Bring out the berries for this Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a pretty big commercial event if you ask me. We’re constantly told we need to buy things for our loved ones and do special deeds to show our love on this day. I personally am not a big proponent of this, I like to show my love all the time, everyday. However, many folks do celebrate in some way and honestly I can just look at it as an excuse for good food. Who doesn’t love food? I’d love to know if you celebrate V-Day and what do you generally do? Let me know.
Now last year I whipped up a decadent Keto chocolate mug cake for V-Day, for you to share with a loved one. This year I thought I’d bring out the berries. I’ve got a fruity Keto berry mug cake with a vanilla mascarpone frosting to go with it. It’s a big cake, meant for two and definitely so delicious that it will impress your loved ones. So go ahead and give it a try.
Counting carbs and calories
So there are a few components in this recipe, the berry compote which makes about 3 servings (about 50 grams each) and the vanilla frosting (which yields 2 servings). This means you will have some left overs. You can either make this mug cake twice (and be left with 1 serving of the berry compote) or you could use the remaining compete for our Keto berry swirl cheesecake. The frosting could be good over any one of our other mug cakes, I’d personally recommend the peanut butter mug cake.
So go ahead and find creative ways to use the left overs. Since you are sharing this cake (or at least eating it over a couple of sittings) I would suggest cutting it in the middle (horizontally) and either making 2 smaller cakes. Then frost each one and eat separately or pile em up over each other for a layer cake.
Nutrition Info (Per serving)
- Calories: 627
- Net Carbs: 10g
- Carbs: 15g
- Fat: 55g
- Protein: 12g
- Fiber: 5g
One serving = 1 full cake with frosting. Each cake uses 1 serving of frosting and the recipe for the frosting makes 2 servings. Get this recipe on myfitnesspal.
The berry compote recipe on MFP and vanilla mascarpone frosting on MFP.
- 100 grams Blackberries
- 100 grams Raspberries
- 2 Tbsp Erythritol I recommend this one
- 50 grams Mascarpone cheese
- 50 ml Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/2 Tsp Vanilla Extract I use this one
- Stevia to taste I recommend this one
- 1 Tbsp Coconut Flour I use this
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder I recommend this one
- 2 Tbsp HK's Berry Compote
- 1 Tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream I recommend this one
- 2 Tbsp Butter I recommend this one
- Stevia to taste I recommend this one
- 1 Egg
- In a saucepan add the berries and erythritol. If you are using fresh berries add like 1/2 cup of water.
- Heat on a low flame stirring occasionally till the berries cook and you are lefty with a sticky syrupy mixture.
- Set aside and let cool.
- Use in your dessert recipes.
- Mix together the mascarpone cheese (at room temp) and the whipping cream, vanilla extract and stevia
- Blend well till you get a nice thicky frosting.
- Pour into a piping bag and chill in the fridge,
- Use to frost your cakes
- Mix the coconut flour, baking powder, berry compote, whipping cream, butter, stevia and egg in a bowl with a whisk, or directly into a mug.
- If you use a mug just pop it in the microwave after mixing. If you want to step it up a bit, butter a ramiken and pour the mixture in
- Microwave for 2 1/2 to 3 minutes on the highest setting. If you want to bake this then 10 minutes at 175C or till the toothpick comes out clean
- Allow it to cool and then top with the mascarpone frosting.
- I personally prefer this cake cold, but you can also eat it warm if you right just after it comes out of the microwave.
- Enjoy
20 Comments
Jmt
February 12, 2018 at 3:39 pmLooking forward to making this for a lunch with friends this week: 2 of us do keto, the other is diabetic..
Is it possible to post US measurements in your recipes?
For those who need help, here’s a great link I use for changing the grams to whatever:
http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/tools.measures/Measures.cfm
Luke
February 16, 2018 at 12:38 amYou know you can do this by default on these recipes yes? Just underneath the servings is the option 🙂
Gillian
February 12, 2018 at 10:17 pmHi Sahil
Feb 14 is around the corner Perfect timing for the BERRY BERRY DEELICIOUS MUG CAKE? HAPPY VALENTINE TO YOU AND DIPTEE.
Teespring shipped my ENOUGH JIBBER JABBER tee shirt I will take a picture of me wearing it in Toronto and send it. I only do you tube and gmail could you send me your email address tks
Sahil Makhija
February 13, 2018 at 4:42 amYay! So glad to hear that and thank you so much. I’m headbangerskitchen at gmail dot com
AussieLiz
February 14, 2018 at 10:12 amI loved loved this recipe. So easy to make and delicious. Made it for Valentine’s Day. 10/10 recipe. Will make it again. And yes shared between 2 it was still a good sized serving.
Sahil Makhija
February 14, 2018 at 2:45 pmThank you so much, really glad to hear that.
Noshin
February 14, 2018 at 8:53 pmThis was the best mug cake I made – thank you – I was wondering if I can make a chocolate version (without the berry compote) and it ll be still so soft ?
Thank you
Sahil Makhija
February 15, 2018 at 2:58 amYes it should be, you can add a TBSP of whipping cream and a tbsp of cocoa powder in place of the berries and it should work.
Ruchi
February 17, 2018 at 3:44 amI made this today.. awesome it tasted. Thanks. Wanted to share the pic here but I guess I can’t.
Sahil Makhija
February 17, 2018 at 1:03 pmyeah pictures you can tag us on Instagram or post on the facebook page.
Mousumisom.
March 20, 2018 at 2:46 amI am confused about whipping cream. Actually I get the whipping cream which is very sweet in the market. So I can’t use that then what to do.
Sahil Makhija
March 20, 2018 at 5:53 pmAmul cream if you live in India.
Ruchi Gautam
June 9, 2018 at 6:44 pmIs this amul fresh cream? Also how to whip it without sugar?
Sahil Makhija
June 10, 2018 at 4:26 amyes it is and keep it in the fridge, separate the cream from the whey and whip it then
Aswani R
March 29, 2018 at 6:34 pmI tried this dessert today and it came out well. Thanks much for the awesome recipe.
Em Allen
May 8, 2018 at 12:44 amHi ! I totally messed up this recipe on the first try, but on the 2nd i realize I don’t know how you do the butter? Do you cut it into the flour cold or do you melt it first? Thanks!
Sahil Makhija
May 29, 2018 at 12:40 pmDo watch the video.
Ruchi
June 11, 2018 at 4:27 pmHi what is better, to use frozen berries or dried berries? I think frozen one contains sugar. Also which brand of frozen berries did you use?
Sahil Makhija
June 12, 2018 at 9:06 amDelishh! Frozen berries. The fresh ones cost as much as a kidney in India.
Ruchi
June 12, 2018 at 4:45 pmHi one more query….can we use blueberries and cranberries instead?