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    Keto Chocolate Cake | The BEST Easy Low Carb Cake Recipe For Keto

    Mar 5, 2020 The Diet Chef

    Keto Cake! The BEST Easy Flourless Low Carb Chocolate Cake Recipe For Keto!

    The BEST Keto Chocolate Cake

    Keto Chocolate Cake recipes simply don't get better than this one!

    And you know I love a good keto cake recipe.

    I mean I've made a TON of low carb keto mug cakes, like this one, this one, and this one. 

    But this recipe literally "takes the cake".

    Seriously though, this keto cake is rich, decadent, and incredibly moist. Not to mention, it's easy to make too!

    But, in my mind, what makes this THE BEST Keto Chocolate Cake Recipe is the fact that each slice only has 1.5g NET CARBS.

    With that being said, the keto chocolate butter cream frosting is optional. But, if you decide to add it, each slice still will only have 2.5g NET CARBS!

    How To Make Keto Cake (Video)

    So, like I said, this Keto Chocolate Cake is unbelievably easy to make.

    All you have to do is add all of the ingredients to a large bowl, mix everything up, and then bake it for 20-25 minutes. And if you can believe this, making the Keto Chocolate Buttercream Frosting to top the cake with is even easier!

    Now, typically you'd use a standard cake pan to make a cake. But I actually recommend using a 7" springform pan to make this keto chocolate cake.

    The springform pan is higher than you're average cake pan, and this keto cake rises quite a bit. So, it's important to have that extra room in the pan.

    By the way, a good indicator that the cake is done, is when it separates itself from the edge of the pan. 

    Tips On How To Make Keto Chocolate Cake As Low Carb As Possible

    Chocolate cake isn't something that is usually low carb, or even keto friendly for that matter.

    I mean, cake is basically all sugar...and maybe some fat too.

    Replacing The Sugar

    With that being said, in order to make a keto chocolate cake you'll need to use some alternative ingredients.

    And all that means is that you'll be using low carb ingredients to replace the higher carb ones.

    So, all that means you'll be swapping out "regular" flour for blanched almond flour, and sugar for Confectioners Swerve.

    Keto Cake! Flourless, Low Carb, Gluten Free Chocolate Cake For Keto!

    If you've never heard of Swerve, it's basically a sugar replacement that has 0 NET CARBS, and 0 CALORIES.

    That makes it an ideal sugar substitute for people following a low carb diet like keto.

    It's also important to mention that Swerve is as sweet as sugar.

    Other sugar substitutes are often sweeter than sugar.

    For instance, stevia in it's purest form is 300 times sweeter than sugar. So, it's not an ideal replacement for Swerve.

    Also, many companies mix stevia with maltodextrin or dextrose - both of which are sugar - and brand it as having 0 calories.

    However, what they're really doing is using the FDA's loose guidelines for serving-sizes to make it appear this way.

    Most of the time you'll see on these packages a serving size is LESS THAN 1g. And pretty much anything under 1 gram has 0 calories.

    These "stevias" are definitely NOT keto-friendly. So, don't fall for this sneaky marketing tactic.

    Also worth mentioning is that erythritol in it's purest form is only 70% as sweet as sugar.

    Many people think Swerve is pure erythritol, but it isn't. And if you use pure erythritol to make this cake it won't be sweet enough. 

    Having said all of that, I STRONGLY encourage you to just use Confectioners Swerve to make this Keto Chocolate Cake.

    It's the only way I can guarantee you'll have delicious results making it.

    Replacing The Flour

    As I mentioned briefly earlier, you'll also want to skip normal white or wheat flour when making this low carb chocolate cake.

    Instead, you'll want to use blanched almond flour.

    And if you need to pick up Blanched Almond Flour I recommend using this one by Kirkland's.

    I not only used it in today's Keto Chocolate Cake recipe, but I use it in all of my other recipes that call for almond flour. 

    I personally like the Kirkland's Blanched Almond Flour for 2 reasons...

    1. It's cheaper than most - if not ALL - other brands.
    2. It only has 2g NET CARBS, which is the lowest I've seen for almond flour. 

    DO NOT SUBSTITUTE FLOURS

    Keto Chocolate Cake! The BEST Low Carb Cake Recipe

    DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT substitute flours in this Keto Chocolate Cake Recipe. 

    I get asked all the time, "Can I swap coconut flour for almond flour, or almond flour for coconut flour?"

    And the answer is NO!

    Coconut flour and almond flour have different absorption rates. What that means is coconut flour is highly absorbent, and soaks up liquid at a much higher rate than almond flour.

    If you substitute coconut flour for the almond four in today's cake recipe, expect the cake to be EXTREMELY dry. 

    DO NOT expect good results.

     

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    Keto Chocolate Cake | The BEST Easy Low Carb Cake Recipe For Keto

    Keto Cake! Flourless, Low Carb, Gluten Free Chocolate Cake For Keto!

    ★★★★★

    5 from 15 reviews

    Keto Chocolate Cake! One of the BEST - if not THE BEST - easy low carb chocolate cake recipes you'll ever make. This keto cake is so rich, so decadent, and SO MOIST, you won't even believe it's keto. Plus, each slice of this keto cake has just 1.5g NET CARBS.

    • Author: The Diet Chef
    • Prep Time: 10
    • Cook Time: 20
    • Total Time: 30 minutes
    • Yield: 16 Slices 1x
    • Category: Dessert

    Ingredients

    Scale

    1 ¾ Cup (198g) Kirkland's Blanched Almond Flour

    ⅓ Cup (25g) Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

    ⅔ Cup (100g) Confectioners Swerve

    ¾ Tsp Baking Soda

    ¾ Tsp Baking Powder

    Pinch of Salt

    3 Eggs (room temperature)

    2 ½ Tbsps (35g) Melted Coconut Oil

    Heaping ¼ Cup (75mL) Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk

    1 Tsp PURE Vanilla Extract

    Optional Keto Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting:

    2 Sticks Butter (room temperature)

    Just less than 1 Cup (125g) Confectioners Swerve

    1 Cup (80g) Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

    ½ Cup (120mL) Vanilla Unsweetened Almond Milk

    Instructions

    Preheat your oven to 350 Degrees.

    Takeout the eggs and butter, and start bringing them up to room temperature.

    Now, start adding all of the dry ingredients for the keto chocolate cake to a large bowl.

    NOTE: I highly recommend weighing the ingredients out to the gram on a food scale for best results!

    Mix and combine the dry ingredients, and then add the wet ingredients.

    Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until a thick cake batter forms.

    Once it does, coat a 7" springform pan with baking spray and add the cake batter to the pan.

    Once you've added the batter, spread it out evenly in the pan, and then bake it in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

    The cake will be done when the edges of the cake just start to pull away from the pan itself.

    While the cake is baking, make the frosting...if you're making the frosting.

    So, in a large bowl add the butter and then cream it with a hand mixer.

    Once the butter is creamed, add all of the other ingredients into the bowl, and then fold them into one another until a thick frosting forms.

    Now, when the cake is done baking let it cool down in the pan itself.

    Once it's cool, remover the outer ring of the springform pan, and then transfer the cake to a plate/cake stand flipping it upside down in the process.

    Now, add the frosting, and use a frosting spatula to evenly distribute it around the keto cake.

    Once the frosting is applied, the cake is done!

    Enjoy

    Notes

    *NOTE: Macros don't account for the Confectioners Swerve, it has ZERO CALORIES and 0 NET CARBS. The macros also do not include the Keto Chocolate Buttercream Frosting as it is optional.

    Remember to subtract the fiber from the carbs to get NET CARBS per slice....

    3.5g Carbs - 2g Fiber = 1.5g NET CARBS

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 Slice
    • Calories: 105
    • Fat: 9
    • Carbohydrates: 3.5
    • Fiber: 2
    • Protein: 4

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    Comments

    1. Amy Lawrence says

      April 15, 2019 at 2:57 pm

      I’m curious if I could make these into cupcakes instead and if so what is the change in baking time or temp?

      Reply
      • The Diet Chef says

        April 15, 2019 at 10:02 pm

        You definitely can, I'd expect it to be a little less than the cake, so maybe around 15 minutes. Just keep your eye on them :)

        Reply
    2. Jenn says

      April 15, 2019 at 7:21 pm

      This tastes wonderful. I honestly can’t believe it’s low carb. THANKS!!!!!!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    3. Penny says

      April 15, 2019 at 7:42 pm

      Just happened to be my BF’s birthday today. He’s been doing keto for a month, so I made him this cake, and he loved it!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    4. Vince says

      April 16, 2019 at 4:56 pm

      Wow it was great the only thing i noticed the middle was soft and i even let it bake longer then the recipe called for .....but it was dynamite!!!!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    5. Tina says

      April 16, 2019 at 8:43 pm

      Once again a fantastic recipe this cake is one of a kind

      Chef Duff You are amazing

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    6. Rosy says

      June 03, 2019 at 9:54 pm

      Delicious, what is the serving size?

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    7. Marie says

      June 30, 2019 at 3:11 pm

      Made this for my husband and brothers 40th bday. Was absolutely delicious and to their surprise was keto. They are both keto followers and we’re worried they’d have to turn down a slice of their own cake thinking it was loaded with sugar. Followed step by step and it was amazing! Thank you

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    8. Sarah says

      July 28, 2019 at 11:33 pm

      Made them as cupcakes and they came out great.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    9. Monserrath Valencia says

      November 10, 2019 at 12:34 pm

      Delicious and so easy!!
      Thanks Joe, I’m waiting for other new book, I love your recipes!!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • The Diet Chef says

        March 05, 2020 at 5:37 pm

        Aweee thank you so much for saying that :)

        Reply
    10. Coco says

      November 30, 2019 at 10:29 am

      Hi joe! Can I replace the coconut oil with butter in the same measurements?

      Reply
      • The Diet Chef says

        March 05, 2020 at 5:37 pm

        I think so.

        Reply
    11. Susan says

      December 05, 2019 at 2:41 pm

      This cake was phenomenal! Light, airy, moist and packed with flavor. Absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing your recipes... they make staying with keto an easily sustainable lifestyle.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    12. Shirley Shen says

      December 15, 2019 at 1:51 pm

      Can you add protein powder to this cake/other cakes to add protein? Trying to up my protein intake!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • The Diet Chef says

        March 05, 2020 at 5:37 pm

        Maybe just a scoop of protein for the equivalent amount of almond flour, so like 30g is all I would recommend.

        Reply
    13. Seemi says

      February 16, 2020 at 6:41 am

      Thanks for the recipe, it turned out absolutely scrumptious😋👌

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    14. Ashley says

      March 05, 2020 at 10:18 pm

      This cake was awesome!!!!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    15. Shelby Hilliard says

      April 23, 2020 at 1:04 am

      Hi Joe! I just made this recipe for the first time and made it into 16 cupcakes instead of a whole cake. I also made the frosting! But I was wondering why, when I weigh out all of the ingredients, I went to manually add this to MyFitnessPal and the macros don’t match? I used every ingredient listed and was precise with my measurements, yet MFP says they’re only 81 calories per serving for 16 servings? And the fiber is much lower only 1.6 grams for one serving and over 10g carbs before subtraction.. Thanks!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    16. Adriana Rivera says

      April 28, 2020 at 9:20 pm

      Wow. I just made this and my family devoured it. I didn’t have Swerve but I used the monkfruit sweetener and it was the best cake I’ve made. Wowww, thank you!

      Reply
    17. Judy Long says

      May 04, 2020 at 9:17 pm

      OMG this cake is seriously amazing! It's the best keto dessert I've ever had, hands down. Thank you SO much for sharing! I've already made it twice. hehe.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    18. Ann Madlung says

      June 21, 2020 at 9:19 pm

      These are wonderful! Made 14 cupcakes and baked on convection 14 min. The centers dipped but frosting covered that. Used mix of allulose erythritol and monk fruit sweeteners that I powdered in coffee grinder. Served to mixed crowd for birthday and everyone liked them and no one had stomach issues from sweeteners which I was worried about. Used 1/3 cup more sweetener in cakes and frosting. These cakes were better than homemade ones made with regular flour! This is the recipe we will use from now on! Thank you!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • The Diet Chef says

        June 23, 2020 at 3:41 pm

        AWESOME!! Glad everyone at the party liked them :)

        Reply

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    Hey there! I'm Joe Duff - The Diet Chef, and I've been creating low carb keto recipes for over 15 years. Initally, I started making these recipes to help myself lose weight - I lost over 75 pounds doing so - but now I make recipes for the entire low carb keto community!
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