Peanut Butter Chocolate Lava Cake

There are plenty of single serving muffin, cupcake, brownie and eggs in a mug recipes floating around and they show up on my menu quite frequently. They are quick, easy, filling and portion controlled. I love them. Then I tired this recipe – holy moly people it’s incredible! This has to be the grandaddy of all the single serving recipes. Don’t be mislead here this isn’t like a lot of the other single serving recipes, this is not a healthy breakfast type recipe -  it’s definitely a once in awhile special decadent dessert. Having said all that, I did look up the calories and fat of other chocolate lava cakes and they clock in around 400 + calories and 30 +grams of fat per serving! The nutritional stats on this one are so much better that you can enjoy it without guilt.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Lava Cake For One

• 1/4 cup peanut flour
• 2 Tbs granulated sugar
• 2 Tbs Hershey’s dark cocoa powder
• 1/8 tsp baking powder
• 3 Tbs unsweetened vanilla almond milk or milk of your choice
• 1 Tbs fat free Greek yogurt or applesauce
• 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
• a tiny little pinch of salt
• 1/8 teaspoon instant expresso powder or your favorite instant coffee optional but it intensifies the chocolate flavor

Preheat oven to 350°F.

1. Lightly grease a 6 oz ramekin or small bowl.
2. Whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, salt and expresso in a small bowl. Stir in milk, yogurt, and vanilla extract until well-incorporated.
3. Spoon batter into prepared ramekin and smooth the top. Bake until the sides and top are firm and cooked through and the center is gooey and undercooked, about 11-12 minutes (a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake should come out covered in raw batter!). Mine took about 15 minutes. (Note: I tried making one in the microwave and it didn’t turn out anything like the oven version)
4. Let cool slightly and dust with a little powdered sugar and garnish with fresh raspberries if desired.

Nutrition Facts

(Not including the optional dusting of powdered sugar or garnish of raspberries)

Serving size: 1 serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 240.6, Total Fat 7.2g, Cholesterol 0mg, Total Carbohydrates 35.68g, Fiber 6.12g, Protein 12.49g  WWPP 6

Recipe adapted from Healthy Food For Living.

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