Following a ketogenic diet can be tough at times, especially around birthday times, so I have set out to create the worlds best keto birthday cake.
Maybe you are making this for yourself, or you could be making this for a friend who is keto. Either way, you are going to blow socks off with this incredible recipe. This comes highly recommended to impress even those who aren’t keto.
So what’s the secret to this Keto Birthday Cake?
Well, in my testing for the revamp of the keto bread recipe, I noticed that gelatine has a pretty unique texture when it comes to being a binding agent. The consistency and gelatinous feel reminded me a lot of cake, which is exactly why I use gelatine in this recipe.
Gelatine isn’t vegetarian or vegan-friendly, however, you could also substitute this with guar gum or xanthan gum if that is important to you.
I borrowed the icing from one of my previous Lemon and Coconut Cake Recipes, as it has been a super delicious recipe for a long time now. The addition of a little lemon juice in the icing is what makes the vanilla flavor pop!
Keto Birthday Cake
Easy Low Carb Birthday Cake doesn’t need many different ingredients to taste delicious. The mix of coconut and almond flour is an absolute winner, but not 100% necessary.
If you are looking for more fluffy Keto Birthday Cake like this, you are going to love my other dessert recipes on the blog that are just as delicious is this one, or you can download my Best Selling Keto Cookbook to get started right away.
How many carbs does keto birthday cake have?
If you’re wondering How many carbs does keto birthday cake have?, then hopefully I can answer this question for you.
The nutritional information can be found here for this recipe:
I hope you enjoy this fluffy Keto Birthday Cake as much as I did testing, creating and photographing this recipe. Don’t forget to share this Keto Birthday Cake with a friend in need, or anyone who would be excited about finding a perfect fluffy Keto Birthday Cake.
Until Next Time.
Keto Birthday Cake - How To Bake For Your Keto Friends And Family
Ingredients
Cake
- 100 g Almond Meal (1 Cup / 3.5 oz)
- 30 g Coconut Flour (1/4 Cup / 1 oz)
- 1 teaspoons baking powder
- 100 g Erythritol (SoNourished) (1/2 Cup / 3.5 oz)
- 5 Large Eggs (50g Each / 1.5 oz each) seperated
- 60 g heavy whipping cream (1/4 Cup / 2 oz) (Thickened Cream AUS)
- 100 g Butter Melted (1/2 Cup / 3.5 oz)
- 1/2 Tablespoons gelatine powder
- 1 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
Icing
- 300 g Cream Cheese (1 1/4 CUps / 10 oz)
- 2 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 30 g Powdered Erythritol (SoNourished) (3 Tbsp / 1 oz)
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 2 teaspoons Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 160C (320 F)
- Combine the almond meal, coconut flour, baking powder and erythritol into one mixing bowl. Combine the ingreidnts together until a consistent colour is shown throughout the mixture
- Next, seperate the egg yolks from the egg whites into two seperate mixing bowls. Combine the heavy whipping cream, melted butter and vanilla extract with the egg YOLKS
- Using a small amount of warm water, melt the gelatine powder and mix with a small spoon until it looks well combined (it will start to become quite thick). Combine with the egg yolk mixture
- Beat the egg whites with and electric mixer for 1-2 mins on high. White peaks will begin to form in the egg whites.
- Slowly fold the egg yolk mixture in with the egg white mixture. Combine until a uniform colour.
- Also combine the almond / coconut flour mixuture with the egg white / yolk mixture, until its all in one bowl. Pour into a well buttered 20cm (7.5") cake tin.
- Place in the oven for 45 mins. Remove, check the middle is cooked, and let it cool until room temperature
Icing
- Combine the cream cheese, heavy whipping cream and powdered erythirtol in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer.
- Add vanilla extract and lemon juice. Use as icing for your cake once it has cooled sufficiently.
- Slice the cake in half slowly using a large blade, use 1/3 of the icing to layer between the cake, adding strawberries as needed.
- Ice the top of the cake with the remaining icing. Top with any kind of keto friendly berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries) and enjoy. Best served fresh.
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Sydney says
The cake batter seems super thick….is this normal? What consistency should it be?
FatForWeightLoss says
This is normal 🙂
Wendy says
Can I use monk fruit instead of erythritol and if so how much
FatForWeightLoss says
Hi Wendy, is you monk fruit in liquid form?
Dawn says
Can I use the powdered Erythritol for both the cake and the icing or does the cake need to use the granulated stuff?
FatForWeightLoss says
You can use powdered for both if you like 🙂
Dawn says
Can I use powdered Erythritol for both the cake and the icing? Or does the cake have to use the granular Erythritol?
Charlotte says
Want to try and prepare this ahead of time. Would you be able to freeze the cakes before icing? Or best to eat fresh?
FatForWeightLoss says
Freeze the cake before you ice it if no other option is there, but it is way better fresh 🙂
Tammy says
Boy, you were not kidding about knocking socks off, Aaron! Thank you so much for this, I’d attach a photo to this comment if I could, as you made my low-carb daughter really happy on her 18th birthday. I even got texts from her friends about it afterward…
It’s no longer berry season and she’s mad for pecans, so I toasted a panful and lined the filling as well as decorating the top with them. They married beautifully with both the icing and delicate almond-flavoured cake.
This was my first time trying a low-carb and non-chocolate *cake* recipe, and I had my reservations, but I’m ever so glad I gave it a go!
Warmest greetings from an ex-food blogger in Amsterdam.
FatForWeightLoss says
HI Tammy,
Wow, this is the best comment ever! Thanks so much for letting me know 🙂 Happy birthday to your daughter!
hanan says
can i use almond flour instead of almond meal,?
FatForWeightLoss says
Yes certainly 🙂
Ranjana says
Hi Aron
I have question for u that whenever I make keto bread it smells and give eggy taste.so that’s why can’t eat is there any way out to that it should be eggy smell free.
Thanks
Ranjana
Julie says
What kind/brand gelatine do you use?
FatForWeightLoss says
Hi Julie, I believe its called Great Lakes.
Nanette says
Any replacement for gelatin? Thanks
FatForWeightLoss says
Same amount xanthan gum, or guar gum will work.