This keto chocolate cake recipe tastes amazing. It’s rich, dense, and topped with delicious chocolate cream cheese frosting. It’s the perfect option for birthdays and other celebrations that you want to keep keto friendly.
This keto chocolate cake recipe yields a total of 16 servings. Each serving contains roughly 423 calories, 42 grams of fat, 39 total carbs, 4.55 net carbs, and 9 grams of protein. Net carbs are equated by subtracting fiber and erythritol from total carbs.
Ingredients
CAKE :
- 2 cups of almond flour
- 1 cup of chopped pecans
- 1 cup Swerve Granular
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 6 eggs at room temp
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 4 oz of butter melted
- 2 Tsp baking powder
- 1 Tsp vanilla extract
Frosting:
- 16 oz cream cheese softened
- 8 tbsp butter
- 1 1/2 cups Swerve Confectioners
- 1 1/2 Tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
Directions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Mix all of the cake ingredients into a blender and blend on high for 90 seconds.
- Next, pour the mixture evenly into two greased 9-inch non-stick cake pans. Place into the oven for 30 minutes.
- Place on a cooling rack while you prepare the frosting.
- Beat cream cheese and butter together using an electric mixer with a paddle attachment or with a hand-held mixer until smooth and creamy.
- After that, slowly add in Swerve Confectioners and cocoa powder on low speed until well mixed. Then continue to mix as you add the vanilla extract.
- Then, frost the top of one of the cakes with about 1/3 of the frosting and place the other cake on the top of the frosted cake.
- Use the remainder of the frosting to frost the top and sides of the cake.
- Lastly, enjoy a slice of keto chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting!