Keto Death by Chocolate Cake
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Hey Keto Friends! Here’s what you’ve been waiting for – Keto Death By Chocolate Cake.
Chocolate lovers ammunition against chocolate cravings.

When I first went low carb I stuck with mug cakes because I didn’t want a big tempting treat that sat on my table and beckoned me.
But I was missing out. And eventually, denying my inner chocolate cake lover caused me to trip up and blow my macros more than once.
This gorgeous cake has three net carbs per slice and is so versatile that you can make it any way that you want. See the post for tips on how to make tempting layers or go easy and make cupcakes. In any case…the flavor is divine.
Keto Death by Chocolate Cake Ingredients:
- 2 cups almond flour
- 3/4 cup allulose
Use one cup if you like very sweet cake.
Since the frosting covers each piece and I made my cake in layers, 3/4 of a cup of sweetener was enough for me. We recommend allulose but you can use whatever floats your boat.
My absolute favorite for baking is this allulose.
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter
Make sure the butter is soft enough to blend into the batter.
If you don’t want to use butter, use any other oil that you like with a pinch of salt at a one to one ratio.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs room temperature
Warm your eggs up in a bowl of water to bring them to room temperature quickly. This is an important step in any kind of baking.
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
This is one of those ingredients that you can change up according to taste.
I happen to love the rich flavor that heavy whipping cream lends to low carb baking. But…I am a little bit sensitive to cows milk. So I use a mix of half heavy cream and half almond milk. Feel free to mix and match however you like.
The important thing here is to have the right amount of moisture.
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
Keto Death by Chocolate Cake Frosting Ingredients:
- 8 oz cream cheese room temp
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp heavy whipping cream
Add this ingredient one tablespoon at a time until your frosting is the consistency that you like.
- 1/2 cup butter soft
- 1/3 cup powdered allulose
Can I tell you a little secret? NEVER buy powdered allulose. I just pop it into the small cup of our blender to make my own.
- 4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Love this frosting recipe but since I always make a couple attempts at each recipe before posting I have to share this Chocolate Whipped Cream frosting recipe as well. It’s easy and fantastic. It’s like chocolate mousse on top of your cake…OMG.
Keto Death By Chocolate Cake Instructions:
Cake~
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients for the cake until combined.
As a young baker I never did this. I just dumped everything into one bowl and mixed.
Low carb flours do not rise as much as the gluten filled flours so this step is important. If you skip it you will “wear out” the baking powder before it has a chance to help you get as much rise as possible.
- In a smaller mixing bowl, mix all wet ingredients for the cake until combined.
- Prepare two 8-inch round cake pans, or three six inch pans.
Generously butter the sides and use parchment paper on the bottoms to prevent sticking. Evenly pour batter into the pans.
If it is a special occasion, using the smaller pans and making three layers will look prettier. But it’s not nessesary.
- Place the pans into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes(ovens and pan size will cause this to vary)
Bake until it “looks” dry and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool completely before removing from the pan or it will fall apart.
Once your cake is COMPLETELY cool you can run a butter knife around the edges to make sure it doesn’t fall apart.
The Frosting ~
- In a large mixing bowl, whip all ingredients together until fluffy with a hand mixer.
- To assemble: place first cake on work surface and spread frosting over the top. Place second cake layer and add frosting, repeat and smooth frosting over top and the sides.
My Gram was a professional cake decorator. So the aesthetics of cakes have always been something that I enjoy.
One trick that I have never forgotten was to make sure you clean your your spatula while you are frosting a cake. If you get crumbs on your rubber spatula, they will get on and into your smooth frosting…..it’ll still taste good.
I just thought I would throw that in there n case you are making a special cake for a birthday or special occasion.
- Add any optional toppings, berries, chocolate shavings or chocolate chips that you like.
In my experience…this cake tastes better the next day. But I also understand not being able to wait.
It has recently come to my attention that a lot of us may have been slicing cake incorrectly out whole lives and didn’t know it. Look at how the pro’s do it…
It makes so much more sense then cutting tiny, paper thin triangles.
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As always, let me know if you have any comments or awesome variations in the comments.
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Cheers and Keto on Everyone!
Brandy
Keto Death by Chocolate Cake Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups almond flour
- 3/4 cup allulose Use one cup if you like very sweet cake.
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter soft
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk see post for tips
Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese room temp
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup butter soft
- 1/3 cup powdered allulose see post if you only have granular
- 4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients for the cake until combined.
- In a smaller mixing bowl, mix all wet ingredients for the cake until combined.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients together until combined.
- Prepare two 8-inch round cake pans, or three six inch pans. Generously butter the sides and use parchment paper on the bottoms to prevent sticking. Evenly pour batter into the pans.
- Place the pans into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes(ovens and pan size will cause this to vary) until it looks dry and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool completely before removing from the pan or it will fall apart.
- Frosting
- In a large mixing bowl, whip all ingredients together until fluffy with a hand mixer.
- To assemble: place first cake on work surface and spread frosting over the top. Place second cake layer and add frosting, repeat and smooth frosting over top and the sides.
- Add any optional toppings, berries, chocolate shavings or chocolate chips that you like.
Notes
Nutrition
The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy. We are pretty careful about our figures but if you ever feel like anything is off please feel free to do your own calculations.
Hi Linda! Store this cake in the fridge but let come to room temp when you want a slice for the best texture. Cheers!
How should this be stored?
I use goat cream in place of almond milk
Thanks for this recipe! I made it for my husbands birthday and it was a huge hit. It was very chocolaty and I added some instant coffee and some rum to give it a little zip!
Loved it, thanks!The cake was so rich and delicious. I really needed this today and thank you for the easy to follow instructions.
Hi Rose! Thanks for commenting on this over-site. I have added the instructions to combine them. I appreciate it and hop you liked the cake. I’ll try to be more careful. Cheers! Brenna
Hi, just FYI, the recipe as written doesn’t have you combine the wet and dry ingredients together. I figured that’s what was supposed to happen, and just did it. Worked out fine. Might be confusing to some though or if there’s a certain way they should be combined, like folding vs. stirring.
Hi Sue!
You can use whatever liquid you have in place of the almond milk. You could add more heavy cream ( I don’t because of some dairy sensitivities). Or you could use water, black coffee or coconut milk.
You might invent something AWESOME…. let me know how it turns out. Cheers! Brenna
Hi, I am wanting to make your Keto Death by Chocolate Cake & have a question. What can I substitute for the Almond Milk, as I have everything but that.
Thank you,
Sue