Low Carb Pumpkin Cake ~ Saxton

mardi 30 octobre 2018

Low Carb Pumpkin Cake

Posted on 09:15 by marigura

An incredibly flavorful, moist and fluffy low carb pumpkin cake, made with almond flour and sweetened with stevia. Wholesome enough to serve for breakfast!

I based the recipe for this amazing low carb pumpkin cake on an old recipe I used to make – gluten free pumpkin cake, made with almond flour and sweetened with honey.

That cake was wonderful, but it was not low carb, and my husband and I have become pretty strict about our low carb way of life.

I made a few adjustments to the old recipe, and I am very pleased with this keto pumpkin cake. It is rustic, fragrant, and very flavorful. The batter is very thick – you would think it’s too thick, I almost added a little water to thin it out, but I’m glad I didn’t. The cake comes out wonderfully fluffy and moist, with a beautiful textured top that you can leave as is, dust with a little Swerve Confectioners, or top with cream cheese frosting.

Personally, I don’t bother with frosting because I like to have this cake for breakfast, and frosting would firmly plant it in the “dessert” category.

I did some research, and as it turns out, thick cake batter with adequate leavening results in a fluffy cake, while a thin cake batter producer denser cakes. So this explains why I love this low carb pumpkin cake so much.

I have two major tests when making a recipe, especially a sweet one, to determine if it’s truly good. The first: do I want to keep eating this? Is this something that I look forward to eating more of the next day? A resounding yes on that one! I plan on having a big slice of this low carb pumpkin cake tomorrow for breakfast, and I can’t wait!

The second test is the hardest one – do my kids like this recipe? My kids eat lower carb than most, and mostly paleo, but they don’t eat as low carb as my husband and I, and therefore their palate is different than ours. For example, while we love extra dark chocolate (Lindt 90% is our favorite), the kids find it too bitter. And unlike me, they’re not accustomed to having stevia as their main sweetener.

Well, the kiddos loved this keto pumpkin cake and asked that I include it in their lunchboxes tomorrow.

So there you have it – a low carb pumpkin cake that passed the test of high-carb eaters. Now you know it’s good!

Watch the video to see how I make this low carb pumpkin cake:

Low Carb Pumpkin Cake

An incredibly flavorful, moist and fluffy low carb pumpkin cake, made with almond flour and sweetened with stevia.

1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter, (soft, for the pan)
4 large eggs
1 cup pure pumpkin puree ((240 grams))
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, (melted and slightly cooled)
1.5 teaspoons stevia glycerite ((equals 1/2 cup sugar))
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt ((or 1/8 teaspoon sea salt))
2 cups blanched almond flour ((8 oz))
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch pie plate.
In a medium bowl, lightly whisk the eggs. Add the pumpkin puree, butter, stevia, vanilla and kosher salt. Whisk to combine.
With a rubber spatula, mix in the almond flour until well combined and smooth, then mix in the pumpkin pie spice and the baking soda. Batter will be thick.
Bake the cake until center is fully baked and a toothpick inserted in it comes out clean. In my oven it takes 35 minutes.
Cool the cake in the pan on a cooling rack for 30 minutes before slicing and serving.

Low Carb Pumpkin Cake