Sugar Free Lava Cake
Happy New Year! I cannot believe the year 2019 starts tomorrow. Time really flies and somehow we are a year away from 2020, unbelievable! Today’s recipe is dedicated to my son, Alex, who is home for winter break from college. His favorite dessert is lava cake. Alex has been limiting his sugar intake so together we created this sugar free lava cake for him to enjoy. If you are looking for a sugar substitute, Steviva is a great option. You can use it in baking, or in your coffee, just like you would use sugar. It is a 1:1 substitute.
I am sure you are wondering what exactly Steviva is. It is a sugar substitute made from allulose, monk fruit, and stevia. It is delicious and I love to sweeten my cup of tea with it, it melts quickly, just like sugar does. It is also fantastic for baking. I find Steviva sweetener to be slightly less sweet than regular sugar. Steviva is diabetic safe, keto friendly, vegan, kosher, gluten free and paleo friendly. You can even use it on top of a crème brûlée and it will brown and caramelize just like sugar does. Steviva has only 5% of the calories that regular sugar has, so if you are counting your calories, you can enjoy a sweet treat with this substitute.
Today’s recipe is quite easy. It is a sugar free lava cake for two. This recipe is perfect for a romantic Valentine’s Day dessert as well. This dessert is great because it only takes a few minutes to put together and is made with ingredients you probably have at home. One tip to keep in mind, you must butter and flour your ramekin or your lava cake could stick. Or, you can use a baking spray, which has butter and flour combined inside the spray. One other tip, if you like a really gooey center for your lava cake, you must underbake it. We baked ours for the full amount, as we do not like the center to be too gooey. If you want an oozy cake, bake your lava cake for about 9 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1/2 stick (2 ounces) unsalted butter
- 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/8 cup Steviva, sugar substitute
- Pinch of salt
- 1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450°.
- Butter and lightly flour two 6-ounce ramekins.
- Tap out the excess flour and set the ramekins on a baking sheet.
- In a double boiler, over simmering water, melt the butter with the chocolate. You can also melt them in the microwave, but carefully check how they are melting every 15 seconds
- In a medium bowl, beat the egg with the egg yolk, Steviva and salt at high speed until thickened and pale.
- Whisk the chocolate and buter until smooth.
- Quickly fold it into the egg mixture along with the 1T of flour.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared ramekins and bake for 12 minutes, or until the sides of the cakes are firm but the centers are soft. If you want a very gooey center, bake for 8-9 minutes.
- Let the cakes cool in the ramekins for 1 minute, then cover each with an inverted dessert plate. Carefully turn each one over, let stand for 10 seconds and then unmold.
- Serve immediately.
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I partnered with Steviva and created this recipe as part of the Steviva Blogger Recipe Challenge.
I have done lava cakes. My favorite is a chocolate and a peanut butter lava cake. Easy to make.
A little peanut butter would make a great addition to a lava cake! I love that suggestion. Happy New year!
I will have to try this for sure. I just love lava cake. This looks so good. I am all about chocolate!
Chocolate is my favorite food group. These lava cakes are delightful, you must try it!
What a yummy looking cake! I’ve never tried that sweetener, but it looks good for my diabetic cousin! I’ll have to make sure he knows about it.
The Steviva sweetener is perfect for a diabetic, you should share this recipe with your cousin.
Oh my gosh … that looks fantastic. I want to jump right through my computer screen and get me some. But alas, I guess I’ll just have to make one instead.
You will not believe how easy it is to make these lava cakes. You will have to try it.
This recipe looks so yummy. I love that it’s sugar-free. I can’t wait to give it a try.
I know you will love these lava cakes. They are so delicious and sugar free too!
We went on a cruise during the holidays and the lava cake is always a favorite dessert. I love your Sugar Free recipes. This is such a great recipe to share with your sweetie on Valentine’s Day or any day.
I bet the lava cake on a cruise is a fun dessert! I hope you will give it a try.
Your lava cake turned out quite lovely. I have tried to bake with sugar substitutes before and tit actually never turns out well, they taste great, but never looks so awesome.
As long as your sugar free desserts taste good, that is what is most important!
That looks amazing!! I think I will be making this for my New years Eve dessert! I am drooling!
This lava cake is drool worthy! I hope you give it a try.
I love lava cake, and it would be nice to use it without the guilt of having a ton of sugar. This looks delicious.
Thank you! It is so nice to be able to enjoy a dessert with less sugar and less guilt.
Oh my gosh, I love that this is sugar-free. I’m working on getting my weight down this year and this is a good recipe to start with. It will satisfy my craving and I won’t feel guilty eating it.
Yes! It is nice to have a rich dessert without all the sugar!
It’s so hard to find yummy, sugar-free dessert recipes. I might have to try this one! Looks good.
Thank you, it is so delicious! One of my favorite desserts I have made this year.
Yum and yum! I am totally going to bookmark this because I would LOVE some alternative desserts that don’t use sugar that are decadent. Stevia is a great option as an ingredient replacement!
I hope you give this a try! You will love the richness of this dessert.
Pinned and looking forward to making this one. Sweetie is prediabetic so he watches his sugar intake, Babushka is a chocoholic who watches chocolate; this is perfecto for us both. Gracias for the recipe and intro to the sweetner.
This might be the perfect recipe for both of you to enjoy together!
Sugar free dessert? Yes please! I love lava cake, and if i can make one without refined sugar that would be amazing!
This is a great way to enjoy a sugar free treat!
I need to try this Keto sugar! I could make so many yummy things!!
You can make some amazing treats with the Steviva sugar substitute! I hope you will give it a try.