Brooke and the sweet peas stopped by today to bake a cake with me. I wanted to try to come up with a KETO yellow cake recipe that was good. One that wasn’t so dry like the other recipes that I had tried. Or one that didn’t fall apart coming out of the pan.
I also needed to come up with a frosting that was tolerable – Key for me! Brooke has her own cake business and makes beautiful wedding cakes and birthday cakes. Her Butter Cream Frosting is phenomenal. It would take a great recipe to come close to what my pre-KETO taste buds were used to.
We came up with a great Keto Yellow Cake Recipe that I think you will love. It’s easy to make and delicious! I know that this will be my new go-to for cupcakes and birthday treats. I am excited that I don’t have to feel deprived when it’s time to indulge in a beautiful birthday cake at a party. Or I don’t have to feel guilty if I decide to have a slice.
Keto Friendly Cake Recipe
Keto Yellow Cake Recipe
- 4 teaspoons coconut flour
- 1 cup almond flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup Stevia or sugar substitute
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and almond flour pan
In large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Add in eggs, vanilla, salt, and baking powder. Mix well.
Mix in Almond and Coconut flours. Add heavy cream and combine.
Pour into greased pan and bake for 20-25 minutes until top of cake is lightly golden and firm to the touch.
Remove from oven and allow to cool in pans 10-15 minutes. Turn onto wire rack to cool completely before frosting.
Prepping the Cake
Brooke drew her own template of a pineapple shape for a fun summer feel. Our darling cakes pops are tiny individual pineapples.
Yummy Keto Frosting
I made a delicious Cream Cheese Frosting that was easy and Keto friendly. It was the bonding for the cake pops as well as icing for the cake. We used chocolate candied melting chips as icing for cake pops. (Not KETO friendly :/ But the kids loved these fun tiny treats!)
Keto Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 8 oz. cream cheese softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup Stevia
Mix all ingredients together until smooth consistency.
After shaping the cake, we used icing to bind the leftover cake pieces into pineapple shapes. Brooke then divided icing into 2 bowls and added green/yellow food coloring.
She first iced bottom section of pineapple solid yellow. She then put some icing into piping bag and made a criss cross section over the yellow icing. In each square she added a dot of icing to make pineapple look real. You can learn more about how to use icing tips here.
She iced the top part of the pineapple green before piping some leaves to make it appear like real stems of the fruit.
Icing the Cake Pops
We heated the yellow candy melting chips on stove see how to here. We then tipped each cake stick into the melted candy before inserting into the cake pop. This ensured our stick would stay in place.
Next we rolled each cake pop into the melting chips tapping the stick on side of bowl as we slowly turning cake pop. The tapping helps to knock off air bubbles and excess melting chip while chocolate is hardening.
Finally, Brooke piped on some greenery to the tops of each cake pop. They turned out so cute!
Our Keto Pineapple Cake & Cake Pops definitely were a success. Keto friendly and delicious — Kid approved!!
What a fun day with my little grandbabies. What kind of fun things do you do when you are with your kiddos? Check out my post on Mud Kitchens here. And How to Host a Grandma Camp here. Or maybe you would like to geocache with your little guys. Check that one out too! ~Susie Peas
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