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Keto/Low Carb Strawberry Cake

Updated: Jul 8

Surprised I haven't made this recipe sooner but it's summer time and strawberry picking season is gonna be here soon so the perfect time to make some strawberry cake and Jam!! It is just as soft, if not softer than my keto vanilla cake recipe because of the added jam than has allulose in it.




The only difference I made to my vanilla cake recipe was adding some keto strawberry jam in place of some of the liquid in my keto vanilla cake recipe. Since this worked theoretically you can use any keto jam to make any flavor of keto cake you may want. Then I put some strawberry extract instead of vanilla extract.

Keto Jam Recipe Video- https://youtu.be/1186AJYl1A8


The first ingredients in the recipe are fat and sweetener. I say fat cause I have made this recipe with avocado oil, coconut oil and softened butter and every recipe had came out beautifully. The sweetener I like to use in granular monkfruit/erythritol blend. Any 1:1 alternative erythritol sweetener will work in this recipe. Allulose blends are not a good option for certain baking because it makes baked goods hold moisture and brown too fast. You can minus the sweetener quite a bit if you like desserts less sweet. I have experimented with just using pure stevia to sweeten my pumpkin bread and it has worked but I have not gotten the right amount for adults correct, it was fine for my 8 month old though. I think with the less sweetener though, the end product isn't as moist as with the bulk sweetener.


My preferred flours of choice are coconut flour and whey protein isolate. I have not experimented with it but the internet says you can use 3x the amount of almond flour in place of the coconut flour. I haven't found an equal replacement for the whey protein isolate yet. Some have had success swapping it for egg white protein powder in a few of my recipes but other recipes haven't worked. I haven't figured out an egg free version. I have figured out a dairy free version, it is below after the dairy version.

My whey protein isolate of choice is Isopure I always have the unflavored, creamy vanilla and dutch cocoa on hand for recipes. These are the only 0 carb flavored whey protein isolates I have found on Amazon. I have used perfect keto, keto chow and quest protein powders in baking and they have all worked, they just add some extra carbs to the final product.


For the liquid I make my own buttermilk using so delicious coconut milk and vinegar. You can use any milk you like but different milks my add carbs to the recipe. Heavy cream has 6-8g of carbs per 1 cup. You can use half heavy cream and half water to cut the carbs down for this recipe. But you can also use almond, oat, flax, cashew milk etc. I replaced 4 ounces of of the keto buttermilk with the keto strawberry jam to make it a strawberry flavored keto cake.





If you are making these in 2-8inch rounds or a 9x13 pan I would decrease the oven temperature to 325 and bake a little longer. The rounds should bake in 22-26 minutes depending on you oven. A 9x13 cake pan may take even a little bit longer than that. I used cupcake tins that are a little bit more batter than regular cupcake liners so mine took 18-20 minutes to bake at 350 but they were a bit dark from the allulose in the jam. For regular cupcakes they only need to bake 15-18 minutes at 350 depending on you oven.


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Keto Strawberry Cake Recipe


5oz./140g/1/2 Cup+2 Tbs.- Avocado Oil/Coconut Oil/Softened Butter

180g/2/3 Cup+1/4 Cup - Granular 1:1 Erythritol Sweetener Blend (Sweetener Video to explain why I use this sweetener- https://youtu.be/vvSSp3kgyCs )

4 Eggs (Room Temp)

1 Tbs. Strawberry Extract

3/4 Cups/6 oz. Keto Buttermilk-1 tsp Vinegar + Alternative milk of Choice to equal 3/4 Cups

1/2 Cup/4 oz. Keto Strawberry Jam- https://youtu.be/1186AJYl1A8

120 g/approximately 1-1/2 Cups - Vanilla Whey Protein Isolate (Isopure Creamy Vanilla=0 Carbs)

75 g/approximately 1/2 Cups + 2 Tbs. - Coconut Flour

1 tsp. Baking Powder

1 tsp. Xanthan Gum

1-1/2 tsp. Baking soda

2 tsp. Vinegar


Instruction:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degree and line 24 cupcake cavities with liners (foil outside liners recommended) you may get less cupcakes depending on how much you fill them

  2. Pull eggs, measure out and make the buttermilk and measure the keto strawberry jam, measure out oil/butter and granular sweetener into a stand mixer and whisk on medium, while that is going, weigh/measure, sift and whisk dry ingredients together, minus the baking soda

  3. Scrap down the oil/butter and sweetener a few times, you just want the sweetener dissolved some, add the eggs one at a time scraping down a few times in between and add the strawberry extract

  4. Once all combined, alternate the buttermilk/keto jam and dry ingredients in 3 additions, scraping down in between each addition, take off the mixer

  5. Measure out the baking soda into a bigger vessel than you think you will need and add the vinegar (it will bubble up) mix well then add to the batter and stir in making sure it is mixed well

  6. Portion out into 24 cupcake liners, filling about 3/4 of the way up (42g middle red scoop linked above) and bake for 16-19 minutes turning half way through to promote even cooking

  7. Let cool to the touch then move to a wire rack to cool completely while you make the desired frosting

I used my keto buttercream frosting recipe and added 1 and a half scoops of Perfect Keto MCT oil powder (collagen powder should work too) and a 1/2 Tbs. of Strawberry Extract. Then decorated with freeze dried strawberry dust.


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Macros with no frosting:


100 Calories

7g Fat

10g Total Carbs

1 g Fiber

8g Sugar Alcohol

6g Protein


Macros with my Strawberry Buttercream Frosting:


240 Calories

23g Fat

19g Total Carbs

1 g Fiber

16g Sugar Alcohol

2g Net Carbs

6g Protein


Dairy Free Strawberry Cake Recipe


6oz./168g/3/4 Cup- Avocado Oil/Coconut Oil

120g/1/2 Cup+2 Tbs. - Granular 1:1 Erythritol Sweetener Blend (Sweetener Video to explain why I use this sweetener- https://youtu.be/vvSSp3kgyCs )

4 Eggs (Room Temp)

1 Tbs. Strawberry Extract

1/2 Cup/4 oz. Keto Strawberry Jam

30 g/1 Scoop Beef Protein Isolate

84 g/approximately 1/2 Cups + 3 1/2 Tbs. - Coconut Flour

1 tsp. Baking Powder

1 tsp. Xanthan Gum

1-1/2 tsp. Baking soda

2 tsp. Vinegar


Makes 18 Regular Cupcakes


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