Keto Red Velvet Cake

I have made a wonderful red velvet cake that I have adapted to keto. This was Michael’s grandmother’s recipe, so I wanted to make it for him for his birthday. I frost this with our cream cheese frosting, but you could frost it with buttercream frosting if you would rather. Either way would be delicious.

Like I mentioned, it is one of the cakes that Michael’s grandmother always used to make and I was able to write down from her before she passed. Whenever I make this I just know that it will remind Michael of his childhood when his grandma would make this cake for him and remind me of the time I spent with his grandmother.

You can certainly do this cake without any food coloring at all or you could add red velvet emulsion to add to the flavor of this cake, but it will not change the color much. To get the classic red color you do have to add food coloring. Michael’s grandmother’s recipe called for 2 oz of food coloring, but I only added 1 oz and it seems to be red enough… I think so anyway.

source: certainlyketo.com

Ingredients

• Cake Ingredients:
• ½ cup unsalted butter
• ¾ cup powdered erythritol We use this
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1½ cup almond flour We use this
• ¼ cup coconut flour We use this
• 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder We use this
• 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
• 1½ tsp. baking soda
• 1 oz red food coloring (you can add more food coloring if it is not red enough for you) We use this
• Add ½ Tbsp. coconut flour for every oz of food coloring you add.
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 ½ tsp. Red velvet emulsion (this does not add much color but it does add to the taste)(optional) We use this
• Frosting Ingredients:
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 4 Tbsp butter
• ¼ cup heavy cream
• 2-3 Tbsp powdered erythritol or to taste

Instructions

1. Cake Instructions:
2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
3. Grease two 8 inch cake pans, set aside.
4. Cream together butter and erythritol until smooth.
5. Add eggs, sour cream, and apple cider vinegar. Blend until well incorporated.
6. In a separate bowl, mix together with a fork or whisk, almond flour, coconut flour, cocoa, and baking soda until combined.
7. Add dry ingredients a little at a time to wet ingredients with a hand mixer until blended.
8. Add vanilla and red food coloring or emulsion until the color is uniform throughout cake mix.
9. Pour half of the cake batter into each of the cake pans evenly.
10. nexs Keto Red Velvet Cake for full instructions

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