A Gluten Free Chocolate Cake that's soft, moist, light and just delicious? Oh, yes it's true! This cake uses coconut flour to give the cakes a little body-perfect for those who can't use almond flour. Now you can have Keto Coconut Chocolate Cake, and eat it too!
This Keto Gluten Free Chocolate Cake is so moist and delicious, you will forget you're cutting out sugar. It's a great option not only for those eating Keto or low-carb, but also for those who have a nut allergy to almonds, because it uses coconut flour instead of almond flour.
Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake With Coconut Flour
When it comes to Keto baking, or gluten-free baking, it's pretty common to use almond flour as a base. I have several readers who have asked for a cake that uses coconut flour instead of almond flour - and this lovely cake is the result!
This isn't truly a nut-free recipe, because coconuts are still considered a nut. Most people who are allergic to nuts, don't have an issue with coconut products, but some do.
So if you can't have almonds, but coconuts don't bother you, this is a great chocolate cake recipe with coconut flour you can make and enjoy!
Note that you CAN NOT substitute almond flour for coconut flour! If you want an almond flour recipe, use the one for this low carb chocolate cake instead.
How do you make this Low Carb, Coconut Flour Chocolate Cake?
- Preheat the Breville Smart Oven Air or your regular oven to 350F degrees.
- Grease a silicone flower cupcake mold or a 6-cup muffin pan and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, melt the butter in the microwave for 30-60 seconds
- Remove and stir in the Truvia into the butter.
- Add in eggs, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla extract and beat with a mixer.
- Stop the mixer and add in all the dry ingredients into the bowl.
- Mix again until the batter is well-mixed and relatively smooth.
- Coconut flours vary in absorbency. If the batter is thicker than regular cake batter, add in a little more heavy whipping cream and mix.
- Pour the batter into the silicone flower cupcake mold pan (or 6-cup muffin pan) or a 7" round baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes until the tops spring back lightly when touched and a toothpick inserted emerges clean. If you're using a Breville Smart Oven Air convection oven, or air fryer, check after 10 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
- Pour chocolate ganache over the top, and serve.
What did you use to frost this Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake?
Since this recipe is also Keto-friendly, you know I didn't use regular frosting. Instead, I created a wonderfully rich and delicious Keto Chocolate Ganache. It's so smooth and decadent, you're going to forget you're not eating carbs and sugar! I included the recipe card for it here in this post as well.
You can also use my Keto Cream Cheese Frosting on this cake!
How many carbs are in a gluten-free chocolate cake?
Since I live a Keto lifestyle, I try my best to create recipes for this site that meet Keto or low-carb standards so I can enjoy them too.
This Keto Gluten Free Chocolate cake recipe made with coconut flour is no exception to that rule. This chocolate cake is low in carbs and calories, thanks to the coconut flour base, and will fit right in on your low-carb diet. A slice of this cake has 5g total carbs per serving and the ganache adds another few carbs to that.
Want to try some more awesome desserts?
- Keto Carrot Cake - you're going to LOVE this carrot cake and rich cream cheese frosting. It's ALL Keto-friendly and gluten-free too!
- Keto Pound Cake - this is one of THE most popular Keto-friendly recipes I have on my site. It's a reader favorite!
- Instant Pot Keto Chocolate Cake - this is a Keto-friendly chocolate cake you can make in your Instant Pot! It's melt-in-your-mouth delicious!
- Instant Pot Pandan Cake - Wonderfully soft, moist, and crazy delicious.
- Keto Peanut Butter Cake With Coconut Flour - Low carb, super moist, sweet, and all-around satisfying.
Other Keto Frosting Recipes You'll Love
- Keto Maple Pecan Frosting
- Keto Cream Cheese Frosting
- Two Ingredient Sugar Free Icing
- Keto Chocolate Ganache
Whether you choose to frost this Gluten Free Chocolate Cake recipe with the Keto Chocolate Ganache, or keep it plain, you're going to love how light and fluffy it is! I can't wait for you to try it and tell me what you think!
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Keto Gluten Free Chocolate Cake:
- 3 (3) Eggs
- 1/3 cup (0.33 g) Truvia
- 4 tablespoons (4 tablespoons) Butter
- 1/2 cup (119 g) Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup (30 g) Coconut Flour
- 1 teaspoon (1 teaspoon) Baking Powder
- 2 tablespoon (2 tablespoon) Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) Kosher Salt
For the Keto Chocolate Ganache:
- 3/4 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 tablespoon Butter
- 1 cup Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips
Instructions
For the Keto Gluten Free Chocolate Cake:
- Preheat the Breville Smart Oven Air or your regular oven to 350F degrees.
- Grease a silicone flower cupcake mold or a 6-cup muffin pan and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, melt the butter in the microwave for 30-60 seconds
- Remove and stir in the Truvia into the butter.
- Add in eggs, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla extract and beat with a mixer.
- Stop the mixer and add in all the dry ingredients into the bowl.
- Mix again until the batter is well-mixed and relatively smooth.
- Coconut flours vary in absorbency. If the batter is thicker than regular cake batter, add in a little more heavy whipping cream and mix.
- Pour the batter into the silicone flower cupcake mold pan (or 6-cup muffin pan) or a 7" round baking pan. Bake for 20 minutes until the tops spring back lightly when touched and a toothpick inserted emerges clean. If you're using a Breville Smart Oven Air convection oven, or air fryer, check after 10 minutes.
- Allow to cool
For the Keto Chocolate Ganache:
- Place the chocolate chips in a bowl and set aside.
- Heat the heavy cream and butter in a microwave safe bowl for 1 minute.
- Pour the heated cream on to the chocolate chips and let it sit for a few minutes. Stir from time to time until the chocolate has melted and you have a smooth mixture.
- At this point, you can use hot as a pourable glaze, or you can set it aside to cool for a while.
- To make a frosting allow the ganache to cool for 20-30 minutes and then using a stand mixer, whip the frosting until it is light and fluffy. You can use this as a filling between layers of cake, and/or as a frosting on top.
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- You can use a cupcake mold, or a 7" baking pan for these, depending on if you want cupcakes, or a whole cake.
- Chocolate ganache is optional, as this cake recipe tastes great without it too. HOWEVER, that ganache is what dreams are made of, so I'd recommend adding it!
- Note that you CAN NOT substitute almond flour for coconut flour! If you want an almond flour recipe, use the one for this low carb chocolate cake instead.
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Don't forget to check out my other Keto cookbooks.
Keto Instant Pot, Keto Fat Bombs, Sweets, & Treats, and Easy keto in 30 minutes.
Heather Schmitt
I doubled this recipe and made two layers in 7” springform pans. A whole cake took 30 minutes. I used Califia farms better half in place of hwc, Miyokos cashew butter in place of dairy butter and monkfruit in place of truvia. The batter seemed thin but the cakes did bake up nicely. Next step kit e hill cream cheese frosting to layer the cakes and chocolate ganache poured over the top 🤤
Louise Wrage
I love making these but I struggle getting them out of the molds. I do use a spray. Do you let them cool completely or pop them out while warm?
tiziana
how many net carb is one piece if divided the cake in 6?