Protein Red Velvet Lava Cake – Big and Good!

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.

Some more Protein Cake Recipes to Try:

• (Better than Others’) Oreo Protein Cake
• Fail Proof Simple Vanilla Protein Cake with Oat Streusel
• Protein Apple Cupcakes with Protein Peanut Butter Frosting
• Best Cookie Butter Mug Cake – DIY Biscoff & High Protein
• Mocha Protein Cake with Protein Dalgona Frosting (Unbelievably Sugar Free)

More Healthy Mug Cake Recipes

• Light & Healthy Whole Wheat Chocolate Mug Cake
• Microwave Banana Bread in a Mug (Paleo-friendly)
• Chocolate Chip Pancake Mug Cake