Keto Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Buttercream
Sweet and pink keto strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream icing. Basic ingredients, easy to make, and just 3 net carbs per slice.
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 2 cups almond flour
- [1/2 cup powdered monkfruit]
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 eggs
- [3 tablespoons sugar free strawberry syrup]
- 1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract
- 8 tablespoons butter melted
- [pink food gel]
For the Icing:
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 4 ounces butter softened
- [1/2 cup powdered monkfruit]
- 3/4 teaspoon strawberry extract
- [pink food gel]
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a cake pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, add the almond flour, monkfruit, and baking powder. Whisk or beat to get any lumps out.
- Add the eggs, syrup, and extract and mix until well combined.
- Add the butter and mix until full combined. Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix again, if needed.
- Use a toothpick to swirl some of the pink food gel into the cake batter. Mix until the color is uniform.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared dish. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick test comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the pan and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
- In a separate bowl, use a mixer to whip the cream cheese and butter together until fluffy.
- Add the powdered monkfruit and mix until combined.
- Add the extract and food gel (using a toothpick)l and mix until combined and uniform in color.
- Once the cake has cooled, spread all of the icing onto the cake. Use the back end of a spoon to swirl the icing, if desired.
Video
Notes
You may use any size cake pan. I used a 7" pan in the pictures and it took about 25 minutes. If using a 9" round pan or 9x13 pan, start checking around the 20 minute mark. If making cupcakes, start checking around 12-15 minutes.
Optional- add 1 tablespoon Crisco (shortening) to the butter and cream cheese to make a firmer frosting.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 418kcalCarbohydrates: 10.6gProtein: 9.4gFat: 37.8gFiber: 7.1g
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