Paleo Cinnamon Roll Mug Cake
A single serving cinnamon cake with cinnamon swirl and icing. It looks and tastes like a cake version of a cinnamon roll. It's also paleo, gluten free and wheat free.
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp super fine almond flour
- 1 tbsp coconut flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder, for a paleo version you will want to make your own baking powder rather than using commercial baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- 1 1/2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 large egg
- 1 tbsp almond milk
- 1 tbsp olive oil
cinnamon swirl
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
icing
- 1/3 cup coconut cream
- 1-2 tsp maple syrup
Instructions
- In a microwave-safe mug, add all cake ingredients. Mix batter with a small whisk until smooth.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, add cinnamon swirl ingredients. Cover with a paper towel and heat at 20 second intervals (stirring in between), until thickened like syrup.
- Swirl half of the syrup into the cake batter. Cook cake in microwave for about 1 minute 30 seconds. Spread remaining cinnamon swirl over top of cake.
- The cake can be topped with your favorite icing or condensed coconut milk. If you want to make your own icing, combine icing ingredients, adjusting maple syrup as needed. Cover with a paper towel and heat at 20 second intervals (stirring in between) until thickened like syrup. Pipe into a swirl pattern over surface of cake.
Notes
Recipe Tips
- Because this is a microwave cake, I provided a microwave method for cooking the cinnamon swirl and icing. However, they can also be made on the stove.
- If you do not have almond flour, you can make this recipe with just coconut flour (2 tbsp coconut flour total and keep the other ingredients the same). However, you can't make this cake with only almond flour because the almond flour is not able to absorb liquid the way that coconut flour can.
- This cake is best eaten soon after it is made. Microwave cakes generally don't store well and they tend to get dry over time.
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. This is not a comprehensive list of all the nutrients in the recipe (i.e., does not include vitamins, cholesterol, etc). I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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