I made my first mug cake today. It was pretty good considering it was significantly low in carbs and high in protein!
However it was extremely dry. But it still tasted somewhat like a bread substance and looked enough like a cake so I was able to trick my mind into thinking it was one.
I used:
1 scoop of Corfetti Cullucor Protein Powder (basically just vanilla protein powder)
1 teaspoon of baking powder
About 2 or 3 tablespoons unsweetened apple sauce
splash of water
mix together above ingredients in a mug
heat in microwave in 15 second increments and poke around until it looks fluffy like cake!!
However the finishing product was dry, and I don't have enough ingredient variations to play around with. Maybe greek yogurt would have made it more moist? or eggs whites? Im not too sure.
My solution to the problem was actually kind of odd... and I don't know if I recommend it because I didn't have any cold item in my fridge or a liquid besides Haagen Daz ice cream, water or apple sauce. I ended up fixing the dry cake by topping it with: MAPLE SYRUP! Ew, it does sound gross, I know. But it was a version low in sugar and calories, and although I wanted to use the ice-cream, I wanted this dessert to be semi low calorie.
Let me tell you, the syrup wasn't all that bad. I just had to imagine that it was a breakfast french toast dowsed in syrup and it was kind of good! But if you have some arctic zero ice cream, or some break yogurt topping with sprinkles, I bet it would be a lot more promising.
Sadly, I took pictures of my creation, but only on snapchat so I do not have them here today for you.
I highly recommend trying it though! But do not make the mistakes I did!. If you use the same ingredients as me, just pair it with a better something than syrup and it will be phenomenal!!!
I hope you try it!
-Tara
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