A deliciously moist, sugar free carrot mug cake topped with cream cheese frosting/icing for 2. Makes a delicious dessert of afternoon tea and can be whipped up in just minutes. Recipe is keto, low carb, gluten free and diabetic friendly.
Course Baking, cake, Cakes, Muffins and Sweets, Snacks, Sweet Treats
Make your mug cakes by adding the egg, olive oil, almond milk and vanilla extract into a small bowl and whisk until combined. Add the carrot and mix in. Finally add the almond flour/meal, walnuts, sweetener, cinnamon, mixed spice and baking powder and fold through until well combined.
Pour the carrot cake batter into 2 large greased ramekins (approximately 10cm/4") or mugs and microwave on 800-900 W (high) for about 4-5 minutes or until cooked through but still moist inside (note your cake will continue to cook when removed from microwave so don’t overcook.) Reduce time down to about 2 minutes if baking one at a time.
Allow cakes to cool before topping with cream cheese frosting/icing. Either serve in the ramekin/mug or turn upside down onto a plate and serve topped with the frosting/icing. Decorate with walnuts and grated carrot or coconut.
To bake the cake in the oven, heat to 165 C / 330 for around 12-15 minutes. If you make one larger cake you will have to extend the cooking time for both the microwave and oven.
To make your cream cheese icing/frosting, cream the cream cheese (hint-zap in microwave quickly to soften), blend in the sweetener and vanilla extract and mix until smooth.
Notes
You can make 3-4 smaller cakes out of the batter but will need to reduce the cooking time. You can also make one larger cake but it may take longer to cook. Bake in individual serves in the oven at 165 C/ 330 F for about 10-15 minutes or until cooked through.Cakes cooked in the microwave continue to cook on the bench so take care not to overcook or you will dry the base of your cakes.If mixture is too thick (different brands of almond meal/almond flour can absorb different amounts of liquid) add a little additional almond milk or milk substitute.If your microwave wattage is different to what's specified you will need to vary cooking times. To ensure your cakes don't overcook, check them as they are cooking and stop cooking when cooked sufficiently.Note that recipe uses Australian tablespoon measurements- 20ml.