These easy, keto, sugar free chocolate lava cakes are perfectly portioned for serving just two and made with just 7 simple ingredients! Just 5 grams of net carbs per cake and curbs a sweet tooth fast!
WHAT IS A LAVA CAKE?
Chocolate Lava Cakes or Molten Chocolate Cake is a combination of a flourless cake and a souffle. The decadent, delicious, oozing liquid chocolate molten center resembles lava in nature, hence the chocolate lava cake name.
Regular lava cake recipes from Trader Joe's have 41 grams of total carbs and 25 grams of sugar according to the app Cronometer.
You can still enjoy the flavors of a classic lava cake for just 6 grams of total carb count with my low-carb chocolate lava cakes. All the nutritional information is on the printable recipe card at the bottom of this page.
One of the main reasons I have this website sharing all my keto recipes is because I enjoy cooking and baking sweet treats and I eat everything I make as does my family and friends. I don't just talk the talk my friends, I walk the walk and I am here to show everyone that great food can also be healthy, sugar free and low in carbs!
Can this be made dairy free?
Yes, it can also be dairy free since no heavy cream is needed, but I use butter, so replace with coconut oil to make this dairy free.
This keto chocolate low carb lava cake is very easy to make low carb using a very small amount of almond flour, sugar free melted chocolate and your favorite keto sweetener.
This is a perfect dessert for anyone on a keto diet or low carb diet that requires just 7 ingredients and is baked for about 10 minutes.
Since they make the perfectly portioned size, you and your partner will each have your own mini cake to enjoy on Valentine's day or any special occasions! Keto desserts like this is how I sustain my keto lifestyle.
HOW TO SWAP KETO SWEETENERS USED
One of our newer favorite low carb sweetener that doesn't leave an aftertaste, is Monk Fruit Allulose blend.
They have a confectioners powdered sweetener and they also have a granulated option. It has plenty of sweetness as sugar would provide.
Swerve confectioners sweetener is also low carb, but doesn't have as much sweetness and you may need to use a bit more to get this as sweet as you like.
Many people don't want to use swerve because it contains erythritol and recent studies have shown that in some people with certain health conditions it can cause blood clots. So I have been using Monk Fruit, Allulose and stevia in my recipes.
Allulose would be another option by itself, but again it isn't as sweet as using the Monk Fruit Allulose blend sweetener. Allulose comes in a liquid, and granulated form.
Use my updated Sweetener Conversion chart to look up the different sweetener options and find the right amount to use.
TOOLS TO MAKE KETO LAVA CAKES
Stand Mixer-My stand mixer is used in most of my recipes as the quickest and easiest way to get the job done efficiently!
Glass Bowls-These glass bowls can be used for melting the chocolate and butter over a simmering pot of water on the stove or use to melt in the microwave.
1 Cup Ramekins- These ramekins hold approximately 1 cup and make the perfect sized keto chocolate lava cake! Also use these for any of my other mug cakes, like my 1 Minute Chocolate cake or my Tiramisu Mug Cake, Cannoli Mug Cake or Peanut Butter Mug Cake.
CAN I REPLACE ALMOND FLOUR?
The best part about this sugar free dessert is that If you have any allergies to almonds or just prefer not to use almond flour, you can easily swap it. I recommend swapping almond flour with sunflower seed flour because it can be swapped evenly with the same amount.
Sesame flour would be another option but you make need less since it's a but more heavy in texture than sunflower seed flour and almond flour.
I do not recommend using coconut flour in this recipe as it would require more eggs and liquid and a lot more trials to get the same beautiful texture as you see here in the pictures.
More Keto Chocolate Recipes
Pumpkin Keto Chocolate Mug Cake
Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Mug Cake
KETO CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKES
Keto Chocolate Lava Cake
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ounces sugar free chocolate chips or 85% dark chocolate or even unsweetened chocolate but increase sweetener.
- 2 ounces salted butter (plus extra for greasing ramekins)
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
- 1 tablespoon almond flour or almond meal or sunflower seed meal for nut free
- 2 tablespoons Monk Fruit Allulose Confectioners
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350⁰ degrees F, fan forced.
- Using a stand mixer or handheld electric mixer, beat the eggs and vanilla until thick and creamy.
- Place the chocolate, butter and coffee in a microwave-safe bowl and heat in bursts until melted and smooth.
- Add the chocolate mixture to the eggs, beating on low until combined.
- Fold the dry ingredients (almond flour and sweetener) through until well incorporated.
- Grease two single-serve 1 cup ramekins very well.
- Pour the batter into the two greased ramekins and bake for 10-15 minutes until the top has set but still jiggles. (Baking time will depend on the size and shape of your ramekin)
- Sit aside for five minutes before upturning in a serving plate.
- Serve with sugar free whipped cream and berries, or low carb ice cream, if desired.
- These Lava Cakes will need to be eaten straight away and do not store well. You can refrigerate but you will loose that gooey chocolate center.
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About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Nadine Ito
Hi! I’m a sugar free mom too! I made this recipe yesterday night, straight after dinner, for my husband’s birthday, and it took only around 30 min to do and came out delicious!! My husband doesn’t usually eat sugar free and he liked it a lot!! Also it looked so cute as a little birthday cake! Thank you so much for this recipe!
Brenda Bennett
So glad he enjoyed it for his birthday!
Janet
What are these spices you speak of?
Is this really 400 calories each?
LynnNM
Brenda, this is a great recipe, as I've been really trying to delete sugar from my diet wherever and whenever I can. I actually just wanted to suggest that you google Bon Apptit's "Winter Spiced Molten Lava Cakes" to see how a basic lava cake can really be ramped up. This recipe was their cover recipe a number of years ago, probably in a December issue. I made it that year to absolute rave reviews, and have made it a holiday staple dessert ever since. I'm going to add the spices from it to your lava cake recipe when I next make it. I just wanted to send this idea to you.
P.S. I also always make the Vanilla, Rum, Ginger ice cream to serve with it. It's an incredibly delicious combination!
Louise
I just made it and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Easy to make and tastes great. We had raspberries with it which is always a great fit with chocolate.
Johnnie
I love every recipe of yours that I’ve made! I can’t stand any coffee flavored anything.... Question: can I leave the coffee out with the same results or is there a substitute?
Brenda
You can leave it out.
Russ
Good morning!
Maybe I'm a freak of nature, but I'm just not really into chocolate: Do you have a recipe for a molten white chocolate lava cake?
Brenda
Sorry, not at this time.
Sandy
This recipe is amazing. Just enough for me and my honey. Easy to make as well as quick.
Lisa
I like to experiment, I'd follow the recipe but use white chocolate and skip the coffee. The worst .... it flops. The best......you have a new favorite cake recipe.