In my opinion, dessert must involve chocolate and it must be easy to make. This Keto Chocolate Cake fits the bill! It only uses 1 bowl, it’s perfectly chocolatey, and my family loves it!
Some other amazing keto chocolate dessert recipes you will find on my site are:
- Keto Mug Cake
- Chocolate Bark with Bacon and Almonds
- Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Sugar Free Chocolate Pie
- Keto Brownies
HOW TO MAKE KETO CHOCOLATE CAKE
This recipe couldn’t be any easier. You literally dump everything into a bowl, mix and bake.
The ingredients in this keto chocolate cake are coconut flour, cocoa powder, heavy cream, eggs, sweetener, baking powder, butter, and salt.
I mixed all of the ingredients well with an electric mixer.
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I then poured the batter into a well greased 8×8 pan.
I baked it at 350F for 25 minutes.
The cake was perfectly moist! I let it completely cool in the pan before I iced it.
The icing consisted of whipping cream that I whipped to stiff peaks, then I added sifted cocoa powder, sweetener, and a little vanilla.
This is the perfect chocolate cake for anytime that craving hits.
KETO CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE VIDEO:
Keto Chocolate Cake with Whipped Cream Icing
Ingredients
- 3/4 Cup Coconut flour
- 3/4 Cup Swerve Sweetener
- 1/2 Cup Cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons Baking powder
- 6 Eggs
- 2/3 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/2 Cup Melted Butter
Whipped Cream Icing
- 1 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/4 Cup Swerve Sweetener
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1/3 Cup Sifted Cocoa Powder
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350F. Grease an 8x8 cake pan.
- Add all of the cake ingredients to a marge bowl and mix well with a stand mixer or electric mixer. Pour the batter into the cake pan and bake for 25 minutes or until the center springs back when touched.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely before icing.
For the Icing
- Whip the whipping cream to stiff peaks with an electric mixer or stand mixer. Add in the swerve, vanilla, and cocoa powder. Continue mixing until just combined.
- Frost the cake with the icing and serve. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator.
Notes
Nutrition
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Mine came out dry. I used almond flour at almost 3 cups. Should I cut back on the almond flour? also I used a generic sweetener like swerve which has worked good on the icing and other things but the cake didn’t taste sweet but actually a little salty. Maybe I should use a little more of the sweetener? I have used the almond flour for the cheese biscuits and I am finding that the almond flour seems very dense. I wonder if the coconut flour would be better for these types of things?
I’m sorry yours didn’t work out but you totally changed the recipe. Almond flour at 3 cups is way too much…probably why your cake wasn’t sweet as well.
Hi. Looks awesome! Thanks for sharing. How many servings per recipe? (Or what size is each sluce)? So I get my cab/calorie count right.
Each serving would be 1/9th of the cake. They would be about 3 inches square if you use a 9×9 cake pan
I absolutely love this recipe and will make it over and over. I read the other reviewers and some of them said they had to bake it a bit longer than what the recipe says to do, I baked mine for 35 minutes. My guess that is probably just a difference in ovens. I took mine out when I put a toothpick and just got a little bit of goo. I watched the video and Jennifer states that you will not be able to do the toothpick test, so I was expecting it to be a little gooey. I think that the cake takes just like any other cake. The frosting, it isn’t quite as sweet as regular frosting, but that works just great for me, I don’t love super sweet frosting and typically eat my cake without frosting. Over all a score!
Do you use powder or granulated sugar on the cake mix portion?
either one works. I have used both
Hi Jennifer,
I just made this cake using 3/4 cup of almond flour instead of the coconut flour and it came out of the oven a beautiful creation. Smells divine! Looks even better!
I’m sure it will taste good too.
Thank you very much for this recipe, so easy and fun to make!
Susanne
That is good to know, thank you!
You substituted the exact amount of Almond flour for coconut?
I don’t have an 8×8 pan, but do have shallow round glass pans. Could I split the batter in the 2 pans for a double layer kind of cake? Or would that not work?
Should work just fine but the cook time would be less
Half flour, half sweetener seemed a bit excessive, so only did 5.5Tbsp. It came out on the dry side, not sure what could be added to give it some moisture.
Hello, I only have Stevia in the granulated form. Will that still work?
It should work if it is a 1 for 1 substitute for sugar
Came out too dry 🙁
Did you use confectioners or granulated??
I use confectioners
Hi Jennifer!
I want to make this for my friend birthday. She’s in Keto and she’s craving for chocolate. I used to make cake balls for her. But now with the Keto it’s not allowed. Do you think I can make them with this recipe? There’s a substitute for the sweetener? And can I make it the day before and the frosting the same day? Thanks!
I think this would work for cake balls. I don’t think the frosting would work though because cake balls use frosting to bind the cake together. You may want to find a recipe for keto buttercream.
Can XL eggs be used in this recipe and all your recipes?
That should work fine
The most easiest, tasty and satisfying chocolate cake ever!! Using a fan oven, I cooked the cake at said temperature for 27 minutes (previously for 25 and slightly underdone in centre). Perfect! For the cream filling I used less cream and had a firmer texture….so quick and easy to make.
This was the most easiest, the most delicious cake I’ve ever made. Thank you
I’ve made this DELICIOUS cake & served it receiving rave reviews! 😋
I’d like to make this recipe for mini-cupcakes. My question/s: how many do you think it could make?
Also, at what temperature & for how long to bake?
Thanks so much!
It would probably make at least 24 mini muffins. I would do the same temperature and check them after 10 minutes
Made this today! So delicious. It took about 45 mins to cook. How long does it keep in the fridge?
A week if it lasts that long!
Same for me. After checking it at 25, then kept checking about every 5 mins. It took about 45 to finally finish up. Nev, it was fab! Guests requested recipe! 😋
Thanks for letting me know, Dana. I will do some further testing on the recipe cook time.
So I made the cake it came out good, but the icing I followed exact recipe it was just liquid, I don’t understand it nd I made the cake for a surprise for my hubs since it is his bday
If the icing was just liquid then you didn’t whip the cream or you over whipped it and made butter.
Can I use Xylitol or Stevia instead of Swerve?
Xylitol would be the best and you would use the same amount as the instructions
I just made this. I cut the recipe in half and used confectioners Lakanto because it’s what I had. It made 10 short cupcakes. I could have filled the tins more and had less cupcakes, but I preferred to have more. They are very good! I ran out of heavy cream for the frosting and instead whipped up a Keto Chocolate cream cheese frosting. Thanks!
I followed this exactly. After 25 minutes everything but the outer inch or so was still liquid. Put it back in for another 10 minutes. Still, the entire middle jiggles like jello & is still liquid judging by a toothpick test. Going for another 10 minutes. What happened?
I am not sure, Pat. Did you substitute any of the ingredients?
Same thing happened to me — 25 minutes, raw in middle; only able to take out after 45 minutes total. I haven’t tasted it yet, but hopefully it’s good. And I followed the recipe to a T.
Can I use a different sweetener then swerve? I have erythritol, monk fruit or stevia?
Yes, erythritol or monk fruit would be comparable to the Swerve.
Made the cake tonight! It was so moist and good! I also made the frosting, everything came out perfect! Thank you for the recipe!
So happy to hear that!
Hi Jennifer! I see you noted that the amount will differ when using almond flour. How much should I use? Thank you!
I’m guessing it would be at least 3 cups. You want the batter to have the same consistency, so I would start with 2 cups and then keep adding until it is the consistency like the video. Coconut flour is very absorbent. That’s why it uses so little.
May I ask the baking time for 6″ if I only use half of the ingredients?
Thanks!
I would check it after 10 minutes
Just made this. Is it 5 net carbs per slice? I also used cocoa powder with 0 carbs does that lessen the net carbs?
Yes, 5 net carbs. I’m not sure which brand of cocoa powder you are using, but all of the ones I have seen are 16 carbs and 11g fiber for 1/3 cup.
My cocoa powders are all 1-2 net carbs so I guess mine is even fewer carbs overall. Also wanted to comment on timing. At 30 mins, was still jiggling in the middle. 45 is more likely the time for many of us. I used a small convection oven.
Can you use truvia instead of swerve? Never head of swerve nor have i seen it in any Canadian stores…
You can but you might need to add less. It looks like Trivia is not a 1 for 1 substitute for sugar.
Superstore and Save On in BC carry it.
Just made this cake for my moms birthday and it turned out amazing!!! Im not on a keto diet (my mom is) but i enjoyed this more than a regular chocolate cake!! Awesome recipe
Has anyone tried making these as cupcakes? If so how many does it make(I’m guessing 9)? And what temperature and bake time?
I made these as cupcakes, it made 18.
Awesome!
Just wanted to let you know that I made this for my husband’s birthday. We loved it. I did have to bake it for almost 45 minutes though as it wasn’t anywhere near done after 25. Loved the fact the cake was all made in one bowl. Awesome!
I noticed in the video that vanilla was added to the batter but in the written recipe, the vanilla is not included in the batter. How is I think actually made?
Thank you for bringing that to my attention! That was an error on my part and I will get it added to the recipe. It’s 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
Hi, my husband’s birthday is tomorrow and I would love to make this for him since hes on the keto kick. I only have swerve confectioner’s, and splinda sweetener. Would either one of these work for the sweetener? Thanks.
Swerve confectioners should work fine
Thanks for sharing! What is special about swerve sweetener?
I like the taste better than other zero calorie sweeteners
Do you know the measurements in grams and ml?
No, sorry
You have 11g carbs listed and 6g fiber. My question is: Is the carb listing 11g net carbs or will the net carbs be 5g? Thanks so much for the wonderful recipe! 😀
The net carbs with be 5g
Did you have a dessert that has pudding and whipped topping ? It would be a refrigerated dessert.
I don’t! I will have to make that soon
can I use Almond flour?
You can but you will need to use more to get the right texture.
How many serving?
Thank you!
nine servings
One bowl cake that’s low carb? Sign me up! Perfect size and chocolate is my absolute favorite. Love the frosting too!
It’s so easy!
Gorgeous photography. I am amazed how easy it was to make this cake, and it was delicious!
Thank you Brandi!