Last Updated on July 28, 2023 by Toya
This amazing keto chocolate cake is a true keto delicacy. It is so simple to make, yet makes a great chocolate cake in minutes! What’s more, it does not require any fancy ingredients but common keto ingredients you can find in your pantry.
This exceptional cake has a soft texture and intense chocolate flavor, but without all the bad carbs you’d normally expect in chocolate cakes.
Super dense, soft, and fudge-y, this is a cake you can serve on any occasion, for tea time, birthdays, or just when you want to enjoy something chocolatey and delicious for yourself without the guilt.
This makes the perfect keto chocolate dessert recipe to indulge in!
Tips to make the best keto chocolate cake
- Make sure all your ingredients are at room temperature. This will ensure all is nicely beaten and fluffy and with amazing baking results.
- Cool your cake completely before covering it with frosting otherwise, the frosting may melt.
- For this recipe, once the chocolate cake, was cut in half, crosswise was used. However, if you choose you can double the recipe and make two cakes as well. In that case, increase the frosting by half.
Ingredients to make low carb chocolate cake
We only used these ingredients for the recipe:
- 1 ½ cups fine almond flour
- 1/3 cup cacao powder
- 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
- 3 medium eggs
- 1/3 cup almond milk
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup granulated or powdered erythritol
- 12oz. cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
How to make moist keto chocolate cake
Gather all of your chocolate cake ingredients.
Then preheat oven to 350F. and line a 7-inch spring form with baking paper.
In a bowl, combine almond flour, ¼ cup Erythritol, ¼ cup cacao powder, and baking powder.
In a separate bowl, beat eggs, almond milk, and vanilla.
Fold in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until everything is combined well.
Then pour the chocolate batter into a springform pan and bake for 15 minutes.
How to make keto chocolate frosting
To make this frosting, beat cream cheese, remaining cacao, butter, and Erythritol in a bowl until smooth. If you do not have cream cheese, you can use one of these simple cream cheese substitutes for frosting instead.
Adding frosting to the cake
Once the cake is baked and the frosting is made, cool the cake and cut it in half crosswise.
Spread 1/3 of the chocolate frosting over one-half of the cake.
Next top with the other half of the cake and cover the cake entirely with the frosting.
Refrigerate this chocolate keto cake for 1 hour before serving.
Keto Low Carb Cake FAQs
How many calories are in low carb chocolate cake?
There are 268 calories in every serving of this cake recipe.
How many carbs does keto chocolate cake have?
There are 3.2 grams of carbs in every serving of this moist chocolate cake.
More keto chocolate recipes
Moist Keto Chocolate Cake With Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups fine almond flour
- 1/3 cup cacao powder
- 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
- 3 medium eggs
- 1/3 cup almond milk
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup granulated or powdered erythritol
- 12oz. cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
Instructions
- Gather all of your chocolate cake ingredients.
- Then preheat oven to 350F. and line a 7-inch spring-form with baking paper.
- In a bowl, combine almond flour, ¼ cup Erythritol, ¼ cup cacao powder, and baking powder.
- In a separate bowl, beat eggs, almond milk, and vanilla.
- Fold in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until every thing is combined well.
- Then pour the chocolate batter into a spring form pan and bake for 15 minutes.
- Now time to make the frosting. To make this frosting, beat cream cheese, remaining cacao, butter, and Erythritol in a bowl.
- Once the cake is baked and the frosting is made, cool the cake and cut it in half crosswise.
- Spread 1/3 of the chocolate frosting over one half of the cake.
- Next top with the other half of the cake and cover the cake entirely with the frosting.
- Refrigerate this chocolate keto cake for 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 slices Serving Size: 1 sliceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 268Total Fat: 25.7gSaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 123mgSodium: 200mgCarbohydrates: 5gNet Carbohydrates: 3.2gFiber: 1.8gSugar: 0.6gProtein: 7.2g