Paleo Lemon Mug Cake…

I love my sweets. I always have. And, well, probably a little too much. Sometimes when I have a carby, sweet tooth craving, I don’t necessarily want a dozen of anything sweet laying around the house. But one, just one, is perfect. Well…usually. 🙂

 

While I have been laying low on the chocolate, this has been a great sweet treat replacement. And it has 8 grams of fiber from the coconut flour so it will keep you full. I also use 1 capsule full of psyllium husk capsules (see picture below). This is just a fiber that is good for you and will help keep you regular. You go every day, right? We should be going every single day. I didn’t mean to go off on the potty talk but it’s important. Really. Maybe try some magnesium citrate and psyllium husk if you need a little “help” and/or a good probiotic. But I digress. The other reason I use the psyllium husk so that it gives the cake a great squishy texture that feels similiar to traditional gluten-filled baked goods. And, it also has a tablespoon of alkalizing lemon (I use the jar of lemon juice – see below for pic- it’s just easier). And this treat is only about 160 calories. Ekk that just made me squirm a little. I don’t count calories, well not anymore, but I know that many are interested so I thought I would see, just out of curiorsity and for something fairly big and satifying, I was surprised. 

 

 

So this is what it looks like in my mug, but I didnt think it was a very pretty picture so I put it on a plate, with some lemon zest, that I could use in my mug cake, but I won’t actually because that would take extra time. I cook a lot but I’m a lazy cook. 

For what it’s worth, I don’t love the Nutiva coconut flour. I just used it today for the first time and it seems denser and the cake seemed a little dry. This cake is never dry. But to be fair, it could be that my egg was a bit smaller than normal which I did notice. But I do love Let’s Do Organic coconut flour that you can get from Whole Foods or Vitacost, my favorite online store! 

 

Edited (3/6): I made my cake again today and it was still thick and dry (the raw mixture) with the Nutiva flour so I added 1 tbsp of almond milk. It helped but still wasn’t as good as it was with the Let’s Do Organic Flour. You can also just use 1 tbsp and 1 tsp of coconut flour instead of 2 tbsps. I would do that instead although it still might need a touch of milk. Too bad it’s so different with different brands of coconut flours. 

My favorite coconut flour…

Happy almost Spring everyone!