Name: Protein Chocolate Lava Cake for One - Easy and Healthy
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 3 Tbsp Whole Wheat Pastry Flour (or regular Flour, 22g); 2 Tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (10g); 2 Tbsp Chocolate Protein Powder (11g, or Vanilla); ¼ tsp Baking Powder; 1 Egg (room temperature); ¼ cup Almond Milk (Unsweetened (room temperature)); 1 Tbsp Greek Yogurt; ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract; 2 tsp Chocolate Chips (10g)

An easy and healthy Protein Chocolate Lava Cake for One made with protein powder and cocoa powder. This protein lava cake is sugar free and has the molten chocolate center with no butter needed – a perfect indulgent dessert!

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I just realized I’m posting a chocolate lava cake for one on Valentine’s Day, so you might want to double up and make this for two instead!

Sharing really isn’t an option here because this cake is so good you’re not going to want to part with any if it; Not even to your significant other.

In fact you might just end up trying to eat off their plate too!

I would definitely not judge, because that would be me.

Ingredients for Protein Chocolate Lava Cake for One

This protein chocolate lava cake uses cocoa powder and has no butter or melted chocolate like most others, making it quite a low calorie skinny recipe.

Here’s everything you need for this sugar free healthy chocolate lava cake; Be sure to use twice the amount and 2 ramekins if you’re looking for a recipe for two:

Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
Chocolate Protein Powder I use the one from quest nutrition for this protein mug cake. Vanilla protein powder would work as well.
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder or Cacao Powder
A bit of Greek Yogurt to add moisture since there’s no butter or oil in here.
Unsweetened Almond Milk but regular milk is okay too.
An Egg
Vanilla Extract
Baking Powder
Chocolate Chips for that molten lava filling. I would recommend Lakanto since it’s sweetened with monk fruit and makes this healthy chocolate lava cake sugar free too. The code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount too.

How to make Chocolate Lava Cake with Protein Powder:

This chocolate protein cake recipe is really easy to make – just 5 minutes of effort and then bake!

Start with preheating your oven to at 350°F.

Make your Chocolate Protein Mug Cake Batter:

Mix all the dry ingredients – flour, protein powder, cocoa powder and baking powder in a bowl.
Whisk the wet ingredients in another bowl – egg, milk, Greek yogurt and vanilla
Add dry mix to wet and stir to form the batter. It will be smooth, but thick. Don’t over-mix the batter.

Assemble the Chocolate Lava Cake for One

Grease a ramekin with coconut oil or cooking spray.
Pour ⅔ batter into the ramekin
Top with chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
Pour remaining ⅓ batter

And now Bake & Serve!

For the perfect molten chocolate protein mug cake, bake for 20 minutes at 350°F. The top of the cake should be just slightly cooked, but will be quite jiggly when you move it around.

Let cool for about 5 minutes.

Run a knife along the sides and a bit under to loosen the cake.

Now place a plate on top of the ramekin and flip it over so the cake comes off.

Is Lava Cake raw in the middle?

While the molten center of the lava cake is still runny, it is not completely raw in the middle. This is because the high oven temperature cooks the raw egg, making it completely safe to eat.

The center of this molten lava protein cake also uses chocolate chips, and you don’t want to miss on that goodness!

Tips for the perfect Easy Protein Lava Cake Recipe

Use Whole Wheat Pastry Flour not Whole Wheat; The latter would make the cooked part of the lava cake too dense. Another alternative would be all purpose or 1:1 Gluten Free flour.

Don’t over-mix the batter; The protein power or gluten from the whole grain flour will make the chocolate protein cake dense and gummy.

Grease the inside of the ramekin so the lava cake to come out easily when cooked

Don’t over-bake the cake. The top will should be just cooked. It might look soft, but will harden when it cools a bit.

Wait for the cake to cool!

Run a knife along the side of the ramekin to loosen it so it comes off smoothly when you flip it on a plate.

Substitutions for Protein Molten Lava Cake

You can replace the whole wheat pastry flour with all-purpose flour or 1:1 Gluten free flour.

Another option is to use vanilla protein powder instead of chocolate.

Switch out the yogurt for pure pumpkin puree, mashed banana, applesauce or coconut yogurt for a dairy free option

Some more Protein Powder Desserts to try:

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