Keto Birthday Cake

This recipe comes to save you from not eating keto when you have birthday and need to eat the cake. This is also highly recommended to impress even those who aren’t keto.

The Preparation:

Cake

• 100 g Almond Meal (1 Cup / 3.5 oz)

• 30 g Coconut Flour (1/4 Cup / 1 oz)

• 1 teaspoons baking powder

• 100 g Erythritol (1/2 Cup / 3.5 oz)

• 5 Large Eggs (50g Each / 1.5 oz each) seperated

• 60 g heavy whipping cream (1/4 Cup / 2 oz) (Thickened Cream AUS)

• 100 g Butter Melted (1/2 Cup / 3.5 oz)

• 1/2 Tablespoons gelatine powder

• 1 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

Icing

• 300 g Cream Cheese (1 1/4 CUps / 10 oz)

• 2 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream

• 30 g Powdered Erythritol (3 Tbsp / 1 oz)

• 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

• 2 teaspoons Lemon Juice

The Execution:

1. Preheat your oven to 160ºC.

2. Combine the almond meal, coconut flour, baking powder and erythritol into one mixing bowl. Combine the ingreidnts together until a consistent colour is shown throughout the mixture.

3. Next, seperate the egg yolks from the egg whites into two seperate mixing bowls. Combine the heavy whipping cream, melted butter and vanilla extract with the egg yolks.

4. Using a small amount of warm water, melt the gelatine powder and mix with a small spoon until it looks well combined (it will start to become quite thick). Combine with the egg yolk mixture.

5. Beat the egg whites with and electric mixer for 1-2 mins on high. White peaks will begin to form in the egg whites.

6. Slowly fold the egg yolk mixture in with the egg white mixture. Combine until a uniform colour.

7. Also combine the almond / coconut flour mixuture with the egg white / yolk mixture, until its all in one bowl. Pour into a well buttered 20cm (7.5") cake tin.

8. Place in the oven for 45 mins. Remove, check the middle is cooked, and let it cool until room temperature.

Icing

1. Combine the cream cheese, heavy whipping cream and powdered erythirtol in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer.

2. Add vanilla extract and lemon juice. Use as icing for your cake once it has cooled sufficiently.

3. Slice the cake in half slowly using a large blade, use 1/3 of the icing to layer between the cake, adding strawberries as needed.

4. Ice the top of the cake with the remaining icing. Top with any kind of keto friendly berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries) and enjoy. Best served fresh.