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Easy Paleo Chocolate Mug Cake

Last Updated March 19, 2023. Published March 31, 2021 Good For You Gluten Free

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This easy paleo chocolate mug cake is rich and fudgy yet not overly sweet. It’s made with a few simple ingredients and uses nutrient-dense almond flour. I have no doubt that this paleo chocolate mug cake will soon be in heavy rotation in your house. This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosures.

If you’re looking for warm, quick, chocolate dessert you can eat in a mug, you’re in for a real treat today.

My paleo chocolate mug cake is sinfully delicious, oh-so-rich and chocolatey, and, of course, it’s completely gluten free, grain free, and refined sugar free, too.

Let me show you how easy it is to make this delicious recipe in seconds, literally!

Gather Your Ingredients

You’ll want to first gather all your ingredients. You’ll need:

  • 1/4 cup almond flour
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbsp dairy-free milk
  • 1 tsp coconut oil melted
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • Chocolate chips to garnish (optional)
Bowls filled with all the ingredients needed for the paleo chocolate mug cake

Assemble Your Mug Cake

Combine the almond flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, milk, oil, maple syrup or honey and vanilla in a large mug. Stir everything together until all the ingredients are combined, then add an egg and continue to mix until egg is thoroughly incorporated.

Please note, this recipe makes one satisfying portion of mug cake, but it is very rich and meant to be shared. You can, alternatively, mix all the ingredients in a bowl, then divide the batter equally among two small ramekins vs. one large mug.

Microwave It

Once you’ve mixed all the ingredients together in your mug, microwave it on high for 90 seconds. If you watch the cake, it’ll rise to overflowing, then go back down into the mug. This is normal.

Remove mug from microwave and sprinkle the top with chocolate chips. The chips will start to melt upon contact – yummy!

If you want this chocolate mug cake to be paleo, you cannot use dairy. In addition to using dairy-free “milk”, also be sure to use dairy-free chocolate chips. If you want this dessert to be refined sugar-free, omit the chocolate chip topping altogether and instead add fresh fruit.

Now you’re ready to dig into a wonderful gluten-free, grain-free and refined-sugar free mug cake that you get to enjoy all by yourself. Remember, this dessert is meant to be enjoyed right out of the microwave when it’s warm and melty. Dig in!

PS: Enjoy this dessert for Passover too. That’s right, this mug cake is Passover-friendly, baby!

PPS: Love mug cakes? Me too. Try my easy gluten-free chocolate mug cake and/or my simple banana mug cake.

Paleo Chocolate Mug Cake

This rich and chocolatey mug cake contains no gluten, no grains and no refined sugar. It's made with nutrient dense almond flour and just a few pantry staples.
3.40 from 10 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: almond flour cake, chocolate mug cake, paleo mug cake, passover mug cake
Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 minute minute
Total Time: 3 minutes minutes
Servings: 1 serving
Calories: 351kcal
Author: Jenny Levine Finke

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup almond flour
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbsp dairy-free milk
  • 1 tsp coconut oil melted or vegetable oil of choice
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • Chocolate chips reserve for topping (optional)

Instructions

  • Combine almond flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, dairy free milk, oil, maple syrup or honey, and vanilla to mug and mix everything together until well incorporated. Add egg and continue to mix until well combined, about a minute.
  • Microwave mug cake on high for 90 seconds, then carefully remove the mug from microwave (mug is hot!) and top with chocolate chips, as desired. Please note chocolate chips are not paleo.

Notes

You can mix all the ingredients first in a bowl, then divide the batter between two small ramekins vs. one large mug. Be sure to adjust cook time when microwaving two small ramekins.
Topping mug cake with chocolate chips would no longer render the mug cake paleo nor refined sugar free.
You could also top the cake with chopped up fresh fruit, sprinkles, granola, dairy-free whipped cream or other toppings of choice. 
Nutrition information is for 1 serving size (1 mug).

Nutrition

Calories: 351kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 164mg | Sodium: 621mg | Potassium: 285mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 297IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 139mg | Iron: 3mg
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Filed Under: Almond Flour Recipes, Cake, Dessert 6 Comments

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  1. Good For You Gluten Free says

    January 28, 2022 at 10:31 pm

    Yes I think that should work too.

  2. Kathy Lawton says

    January 28, 2022 at 1:13 pm

    If I don’t need a paleo treat, can I add 1 Tbsp of sugar instead of syrup or honey?

  3. Good For You Gluten Free says

    January 21, 2022 at 9:11 pm

    I would use separate mugs for each mug cake. Almond flour only.

  4. laurajran says

    January 21, 2022 at 8:12 pm

    Hi – What should the cook time be if the recipe is quadrupled – 4x?
    Also, is it fine to use Bob’s 1 to 1?

  5. Good For You Gluten Free says

    April 1, 2021 at 4:22 pm

    I have not made it egg-free. Let me know if you try it.

  6. Sharon says

    April 1, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    Do you have an egg-free version, or have you or anyone you know, made the recipe with egg replacer? If so, which kind of egg replacer and how do you incorporate it? Thank you!

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