And we’re back on!

After a long hiatus, I’ve decided to come back with a super-healthy, super-duper-easy dessert that you can whip up in just about 5mins!

I saw this post from Oven Haven on my twitter feed a couple of days ago and I was determined to do something about it this weekend.

There were a few challenges to work through though: the recipe called for both flour and sugar. I am currently trying to cut out all sugar from my diet and Raj is in the process of leaning out: which basically means he’s banned sugar and grains from his diet.

As I wondered how to adapt the recipe to make it gluten-free and sugar-free, I clicked through to Almost Bourdain‘s post on the same cake. This was an improvement (as the recipe called for gluten free flour) but still not acceptable :(. And I REALLY wanted my dessert!

To make things more difficult, I promised that the dessert would also be rich in protein! What was I thinking!

So on a limb, I just decided to do throw the following ingredients together and see what it resulted in.

5min Chocolate (Tea)cupcake

Serves 1

Ingredients:

3 tbsp butter
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbsp milk (I used whole milk)
1 whole egg
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1 scoop chocolate-flavored whey protein

Directions:

1. Melt butter in the microwave or double boiler
2. When melted, add the milk, egg and vanilla extract to it.
3. Beat the mixture till everything is blended uniformly.
4. Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl.
5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and beat together till you get a lovely uniform batter.
6. Pour the batter into a microwave-able teacup and microwave on high for about a minute.
7. Keep an eye on the microwave as the batter will rise up pretty darn fast.
8. Garnish as you like (or not) 🙂

I dusted some Stevia extract on top but would have loved to whip up some cream to plop on top with a sprig of mint. Ah well.

Anyways, whipped cream or not, Raj and I got to finish a delicious, nutritious dinner on a super-healthy, sweet note. Win all the way.

The final result