Tasty Tuesday

So even though I'm not a huge dessert fan, I do get a taste for something sweet every once in a while. Sugar, as all low carbers know, is the devil! Therefore, we have to get creative when we want something sweet. With that being said, Tuesday will now be Tasty Tuesday. I will post a low carb dessert recipe every Tuesday.


Most low carb desserts involve some sort of cheesecake since cream cheese is low in carbs. I love, love, love cheesecake but have decided to go a different route for my dessert today. It's still a cake but of the chocolate variety. Without further ado, we have: Low Carb--One Minute Chocolate Mini-Cake for One! or just Low Carb Chocolate Cake if you prefer. (Look for a fun fact at the end of this post).


Low Carb Chocolate Cake (1 Serving)


Prep Time: 4 mins
Cook Time: 1 min


Ingredients:


1 egg, beaten well


1/2 tsp vanilla


1 tbs heavy cream


2 tbs cocoa


1/2 tsp sweetener (I use splenda. 5 packets is equal to 1/2 tsp)


1 tsp baking powder


1 tbs vegetable oil or softened butter


Directions:


1. In a small bowl, beat egg with fork and add in the rest of the ingredients until a smooth batter is formed.


2. Pour into a mug which will hold 8 ounces (I prepared everything in an oversized mug)


3. Microwave for 1 min.


4. Carbs per serving: 8g


It turns out slightly spongy, but I just pretend it's sponge cake :). It also has a bit of an aspartame taste to it, which I don't mind, but some people can't stand. Overall, it's a good replacement for dessert. Some people put whipped cream on theirs, but I didn't have any. I'm going to look for a low carb recipe for whipped cream.


FUN FACT!!!!!


If you are like most people in the world (except for my mother who has every ingredient in stock for every recipe ever known to man), you probably don't have both baking powder and baking soda in your house. Or maybe I'm the only one since I don't really bake and therefore, see no need for baking powder.


 With that being said, I did not have baking powder, which this recipe calls for. I simply made my own. You can make baking powder by taking 2 parts cream of tartar to 1 part baking soda (i.e. 2 tsps. cream of tartar mixed with 1 tsp baking soda). You still use the same amount of baking powder that the recipe calls for (and yes, English majors, I know you are never supposed to end a sentence with a preposition, but "for which the recipe calls" just sound pretentious). Hope you enjoy!