I guess all the holiday sweets didn’t quite fill me up. Well, they kind of did. But I am pretty much obsessed with anything sweet so I had to make a healthy and delicious protein dessert to detox after Christmas. It may look too good to be healthy, but it is much more nutritious than a typical dessert.
By using whole wheat flour and unsweetened cocoa powder, this cake has over 10 grams of fiber. I used chocolate Beast Sports Nutrition protein powder. It not only gave the cake great taste, but it contributed to the over 45 grams of protein!
If you want to lower the sugar in this recipe, you can always use sugar free maple syrup. I like to use the real, all natural, 100% maple syrup. But, it will taste just as amazing no matter which one you use. And just a little side note. Don’t skip the maple peanut butter cream. It is so delicious and takes this cake to another level.
Chocolate Maple Protein Mug Cake
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Serves: 1 mug cake
Healthy and delicious chocolate maple protein mug cake layered and topped with a maple peanut butter cream, mini chocolate chips, and pure maple syrup.
Ingredients
- Chocolate Maple Cake
- 1/2 cup (60g) whole wheat flour
- 1 scoop (35g) Beast Sports chocolate protein powder
- 1 tbsp. (5g) cocoa powder
- 1/2 tbsp. granulated stevia/sweetener
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/3 cup (75g) vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1 whole egg
- 2 tbsp. milk (any milk is fine)
- 1/8 tsp. maple extract
- 1/2 tbsp. mini chocolate chips (for topping)
- 2 tbsp. pure maple syrup (for topping)*
- Maple Peanut Butter Cream
- 1/3 cup (75g) vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp. pure maple syrup (for topping)*
- 1 tbsp. (16g) peanut butter
Instructions
- Mix flour, protein powder, cocoa, sweetener, and baking powder in a bowl. Add Greek yogurt, egg, milk, and maple extract. Gently mix together until well combined.
- Spray a large mug with nonstick spray. Pour batter into mug. Microwave for 1:00, check, and then microwave for another 1:00.
- Mix all maple peanut butter cream ingredients together in a small bowl. Cut cake in half horizontally. Spread half of the cream in the middle and then the other half on top.
- Top with mini chocolate chips and drizzle with pure maple syrup. Enjoy!
Serving size: 1 cake (without toppings) Calories: 485 Fat: 9 Carbohydrates: 60 Sugar: 6 Fiber: 14 Protein: 47
Notes
* You can use sugar free maple syrup instead of the pure maple syrup to lower the calories.
