Amazing Low Carb Pound Cake
Cake should be something that is on the menu every day. Why wait for a special occasion to enjoy cake?! However, cake can be tricky when you are following a keto diet. You can’t have white sugar, you can’t use white flour, so how can cake be possible?! Don’t you worry, we have the perfect “every day” cake recipe for you and it is totally low carb! Did we mention that you can eat it every day? All day? At every meal? Just keep reading…
Pound cake is such a classic cake as it is flavorful, dense and pairs well with so many other things. The rich vanilla flavor is perfect when served on it’s own but it also goes great with some keto berries, topped with a scoop of keto ice cream or with a dollop of coconut whipped cream. There are so many ways to customize a pound cake that it may take you all summer to find just how you love it the best!
In addition to making this tasty low carb pound cake and serving it alongside other keto foods, you can tweak the recipe itself in order to perfect the recipe to your liking. Rather than using vanilla extract, give almond extract a try. If you want to make the pound cake have a little more “fall flavor”, add a dash of nutmeg and ground ginger long with the cinnamon. If you want a more tropical taste, use 1 cup almond flour and 1 cup coconut flour along with some unsweetened coconut flakes mixed it. The possibilities are endless!
So, you may be wondering how such a great pound cake can taste so good, be so versatile and still be keto approved. The answer lies in the choice ingredients we use in the recipe. To begin, we say goodbye to sugar and high carbohydrate sweeteners. We replace the sugar found in most pound cake recipes with granular erythritol. Erythritol is a natural sweetener that has zero carbohydrates yet is just as sweet as sugar. It also does not have that funny, metallic taste that some no carb sweeteners have. It is just pure, sweet goodness! It also acts just like sugar when used inside this pound cake recipe so chemically, the recipe will work perfectly. No carbs but a beautiful, sweet cake sounds like a dream!
The next thing we have done to ensure that this pound cake is low carb is to use almond flour in place of traditional white flour. Almond flour is made from ground almonds so it has all the nutritional benefits of nuts and also all the great flavor. Almonds have lots of healthy fats which are also super important on a keto diet! Almond flour is nice and fluffy so it created a baked good that is tender, moist and still much lower in carbohydrates than any cake made with traditional flour.
Eliminating the flour and the sugar makes this pound cake recipe perfect for those on a low carb diet. Our amazing, tasty substitutes will give you a delicious cake that you can’t wait to eat. You will love this cake for breakfast with some berries, or served with ice cream at dessert! Make it for a special occasion or just on a random Tuesday. It is great anytime and for everyone, even those not on a keto diet.
| Servings: servings |
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 tbsp butter, softened
- 1/2 cup So Nourished granulated erythritol
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking powder
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and spray a large bundt pan with baking spray.
- Beat together the cream cheese, butter and granular erythritol until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed to be sure to incorporate all the ingredients well.
- Add the vanilla extract and eggs and beat again.
- Add the sour cream and stir.
- Add the almond flour, salt, cinnamon and baking powder and mix to combine into a smooth batter.
- Pour the batter into the greased bundt pan and then bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out of the center of the cake cleanly.
- Let the cake cool completely before removing from the bundt pan and slicing.
NUTRITIONAL DISCLAIMER
The content on this website should not be taken as medical advice and you should ALWAYS consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. We provide nutritional data for our recipes as a courtesy to our readers. We use Total Keto Diet app software to calculate the nutrition and we remove fiber and sugar alcohols, like erythritol, from the total carbohydrate count to get to the net carb count, as they do not affect your blood glucose levels. You should independently calculate nutritional information on your own and not rely on our data. The website or content herein is not intended to cure, prevent, diagnose or treat any disease. This website shall not be liable for adverse reactions or any other outcome resulting from the use of recipes or recommendations on the Website or actions you take as a result. Any action you take is strictly at your own risk.
Dr. Rosmy Barrios, MD is an aesthetic medicine specialist whose work focuses on patients who are treated for obesity, metabolic syndrome, and other weight-related issues through nutritional analysis, keto diet programs, and supporting medications.
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