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Right after our second child was born, I dove into my own self-led course in keto baking. A few months passed as I was busy testing 100’s of keto cupcakes, bread loaves, pizza crusts, burger buns and cookies, cakes, and brownies until I finally established a solid collection of easy keto recipes.
Overall, I was surprised to find baking on a keto diet easier than traditional baking.
I gravitate to the “quick and easy” kind of recipes that
usually follow the simple procedure of combining a dry bowl of ingredients and
a wet bowl of ingredients together. Then baking in the desired pan.
They are so delicious, soft, and moist this
could easily be the base recipe for all of my cupcakes and muffins.
You can reverse engineer the cupcake into a cake simply by baking the batter in a lightly greased 9-inch round cake pan. It’s delicious own it’s own or topped with the same, Maple Buttercream as the cupcakes below.
If you feel more chocolate than vanilla, make my Keto Chocolate Cake instead!
Baking Tips for Vanilla Keto Cupcakes
Vanilla Keto Cupcakes are super fast and simple to make anytime
you need a reliable cupcake recipe to make.
Vanilla comes through well in this recipe, the rich flavor permeates all bites. Vanilla powder is a much more potent flavoring agent, but also more expensive. Vanilla extract may be substituted in double the amount (ex: 1 tsp vanilla powder = 2 tsp vanilla extract)
If you want to make this recipe ahead of time, you certainly can. Bake the cupcakes and keep them, unfrosted, in the fridge until ready to serve. Frosting has the best texture when prepped the day of.
These cupcakes are freezer friendly and can be made in bulk.
Feeding a crowd? Double the batch as needed, these are great for birthday and office parties. Or you can make a vanilla keto cake instead!
Swap frosting for Dairy-Free Keto Icing and decorate with delicate lines and swirls instead.
This recipe yields 12 cupcakes.
With only 1 g net carbs per serving, Vanilla Keto
Cupcakes are 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!
Sugar-Free Keto Cupcakes
In this recipe, a pinch of sweetness (without the blood sugar roller coaster
and crazy mental/emotional triggers) is made possible by Lakanto’s
Monkfruit sweetener.
Lakanto is my first choice as a keto-friendly sweetener for all keto
desserts.
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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.
More Vanilla Keto Desserts to Try
You
can find all Primal Edge Health dessert recipes here!
Vanilla Keto Cupcakes are quick and easy to make. The maple buttercream frosting adds a special flair and delicious flavor boost. Low carb, gluten-free, grain-free and sugar-free.
In a medium bowl, whisk 3 eggs. Add oil and milk. Mix well.
Slowly combine the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Set aside.
In a third bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until thick peaks form. Gently fold into the the batter.
Lightly grease or use cupcake liners in a 12-cup muffin pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
To Prepare the Frosting
With an Immersion Blender: Place all ingredients in a narrow jar and use an immersion blender to whip until fluffy.With an Electric Mixer: Beat until all ingredients are mixed together. 1 to 2 minutes to fully whip the butter, continue until light and fluffy.
Wait until cupcakes have completely cooled then frost before serving.
Notes
This batter may also be baked as a cake. 1 recipe will make a 9-inch cake, adjust baking time to 30 minutes.
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Meet Jessica Haggard
Jessica Haggard is the creator of Primal Edge Health, where she shares simple, nourishing low-carb, keto and carnivore diet recipes.
Do you know what I love about your recipe? It is the frosting! To be precise, its imperfection on top of cupcakes! Everything is too perfect when I look at cupcake recipes. Yours have some unique charm!
Jessica – the butter for the frosting – should this be melted or just left on the counter for an hour and be soft when using the immersion blender? Thank you! Love the cook books and recipes.
Scott
Could heavy whipping cream, half-n-half, or whole milk be used in place of the coconut milk? Thank you!
Yes, absolutely. Half-n-half would be my first choice, but they will all work.
This maple buttercream is absolutely delicious! These cupcakes are definitely a win with my family.
It’s great to have individual portions to share with everyone. I do these more often than a full cake.
These look heavenly! I can’t wait to try them soon.
They would be great for Valentine’s day!
All the healthy option to making this Keto cupcakes. The frosting is super delicious too. Kids to love it.
Always on the look out for a yummy keto dessert and this one looks fantastic!
It is! I hope you can enjoy it soon 🙂
These look great! I remember during the early days of keto when I was on it how hard it was to find low carb desserts. I’d love to try one!
Keto can become very easy once you find the right recipes you need. Best of luck to you!
So amazing! I can’t believe these are low carb!
Pretty cool isn’t 😉
Do you know what I love about your recipe? It is the frosting! To be precise, its imperfection on top of cupcakes! Everything is too perfect when I look at cupcake recipes. Yours have some unique charm!
My daughter is on a keto diet and I can’t wait to make these for her! She is going to love them!
So happy you can share them with her, enjoy!
I’ve never heard of that particular monkfruit sweetener before. I’ll have to check it out! The frosting looks especially yummy!
The frosting is GREAT!
These cupcakes are incredible, and I’m not even on a keto diet! Definitely sharing this recipe with my keto friends!
So glad you can enjoy something all together!
My husband loved these! He’s doing keto right now and I surprised him with these delicious cupcakes. Thanks for a marvelous recipe!
I have never known how to make keto-friendly buttercream frosting. Thanks for sharing. I am gonna implement it in baking!
These cupcakes were so good and so easy to make!
I love how tasty these cupcakes sound! The maple frosting is SO GOOD!
Coconut flour and coconut oil, how yummy are these cupcakes? And the maple syrup frosting only makes these even more delicious. 🙂
Jessica – the butter for the frosting – should this be melted or just left on the counter for an hour and be soft when using the immersion blender? Thank you! Love the cook books and recipes.
Scott
Just room temperature, left on the counter for a bit until soft. You’re on the right track!