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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!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: keto carrot cake
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 297kcal

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

Calories: 297kcal
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