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Easy Keto Chocolate Cake with Coconut Flour

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This Easy Keto Chocolate Cake is so quick and simple to make in only 15 minutes of prep time! It’s considerably more healthy than anything store-bought. Plus, the recipe is made with coconut flour and therefore gluten-free and low-carb.

A chocolate cake with white frosting is displayed on a cake stand.

Easy keto recipes are essential to long-term adherence and overall satisfaction with a keto diet.

When you make your own cake, you know what youโ€™re eating is 100% clean, made entirely with real food ingredients, and free from vegetable oils, artificial flavors, preservatives, and white sugar.

A boxed cake mix might seem convenient for your schedule, but is it convenient for your health?

If youโ€™re tight on time and like to pre-prepped mix concept, use this recipe to make your own.

Gather the dry ingredients together, combine them in a container, and store in your pantry until you are ready to bake.

When the time comes: pick up the mix, preheat the oven, add the butter, coconut milk, and eggs, and bake until ready!

Pretty cool idea, isnโ€™t it?

Image showing labeled baking ingredients arranged on a marble surface.

What Makes the Best Sugar-free Chocolate Cake?

Quality ingredients.

The difference between cacao is palpable. Living in Ecuador (known for its heirloom cacao seed) has allowed me to source quality cacao products and bring them to the USA. Iโ€™ve shared what makes our cacao stand apart from others before. In short, it is a fair-trade certified artisanal cacao bean, 100% organic and biodynamically grown in old-growth shade forests.

In this recipe, a pinch of sweetness (without the blood sugar roller coaster and crazy mental/emotional triggers) is made possible by Lakanto.

Lakanto is my first choice as a keto-friendly sweetener for all keto desserts.

Alternatives?

I use Lakanto exclusively but you may also use whole or powdered erythritol or liquid stevia drops instead. Replace Lakanto with equal amounts of erythritol, use stevia drops to taste.

If you like DIY projects, learn how to make a DIY stevia extract!

Tips for an Easy Low Carb Chocolate Cake

Coconut flour is an excellent base for keto baking. Out of all the low-carb flours, this is the one I use the most. Combined with egg, it creates a light and fluffy texture with a slightly sweet, subtly coconut flavor easily masked by cacao powder, vanilla, and other flavoring agents.

  • Give your cake a unique Chocolate Chip Mint flavor by adding ยฝ teaspoon peppermint extract and ยผ cup cacao nibs or Stevia sweetened chocolate chips.
  • Vanilla powder is a much more potent flavoring agent than the extract, but also more expensive. Substitute vanilla extract in double the amount (ex: 1 tsp vanilla powder = 2 tsp vanilla extract)
  • Recipe ratios are formulated for a dark chocolate cake, if you prefer a sweeter result, increase the keto sweetener to ยฝ cup.
  • If you want to make this recipe ahead of time, you certainly can. Bake the cake and keep it in the fridge until ready to serve.
  • Serve plain or frosted. My Maple Buttercream Frosting is a family favorite! Cream cheese frosting and Whipped Ricotta Frosting also pair well. I used the Maple Buttercream recipe here but added 1/2 cup of melted cacao paste (or baker’s chocolate) to it for a chocolate finish.
  • Decorate with Dairy-Free Keto Icing. There is no better way to add swirls and script.
  • This cake recipe is freezer friendly.
  • Are you feeding a crowd?ย Double the batch and bake in a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Itโ€™s a great recipe to share at birthday and office parties.
A close-up of a round chocolate cake with white frosting on top, placed on a beige cake stand.

This recipe yields 12 servings.

With only 3 g net carbs per serving, Easy Low Carb Chocolate Cake is a delicious, guilt-free way to enjoy dessert while staying on a keto diet.

The recipe below is 100% gluten-free, grain-free, nut-free, dairy-free, low-carb, ketogenic, and sugar-free!

Love baking? I highly recommendย The Ultimate Guide to Low-Carb Bakingย for all you need to know about sugar-free, keto sweet and savory baked goods.

A slice of chocolate cake with white frosting is served on a plate with a fork in the foreground.

Just for special occasions

Obviously, cake is still cake. Keto and sugar-free or not, it is delicious and easy to overeat. Portion out your serving and stick to it.

If you find that making a whole cake is too much of a slippery slope, try cupcakes instead which will provide you with smaller pre-set, ready-made portions. You may also half the recipe for less yield or make the full batch and freeze half for later.

Making a Low-Carb Double Chocolate Mug Cake or Keto Lava Cake is also great for portion control since each recipe is just one single serving.

If you love chocolate, I know you’ll also want to make this Creamy Keto Chocolate Cheesecake! It’s perfect for a special celebration.

A slice of dark chocolate cake with white frosting on a white plate, with a fork lifting a small piece.

More Keto Chocolate Recipes

For a delicious warm drink to go with your cake, try our Sugar-Free Hot Chocolate recipe!

More Keto Coconut Flour Recipes

A chocolate cake with white frosting is displayed on a cake stand.

Easy Low Carb Chocolate Cake

This Easy Keto Chocolate Cakeย is so quick and simple to make in only 15 minutes of prep time! It's considerably more healthy than anything store-bought. Plus, the recipe is made with coconut flour and therefore gluten-free and low-carb.
4.98 from 69 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 148 kcal

Equipment

  • 8 x 8-inch baking dish

Ingredients
 
 

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 ยฐF (176 C). Melt the butter in the oven as it warms.
  • Whisk the eggs in a small bowl. Add the milk and butter to the eggs, stir to combine. Set aside.
    6 eggs, ยฝ cup coconut milk, ยฝ cup butter
  • In a second bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together. Add the dry mixture to the egg bowl and stir until ingredients are evenly incorporated.
    ยฝ cup coconut flour, ยฝ cup cacao powder, ยผ cup Keto sugar substitute, 2 ยฝ teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ยผ salt
  • Pour batter into a greased 8 by 8-inch glass baking dish or round cake pan. Bake for 50 minutes, until the center is set and a knife comes out clean after testing the middle.
  • Remove the cake from the oven and cool. Frost if desired, once cool.

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Notes

Serve plain or frosted. My Maple Buttercream Frosting is a family favorite! Cream cheese frosting and Whipped Ricotta Frosting also pair well.ย I used the Maple Buttercream recipe here but added 1/2 cup of melted cacao paste (or baker’s chocolate) to it for a chocolate finish.

Nutrition & Macros

Calories: 148kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 4gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gSodium: 112mgFiber: 3gNet Carbohydrates: 3g

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23 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Made this many times and it gets better every time. I’m really glad I found a much healthier take on my favorite dessert.

  2. 5 stars
    I’m just starting on my Keto journey and this cake was perfect to curb my sweet cravings. It was light, fluffy, and delicious!

  3. 5 stars
    I made this cake for Thanksgiving and the result was great! Even the non-keto eaters loved it, and they never like anything keto. Thanks so much!

  4. 5 stars
    You had my attention with keto, lol! As someone who transitioned to Keto about 3 years ago, I was missing cakes. I made your recipe for my cousin’s birthday and everyone devoured it. No one minded that it was keto. I found it very easy to make and I used your cream cheese frosting recipe on it. It’s now our go-to cake for all special occasions.

  5. 5 stars
    I love that this cake is low carb, so this is definitely okay to enjoy on a daily basis. And I love the chocolate and coconut, it’s one of my favorite flavor combo ever. ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. 5 stars
    Looks delicious! Love that this has coconut flour- I’m always looking for new ways to use it. Thanks for sharing!

  7. 5 stars
    I have been baking grain free for many years and this recipe is straight up the best taste, texture and flavour I’ve made. My kids love it and I love that its easy and not junk filled. Thank you, Jessica! I’m trying the vanilla one next.

  8. 5 stars
    This looks so good. I have never cooked with coconut flour so this looks like a great recipe to try experimenting with. Thank you for sharing!

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