These beautiful keto cupcakes are the perfect treat for Mother’s Day, Birthdays or any celebration that you want a moist and delicious treat!
Keto Cupcakes
These delightful keto cupcakes are perfect for any celebration, especially if that celebration is Mother’s Day, Birthday, or …. ok, fine, I was right – ANY celebration!
Not only are these light and fluffy but they are incredibly moist and tasty.
As I’m writing this (April 2020), we are, well, let’s just say limited in what we do and where we go. I just spent my April birthday stuck at home as well.
SO…. I decided that I wanted a really special keto Mother’s Day treat for all the moms still stuck at home. But why stop there? These pastel and beautiful keto cupcakes are so good that you’ll want to eat them EVERY day!
How to Make Keto Cupcakes
Cake
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for the cake, and blend on high until smooth and creamy.
Place cupcake liners in the sections of a muffin tin, and fill each one almost to the top.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until browned and cooked through completely.
Let the cupcakes cool to room temperature.
Icing
Add all the ingredients for the icing to a mixing bowl, and blend until smooth and fluffy.
Separate the icing into 3 separate bowls, and place a few drops of different food coloring into each bowl. Stir to combine.
Add spoonfuls of each of the colored icings to a piping bag or decorator tool, and pipe the icing onto the top of the cupcakes. The colors will meld as you pipe the icing.
What Makes Keto Cupcakes Fluffy?
There are 2 basic keys to fluffy cupcakes:
- Cool and/or room temperature ingredients. Do NOT melt the butter or cream cheese. Let them come to room temperature naturally.
- Don’t overmix. Mix long enough for the ingredients to blend well, but don’t overdo it!
Keto Sweeteners
I used to specify which sweeteners to use, but I now simply say “low carb sweetener” because most of the traditional keto sweeteners are relatively interchangeable.
Erythritol – Erythritol is the base for many keto sweeteners. You can use it on its own, or buy a mix.
Lakanto Monkfruit – This particular blend has monkfruit as well as erythritol. I really like the two blended together.
Swerve – Swerve is most erythritol as well, but has some additional flavoring.
Whatever you choose, it will all work out just fine!
How to Store Keto Cupcakes
I would recommend storing the keto cupcakes in a tall, airtight container. You don’t want to the top of the container to smush the top of the cupcakes.
Once in the container, store in the refrigerator to keep nice and cool.
Can I Make These Cupcakes Ahead of Time?
Yes! You can make the cupcakes the night before and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Then you can make the frosting before serving if you prefer!
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Keto Cupcakes
Equipment
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour
- 1/2 cup low carb powdered sweetener
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 tablespoons butter unsalted and softened
- 3 ounces cream cheese softened
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Icing
- 6 ounces cream cheese softened
- 6 tablespoons butter unsalted and softened
- 1/3 cup low carb granular sweetener
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Safe food coloring
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for the cake, and blend on high until smooth and creamy.
- Place cupcake liners in the sections of a muffin tin, and fill each one almost to the top.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until browned and cooked through completely.
- Let the cupcakes cool to room temperature.
Icing
- Add all the ingredients for the icing to a mixing bowl, and blend until smooth and fluffy.
- Separate the icing into 3 separate bowls, and place a few drops of different food coloring into each bowl. Stir to combine.
- Add spoonfuls of each of the colored icings to a piping bag or decorator tool, and pipe the icing onto the top of the cupcakes. The colors will meld as you pipe the icing.
Nutrition
Trina Krug is a Holistic Nutritionist, Integrative Health Coach and host of the Carbless Conversations Podcast. With a Master’s Degree in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, her single mission in life is to facilitate self-healing in herself and those around her through awareness, lifestyle shifts and low-carb eating. As a current Doctor of Science student, she continues her studies in functional nutrition.
You use ‘powdered’ sugar in the ‘cake’ batter but regular in the frosting? Is that correct?
That is correct. I know it seems a bit backwards 🙂
Could this be made into a cake? And if so, what size pan, baking temperature and time do you reccomend? I think this would be awesome with strawberries and whipped cream!
I will need to test this out as I’m getting a lot of requests for these in cake form!
I have been cooking and baking keto for about 4 years, these are by far the best cupcakes I have ever made! Thank you so much for the recipe!
I love this! Thank you for sharing!
*could you use an 8×8 pan
I have not tried them in a pan yet!
I’ve made these twice this month and omg they are a HIT. I used the best low carb sweetener I could find and omgoooooodness