Keto Red Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

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Last Updated on July 31, 2023 by Toya

If you are looking for the most incredible keto red velvet cake, then look no more. You have found it! Made in a few simple steps, and only 2.5 grams of net carbs per serving, this is an amazing keto cake recipe you must try out!

This keto red velvet cake with keto cream cheese frosting is made with simple ingredients, but makes an amazingly delicious red velvet cake. Your friends and family will not believe that this cake is truly keto as it truly resembles the classic red velvet cake.

Unlike the classic red velvet cake, this one has really reduced carb content and does not contain sugar, so basically, you have a healthier version in this recipe.

The red velvet cake is a staple in American cuisine, and it was developed in the Victorian era. The cake has a long history and the color in the original red velvet cake comes from a simple mix of vinegar and cacao. The reaction of vinegar, cacao, and buttermilk tends to reveal the red color cacao has, but also makes the cake fluffy.

Today we have beautiful food colors that make cooking easier, and with this, we’ve made this easy keto red velvet cake with rich red flavor and taste!

Tips to make the best red velvet cake

1. Vinegar – is it essential? Vinegar is not essential in making the red velvet cake, but if you want to add more fluffiness to your cake, add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to the batter.
2. Powder or liquid color – this is completely optional, but if you are using liquid colors you may want to add ½ tablespoon of additional almond flour for every ounce of food color you are adding.
3. You want your cake to be very moist. In order to achieve this result, if you’ve baked your cake think that it should be moister, and drizzle it with simple syrup. To make the simple syrup combine ½ cup water with ½ cup powdered Erythritol. Simmer for 5 minutes and drizzle over the cake. This will also make the frosting sit better on the cake.

Ingredients to make keto friendly red velvet cake

These are the ingredients you need to make this easy low cake.

For the cake:

• ½ cup unsalted butter
• ¾ cup erythritol powdered
• 2 medium eggs
• ¼ cup softened coconut oil
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 1 ½ cups almond flour
• 2 tablespoons cacao powder
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon red food coloring in powder or 1oz. Of gel food coloring
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Frosting Ingredients:

• 8 oz cream cheese 
• ¼ cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons erythritol powdered or to taste

How to make keto red velvet cake

First, make sure you have all of your ingredients available

Then preheat the oven to 350F and grease an 8-inch cake pan with some butter.

Make sure your cake pan is at least 8 inches deep. You can find a great one by clicking this link.

Cream together butter and erythritol until smooth. Then add the eggs, coconut oil, and heavy cream. Make sure to blend well until everything is properly incorporated.

In a separate bowl, mix together, almond flour, cocoa, and baking powder until combined. Mix this either with a fork or a whisk.

Then add the dry ingredients a little at a time to the wet ingredients, blending with a hand mixer until blended well.

Add vanilla and red food coloring and stir until well combined.

Pour the batter into a cake pan or two pans and bake for 30 minutes.

Now, let’s make the frosting.

To make your frosting beat the frosting ingredients until fluffy. My recipe calls for cream cheese, heavy cream, and powdered keto sugar, but you can use one of these simple cream cheese alternatives for frosting listed here.

Once done, place it aside or in the fridge until the cake is ready.

Remove the cake from the oven. If you baked a single cake, cool it and then cut it in half crosswise. If you baked two cakes, remove the cakes from the pan and cool.

Once the cake or cakes have been cooled, go ahead and spread some of the frosting over one layer.

Top the second cake layer with frosting and continue until you’ve covered the entire cake with frosting.

Chill the low carb red velvet cake for 1 hour before serving.

Easy Red Velvet Cake FAQs

How many carbs are in each serving of this low carb cake?

There are 2.5 grams of net carbs in each serving of this red velvet cake.

More keto dessert recipes

• Easy Keto Chocolate Frosty
• Keto Chocolate Ice Cream