs. Therefore it’s the perfect choice to make keto cakes or bread. It is also a high fiber flour, meaning it absorbs liquid very quickly and that is why you need to measure your flour with precision to ensure a moist keto vanilla mug cake. Let’s see what you need to make this lovely treat:
A keto mug cake is generally baked in the microwave between 60 seconds to 90 seconds. As I divided this recipe in half, I cooked this recipe in 2 separate mugs to assemble a birthday layer cake. Consequently, I only microwaved each mug cake for 60 seconds. The reason why I decreased time is to keep the cake moist and soft. If you intend to microwave the whole batch all at once you can microwave it for 9o seconds. Of course, some of you may not have a microwave and that’s ok. You can bake mug cakes in greased ovenproof ramekins for 8-12 minutes at 180 C (350F). You know the mug cake is ready when the batter is set but still moist.
The best way to create a single-serve keto birthday cake with a mug cake recipe is to bake 2 similar cake layers and assemble them with keto frosting. My favorite keto frosting is dairy-free, made of unsweetened coconut yogurt, unsweetened desiccated coconut, powdered erythritol, and stevia drops. Actually, pure coconut yogurt is the best keto yogurt you can eat! It has no sugar, no dairy meaning no lactose sugar. It’s made of 100% coconut cream and probiotic that is all. I recommend you check the ingredients list of your yogurt before buying as some brands add starch or sugar!
I love low carb mug cakes for breakfast or as a quick sweet craving fix in the afternoon. I created a range of delicious keto mug cakes for you to try. Also, if you don’t like coconut flour you can try my almond flour mug cake recipe instead
As always, if you make this recipe share a picture of your creation with me on Instagram! You know how much I am in love with your recipe pics.
This recipe is sponsored by Almond Breeze Made from the best California Almonds and I received a compensation to develop this recipe but note that I only recommend product I love and trust on this blog. Thank you.
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Thank you for this recipe, this is a total game changer for me
This was great and I So appreciate a recipe with coconut flour instead of almond. Though I love almond flour, others are allergic so it’s wonderful you have recipes using each so we All can enjoy a keto mug cake together. Thank you!
I am happy to read you comment ! I have lots of coconut flour recipes on the blog, may be you would alo love my coconut cake recipe ! Enjoy the recipes, XOXO Carine
Looking forward to making some of your desserts.
That is amazing ! I can’t wait to see what you are making. Carine
Hi! I’m so looking forward to trying this! But what if I don’t have the vanilla or coconut stevia?
You can replace stevia drops by 1 extra tablespoon of erythritol + 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or coconut extract. Enjoy, XOXO Carine
Thanks for this recipe! The cake came out so fluffy and delicious. My yogurt icing was a little thin but tasted great. I think I’ll also try it as a syrup for fresh fruit or pancakes. 🙂
I am so happy you love it ! Enjoy the recipes on the blog, XOXO Carine.
Can you tell me what size the ramekins would be. 4oz, 6oz or 8oz. ? Also I used the link to the Almond Breeze unsweetened almond milk. t\The 3rd ingredient is Tapioca Starch. Not a problem for me, but maybe for others. Still a very good choice for a milk alternative. I would like to make this cake for my daughter as a pick-me-up for those not so good days. Thank you for such a good recipe for cake in a hurry.
Hi ! Any mug size work well, 4 oz is the best for that time. Indeed most Almond milk add a touch of starch for texture but it doesn’t add carbs in the milk as it is such a low dose in this brand! You can replace by water if prefer or any milk you love. Enjoy the treat with your daughter. Carine.
What brand of coconut yogurt do you use? The ones I have tried gave tasted super sour!!
Well, the prebiotic in coconut yoghurt is what brings the sourness so you may not enjoy it as much as I do. But I love local New Zealand producer like Cathedral cove or raglan. Otherwise I recommend you use pure coconut cream form a can, it won’t have aftertaste because there is no probiotic. Enjoy the recipe. XOXO Carine