Keto cinnamon mug cake or cinnamon muffin in a mug is an almond flour mug cake perfect to fix your cinnamon cravings. It tastes like a cinnamon roll with only 6.8g of net carbs to your day. A delicious sweet keto breakfast or easy keto sweet snack recipe ready in only 90 seconds! Bonus, this low carb mug cake is also paleo and gluten-free as well as dairy free!

What is a low carb mug cake?

A low carb mug cake is like a muffin in a cup made with low carb flours and baked in the microwave. Keto mug cakes or low carb mug cakes, are great ways to fix sweet cravings without adding sugar or high carb food to your day. A low carb mug cake usually contains about 7g of net carbs. It’s fulfilling, sweet and a suitable dessert for diabetics.

Cinnamon muffin in a mug

Calling all the cinnamon lovers!!! You deserve a cinnamon muffin for breakfast even on a low-carb diet. This mug cake is the best way to fix your muffin cravings with very few carbs and in only 90 seconds. Are you wondering how to make a keto cinnamon mug cake? Stay with me, I gonna tell you everything about this easy low carb recipe. 

Keto cinnamon mug cake ingredients

First, gather all your ingredients on the bench top. A tall mug – 6 cm high – is ideal to prevent the batter from overflowing in the microwave. The ingredients you need are very simple low-carb ingredients that I am sure you have at home:

• Egg
• Almond flour or almond meal, both work well in this recipe
• Sugar-free crystal sweetener – I always use Monk fruit stevia blend or erythritol stevia blend check out my keto sweetener review for alternatives
• Coconut oil – or any vegetable oil or butter if preferred
• Baking soda – this will raise the keto mug cake and create a soft airy muffin-like texture
• Ground cinnamon

Is cinnamon good for people on keto low-carb diet?

I am sure you wonder if it’s good for people with diabetes or on low carb diet to eat cinnamon. Yes, absolutely. I would even say eat your cinnamon daily to keep your blood sugar level steady and avoid energy crash. Cinnamon is good for people with diabetes or on a keto diet as it helps lower the blood sugar level. Another good news is, you don’t have to eat much cinnamon to get the positive effects. Studies show that our blood sugar level lowers with 1 gram to 6 grams of cinnamon a day.  It means that this cinnamon muffin in a mug is all good for you and you shouldn’t wait any longer to try it!

Is this almond flour mug cake keto friendly? 

Yes! this  low carb mug cake is made with almond flour. Almond flour is one of my favorite keto flour. I listed the top reason below, per serve (1/4 cup) almond flour contains:

• only 3 grams of net carbs 
• 3 grams of fiber which is good for your gut health and digestion
• no gluten
• a light texture and flavor similar to high-carbs flour, perfect to create airy low carb baked goods like muffins

Cinnamon mug cake no milk: a dairy-free paleo mug cake

This cinnamon mug cake has no milk which means it’s also suitable for people on a paleo diet. The cinnamon glazing, that makes this keto cinnamon cake taste like a traditional cinnamon roll, use dairy-free ingredients.

Keto mug cake cinnamon glazing

This cinnamon mug cake won’t be complete without its cinnamon glazing. This is the cherry on top of the cake! It adds moisture, delicate sweetness to your mug cake and you will feel like eating a low carb cinnamon roll. The secret to a dairy-free white glazing is to use coconut cream – or pure dairy-free coconut yogurt made of 2 ingredients, coconut cream and probiotics. The cinnamon drizzle is a simple combo of peanut butter, cinnamon, coconut oil and sweetener. Fix your sweet tooth now, try this mug cake recipe you won’t regret it.

Can I bake a mug cake without a microwave?

I’m sure some of you don’t have a microwave, or for some reason you don’t like to bake in the microwave. I’ve got you covered. Simply place this muffin batter into an ovenproof ramekin or muffin tray. Baking time range is 12-15 minutes, temperature 180C (350F). A great test to check the baking is to insert a pick in the center of the muffin. A clean pick means it’s cooked.

How to make-ahead a mug cake?

We are busy people right? Good news, you can prepare the mug cake batter the previous day. Store the batter in the fridge into your mug. Cover the mug with silicone lid or plastic film wrap to avoid air to enter. The next day, microwave for 90 seconds on high. Your mug cake will come out as great as a fresh bakery muffin. I don’t recommend baking the mug cake ahead as food baked in the microwaved hardens very fast. It is better to eat a mug cake within 1 hour of making it.

Enjoy the simple cinnamon keto mug cake and don’t forget to share a picture of your creation with me on Instagram.

More keto mug cake recipes

I have lots more keto mug cake recipes for you to try. My mug cake recipes are ideal to fix a sweet cravings in a few minutes using your microwave.

• Low-carb chocolate mug cake with coconut flour
• Flaxseed muffin in a mug with raspberries and chocolate chips
• Low carb mug brownies  for two 100% vegan and paleo, no eggs or dairy

xoxo, Carine

Low Carb Cinnamon Mug Cake with almond flour

Low Carb cinnamon mug cake or cinnamon muffin in a mug is an almond flour mug cake perfect to fix your cinnamon cravings. It tastes like a cinnamon roll mug cake but as it is a keto mug cake it will only add 6.8g net carbs to your day. A delicious sweet keto breakfast or easy keto sweet snack recipe ready in 90 seconds! Bonus, this low carb mug cake is a paleo gluten free mug cake with no milk or dairy !

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 1 min

Total Time: 6 mins

Author: Carine

1 mug cake

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Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin coconut oil melted or melted butter
• 1 1/2 tablespoon erythritol -Monk fruit or erythritol
• 3 tablespoons almond flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon - adjust up to 1 teaspoon if you like!

Cinnamon drizzle

• 1/2 tablespoon peanut butter or tahini
• 1/2 teaspoon coconut oil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon - adjust regarding taste, up to 1/2 teaspoon
• 1 teaspoon erythritol

Instructions

• Grease a microwave proof ramekin or mug with coconut oil, size 9 cm diameter and minimum 6 cm high to avoid overflow when baking. Set aside.
• In a small bowl, beat together egg, oil or butter and sugar free crystal sweetener. Make sure your oil or butter is not too hot or it will 'cook' the egg and create lumps. Wait few minutes after melting the oil before adding with egg.
• Stir in almond flour, baking soda and cinnamon. I recommend 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon for a light cinnamon flavor, add up to 1 teaspoon if you are a cinnamon lover!
• Transfer the batter into the ramekin and microwave 80-90 seconds. Time vary slightly depending on microwave power. The longer the dryer. The best is to start with 80 seconds, check and return for extra 10 seconds if you like.
• Cool down 1 minutes before adding fresh dairy-free coconut yogurt. Coconut yogurt is made of 2-ingredients, coconut cream and probiotics, don't use flavored coconut yogurt that will contain added sugar. Otherwise use plain Greek yogurt if you eat dairy.

Cinnamon drizzle

• In a small mixing bowl add peanut butter with coconut oil. Microwave 30 seconds to melt the coconut oil and easily combine both ingredients.
• Stir in ground cinnamon, sweetener and use this mixture to drizzle on top of the yogurt.
• Eat immediately.

Baking : if you don't have a microwave you can bake this cinnamon mug cake in the oven at 180C (350 F) for 12-15 minutes.

Peanut butter swap : you can replace the peanut butter by any sort of nut butter like almond butter or sunflower seed butter or tahini. All those options are low carb keto friendly too.

Nutrition Facts

Low Carb Cinnamon Mug Cake with almond flour

Amount Per Serving (1 mug cake)

Calories 384 Calories from Fat 258

% Daily Value*

Fat 28.7g44%

Carbohydrates 9g3%

Fiber 2.2g9%

Sugar 1.5g2%

Protein 11.1g22%

Net Carbs 6.8g

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.