Name: Protein Red Velvet Lava Cake - Big and Good!
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 Unsweetened Almond Milk (60ml, room temperature); 1 Tbsp Greek Yogurt (14g); 1 tsp Red Food Coloring (Liquid); ¼ tsp Vanilla Extract; 2 tsp White Chocolate Chips (10g)

Protein Red Velvet Lava Cake – a big and indulgent dessert for one! This red velvet lava mug cake is made with whole wheat flour and sweetened with protein powder for a truly sugar free and healthy dessert!

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Red Velvet Cake + Chocolate Lava Cake in one!

Yeah another one where “I don’t know where it came from”. But clearly worked out!

Or maybe it was because I recently got some red food coloring, and someone online tried my regular protein chocolate lava cake so it was on the back of my mind.

Well whatever the reason was, this combination of a red velvet cake with the gooey molten chocolate center was just perfect. A true indulgence right here.

Ingredients for Protein Red Velvet Lava Cake for One

This protein red velvet 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 for high protein red velvet lava cake, and also replace some of the sweetener.
I used ProteinWorld Whey; The ProteinWorld Slender Blend is another great option. Code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount on both.
A third alternative would be Quest.
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
Red Food Coloring for that red velvet effect
Vanilla Extract
Baking Powder
White Chocolate Chips for that molten lava filling. I use sugar free white chocolate chips from Lily’s here; ChocZero is another good one.
Another sugar free regular option is Lakanto (HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount here) or Lily’s!

How to make Red Velvet Lava Cake with Protein Powder:

This mini red velvet 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 Red Velvet 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, red food color and vanilla
Add dry mix to wet and stir to form the red velvet protein mug cake batter. It will be smooth, but thick. Don’t over-mix the batter.

Assemble the Red Velvet Chocolate Lava Cake for One

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

And now Bake & Serve!

For the perfect molten red velvet 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.

Tips for the perfect Easy Red Velvet Lava Mug 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 cake dense and gummy.

Grease the inside of the ramekin so the red velvet lava cake to comes out easily when cooked

Don’t overbake the protein lava 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 Red Velvet 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. Or sugar free Zero calorie sweetener; I recommend the one from Lakanto, to keep this recipe sugar free (HAYLSKITCHEN for the discount).

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

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