Perfectly Moist Keto Carrot Cake

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This keto carrot cake is moist and delicious. You will be amazed how topped with a keto cream cheese frosting this gluten free cake taste like the real thing. It will calm any sweet tooth craving. Add pecans or walnuts with a option for carrots and the classic carrot cake spices!

keto carrot cake

 

Why You’ll Love This Keto Carrot Cake!

  • This cake comes out super moist. The texture is just like real cake, look at the photos!
  • Topped off with walnuts that are great for omega 3’s.
  • Featuring a cream cheese frosting making it just like the traditional cake you love.
  • Baked keto desserts are my specialty! King of keto desserts.

How To Make A Keto Carrot Cake

  1. Combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
  2. Beat eggs and butter with other wet ingredients. Excluding the vinegar. Blackstrap molasses is a great option here to add a true brown sugar feel. If you’re against sub for sugar-free maple syrup.
  3. Using a hand mixer, mix the dry and wet ingredients together.
  4. At this point if mixing in carrots or nuts fold them in now.
  5. Lastly, add vinegar and fold though. Then place batter in 9 inch cake pan and place in oven.

keto carrot cake

Helpful Recipe Tips

  • Skipping the cream cheese frosting is a option. It will save on calories and this cake is delicious enough to eat without it.
  • Pecans or walnuts? I prefer walnuts but pecans work well as you can see in the photos. Yet, walnuts just give it a flavor that pecans lack for this particular cake. Whichever you have on hand works.
  • Add liquid sweetener for more sweetness. Even with the blackstrap molasses this cake isn’t very sweet due to the spices. For someone wanting a sweet cake add liquid sweetener I promise it’ll do the trick.

Are Carrots Needed?

No, you actual receive very little flavor from carrots in a cake. It’s the spices that stand out. Not to mention if you are using baking powder they can actually turn the carrots green. For someone that doesn’t know this and you present the cake this can be off putting. Lastly, although the amount of carrots are minimal. On a keto diet we try to get as few carbs as possible.

 

Calories And Net Carbs

Below you will find full nutrition facts via Cronometer. The facts include walnuts and adding the cream cheese frosting. To add the blackstrap molasses its simply a extra 2g net carbs per slice which is minimal for the flavor it brings. But, the cake comes out to only 4g net carbs per slice!

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keto carrot cake

Keto Carrot Cake

This keto carrot cake is moist and delicious. You will be amazed how topped with a keto cream cheese frosting this gluten free cake taste like the real thing. It will calm any sweet tooth craving. Add pecans or walnuts with a option for carrots and the classic carrot cake spices!
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 slices
Calories 297 kcal

Equipment

  • 9 inch cake pan
  • Hand mixer or whisk

Ingredients
 

Carrot Cake

    Dry Ingredients

    • 1 3/4 cup blanched almond flour
    • 3 tablespoon coconut flour
    • 1/4 cup granulated sweetener
    • 1/4 cup swerve brown sugar alternative
    • 1/8 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
    • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda

    Wet Ingredients

    • 3 large eggs
    • 6 tablespoon melted butter
    • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
    • 1 tablespoon blackstrap molassas or sugar free maple syrup
    • 1 teaspoon liquid stevia or liquid monk fruit (optional for added sweetness)
    • 1 tablespoon vingar or lemon juice

    Mix ins

    • 1 cup freshly grated carrots (110g)
    • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    • 4 ounces cream cheese
    • 1 tablespoon sour cream
    • 2 tablespoon powdered sweetener
    • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Instructions
     

    Carrot Cake

    • Preheat oven to 350°F
    • Grate carrots if using them. If you choose to buy pre-shredded that is fine
    • Combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl
    • In a separate bowl combine all wet ingredients
    • mix the dry and wet ingredients and scraping the sides of the bowl to make sure everything is combined
    • If using carrots or nuts fold them in here
    • Place in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes or until you can stick a toothpick in and it comes out clean

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    • Cream sour cream and cream cheese together
    • Next mix in powdered sweetener. Then mix until smooth
    • Add in extract here and enjoy

    Notes

    Helpful Recipe Tips

    • Skipping the cream cheese frosting is a option. It will save on calories and this cake is delicious enough to eat without it. 
    • Pecans or walnuts? I prefer walnuts but pecans work well as you can see in the photos. Yet, walnuts just give it a flavor that pecans lack for this particular cake. Whichever you have on hand works.
    • Add liquid sweetener for more sweetness. Even with the blackstrap molasses this cake isn't very sweet due to the spices. For someone wanting a sweet cake add liquid sweetener I promise it'll do the trick.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Keto Carrot Cake
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 297
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Keyword keto carrot cake
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    1 thought on “Perfectly Moist Keto Carrot Cake”

    1. 5 stars
      This is my favorite keto pastry recipe so far. I’ve been on keto for 5 weeks. I actually made these to be muffins in the morning. They paired excellently with coffee or tea. My husband loved them, though they met with mixed reviews from my children. My two year old loved them while my five year old didn’t, but she’s going through a strangely picky phase right now. We did use real molasses. The flavor of these muffins is deep and rich and sooo much like “real” carrot cake. I was surprised! Thanks for the recipe.

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