CARAMEL CAKE – KETO LOW CARB RECIPE

Love at first chew with this keto caramel cake. Your tastebuds will dance for joy and also you won’t trust it’s low carb and sugar free! Tender almond flour vanilla cake with a prosperous caramel glaze.


There are a few recipes that just make me totally bounce for joy. And this caramel cake is one among these recipes. It will make you bounce for joy too, once you style it. Two layers of essentially one of the foremost tender low carb vanilla cake with a prosperous glaze of sugar unfastened caramel. Really, here is keto dessert heaven.

And I don’t say that frivolously simply due to the fact I make lots of heavenly keto desserts. I even have a candy teeth and I am now not afraid to make use of it. Nor am I afraid to get in there and try to make a keto model of typical dessert like Southern Caramel Cake. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?

Ingredients 2 1/2 cups almond flour 1/4 cup coconut flour 1/4 cup unflavored whey protein powder 1 tbsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup butter softened 2/3 cup Swerve Sweetener 4 enormous eggs room temperature 1 tsp vanilla extract 3/4 cup almond milk 2 batches sugar unfastened caramel sauce Instructions Cake: Preheat the oven to 325F and grease 2 8-inch spherical cake pans. Cut parchment to line the bottoms of the pans and grease the parchment as well. In a medium bowl, whisk collectively the almond flour, coconut flour, whey protein, baking powder, and salt. In a enormous bowl, beat the butter and sweetener collectively till pale and fluffy. Beat within the eggs one at a time and scrape down the beaters and bowl as necessary. Beat within the vanilla extract Add the dry meals in NULL additions, alternating with the almond milk. Beat till effectively combined.  Divide the batter among the NULL cake pans and unfold to the edges. Smooth the tops and bake 25 minutes, or till the rims are golden and the tops are agency to the touch.  Remove and allow cool within the pans, then flip out onto a wire rack. Be certain to peel off the parchment paper if it sticks to the cake layers.  Caramel Glaze: Prepare a double batch of the Sugar Free Caramel Sauce but DO NOT upload the additional water on the cease of the recipe. Be certain to make use of a enormous saucepan (at least 3 quarts) simply due to the fact it's going to bubble up fairly a bit.  Let the sauce cool down to room temperature. It ought to be fairly thick at this point, but nonetheless pourable, and it's going to proceed to thicken simply due to the fact it cools.  Place one layer of cake on a serving plate and pour about 1/3 of the caramel sauce on top. Carefully unfold to the rims with an offset spatula and allow sit one other 10 to 15 minutes to thicken further. Place the moment layer of cake on top. Pour a few of the caramel over the top, letting it drip down the sides, spreading it over the higher and aspects as you go. Continue till the higher and aspects are effectively covered. Alternatively, you may just merely allow it drip down the aspects and never unfold it over.  ***If your caramel is just too thin and is dripping too lots off the aspects of the cake, you may just whisk in a tablespoon or NULL of powdered Swerve to assist thicken it up. If it's going to get too thick, you may just gently re-warm it over low warmth to thin it up again.

THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS CARAMEL CAKE RECIPE
Why is it that this Canadian appears to love southern recipes so much? Especially southern dessert recipes. This keto cake recipe was impressed through the only from my friend’s blog, Grandbaby Cakes. Jocelyn is a genius with desserts and different desserts and she’s also a complete sweetheart in actual life. But I may just the truth is just comply with her so I can salivate over her recipes after which try to keto-fy them. Because thought abounds from that quarter!

I the truth is made this beautiful caramel cake recipe over the summer season and served it at a small 4th of July gathering. So why am I just sharing it with you now?

Well the summer season was lengthy and hot and who needs to be heating up their kitchen throughout a warmth wave? Am I right? But also I had to get my up to date Sugar Free Caramel Sauce recipe in area earlier than I may share this magnificence with you. Which took me a whereas simply due to the fact I vital to create a how-to video for the caramel sauce.

And finally, it happened to me that here is such a huge keto vacation dessert, especially in case you aren’t a pumpkin or pecan fan.

TIPS FOR MAKING KETO CARAMEL CAKE

1. The cake itself is merely an almond flour founded mostly vanilla cake, though it does have somewhat of little bit of coconut flour in it for higher texture. I discover that these NULL the truth is work to create the finest cake-like consistency.
2. Yes, the cake also accommodates protein powder. As I even have stated about a million times, protein powder facilitates keto baked items rise and cling their form within the absence of gluten. You can use egg white protein instead. Check out my primer on the science of baking with almond flour for further info.
3. Having all your meals at room temperature is a must. It does you no nice to melt your butter nicely after which to unload in chilly eggs, causing the butter to clump up again!
4. The glaze for this sugar-free caramel cake is merely a double batch of my Sugar Free Caramel Sauce, but you depart out the further water on the end. This facilitates it thicken up further and turn out to be a spreadable frosting. It may be fairly liquid when it’s warm so be certain to allow it cool nicely earlier than attempting to frost your cake.
5. The caramel sauce isn’t difficult to make but in case you discover it too thick or too thin, you may just nonetheless rescue it. For thin caramel sauce, upload a tablespoon or NULL of powdered erythritol reminiscent of Swerve Confectioners. For overly thick sauce, stir in a few water whereas stirring over low heat. Just a tablespoon or NULL ought to do it.
6. The up to date sugar unfastened caramel sauce makes use of BochaSweet, that's facet of why it remains so tender and doesn’t re-crystallize. Unfortunately, as a consequence of the popularity of a few of my recipes made with this sweetener, they have bought out on Amazon and their site is taking backorders. Hopefully they'll clean this up soon! You sub in xylitol or allulose in its place. See the notes within the recipe for further details.
7. This is a RICH cake, coming in at a whopping 388 energy and 35g of fats per serving. I set the servings at 12 nevertheless it may the truth is just prolong to 16, especially in case you serve it with somewhat of keto vanilla ice cream!

Honestly, this sugar unfastened caramel cake is so good, it may just just depart you speechless. Sometimes I amaze even myself. And that’s a the truth is nice thing.

Recipe Notes
This sugar unfastened caramel sauce makes use of Bocha Sweet, a low carb pentose sweetener, for consistency. Currently Bocha Sweet is out of inventory on Amazon, and their site exhibits that they're having situation filling their orders on the moment.

If you cannot get Bocha Sweet, you may just sub in xylitol or allulose. You too can use all Swerve Sweetener and upload 2 teaspoons of Yacon syrup or molasses. Do be forewarned that utilizing all Swerve will outcome in a frosting that re-crystallizes fairly somewhat upon cooling. It will nonetheless style great.

Also, in case you cannot get the brand new Brown Swerve, the addition of the Yacon or molasses will supply you a caramel shade and flavor.

Nutrition Facts
Keto Caramel Cake
Amount Per Serving (1 serving = 1/12th of cake)
Calories 388Calories from Fat 314
% Daily Value*
Fat 34.9g54%
Carbohydrates 7.6g3%
Fiber 3.4g14%
Protein 9.5g19%
* Percent Daily Values are founded mostly on a 2000 calorie diet.