Keto Chocolate Lava Cake

Low Carb Lava Cake Recipe

A keto chocolate lava cake that you can have in minutes without using a water bath or waiting for these melty cakes to bake in the oven. This low carb cake is delicious! The center is molten and gooey. Top with sugar-free whipped cream or keto ice cream. As the hot cake melts the cream, that’s when the magic happens.

Is Chocolate Keto?

Yes, chocolate is keto. Especially if you find a sugar-free chocolate. There are many keto approved chocolate companies out there. My favorite is ChocZero. Their chocolate is sugar alcohol free as well and is the best tasting. You can save 10% off your order with my code KETOFOCUS at checkout.

If you aren’t able to locate sugar-free chocolate, you can use a dark chocolate. Look for ones that are 85% or 90% dark chocolate. These do contain sugar, but it’s not as much compared to semi-sweet or milk chocolate.

How to Make Keto Lava Cake?

To make keto lava cake in the microwave, you just need to do the following:

1. Add your ingredients to a bowl.
2. Pour the chocolate cake batter into a 4.5 inch glass baking dish.
3. Top with sugar free chocolate.
4. Drizzle a tablespoon of water on top.
5. Microwave on high for 2 minutes.
6. Let rest for 4-5 minutes before inverting.

My Chocolate Sunk to the Bottom

It’s okay if you chocolate sinks to the bottom. That’s what you want to happen. Since this is a microwave keto lava cake, we use sugar-free chocolate square to help us get that melty chocolate center. When you invert your chocolate cake onto a serving plate, the melted chocolate will be on top of your cake and in the center. Perfect for sliding a fork into the center and having a gooey, melted chocolate center ooze out.

What is the Purpose of the Water?

The purpose of adding a tablespoon of water onto the top of the lava cake is to allow the cake to steam bake and for the chocolate to melt without burning.

Oven Instructions

Don’t have a microwave or don’t like them, no worries! You can still make this low carb lava cake without a microwave. To bake your keto chocolate lava cake in the oven, set your oven to 350 degrees. Cook your chocolate cake for about 8-10 minutes in the oven or until the edges are set but the cake is still tacky in the center.

Remove from the oven and let sit for 5 minutes before inverting onto your serving dish or digging in.

Lava Cake Storage and Meal Prep?

Unfortunately, this is one keto dessert that you can’t prep up ahead of time. The whole point of a lava cake is to be gooey and have that melted chocolate center so you can’t make this cake up ahead of time and reheat it and expect it to taste as good as when it was freshly baked.

Luckily, this sugar free lava cake is very easy to prepare and only takes about 5 minutes to make!