Keto Red Velvet Cake
I have made a wonderful keto 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. This 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.
To Color Or Not To Color. That is the question.
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.
This is a rich and dense cake with light frosting that will satisfy your craving for cake while staying on track. Eating healthy has never tasted so sweet. 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.
We also have a great Boston Cream Pie recipe.
Nutrition for the recipe is on My Fitness Pal just search Certainlyketo -Keto Red Velvet Cake.
Keto Red Velvet Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup erythritol powdered or sweeten to taste
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 2 Tbsp. dark cocoa powder
- 1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 oz red food coloring you can add more food coloring if it is not red enough for you
- Add ½ Tbsp. coconut flour for every additional oz of food coloring you add.
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tsp. red velvet emulsion this does not add much color but it does add to the taste (optional)
Frosting Ingredients:
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 2-3 Tbsp erythritol powdered or to taste
Instructions
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Cake Instructions:
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Preheat oven to 350°F.
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Grease two 8 inch round cake pans, set aside.
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Cream together butter and erythritol until smooth.
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Add eggs, sour cream, and apple cider vinegar. Blend until well incorporated.
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In a separate bowl, mix together with a fork or whisk, almond flour, coconut flour, cocoa, and baking soda until combined.
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Add dry ingredients a little at a time to wet ingredients with a hand mixer until blended.
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Add vanilla and red food coloring or emulsion until the color is uniform throughout cake mix.
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Pour half of the cake batter into each of the cake pans evenly.
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Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
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Let cool completely before removing from pans.
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Remove from pans.
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Frosting Instructions:
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In a medium size bowl cream together cream cheese and butter.
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In a separate bowl beat heavy cream until it is whipped cream.
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Add whipped cream to cream cheese mixture, add erythritol.
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Beat all together until smooth and fluffy.
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Frost cake with cream cheese frosting when the cake is completely cooled.
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Store the frosted cake in the refrigerator.
Notes
Nutrition includes the frosting in this recipe.
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Charmaine
August 29, 2020 @ 1:42 am
Hello! I recently baked this for my boyfriends birthday (he’s on the keto diet) and he loved it! We both couldn’t believe how good it was. Thanks for the recipe!
Certainly Keto
August 29, 2020 @ 4:32 pm
Charmaine, So glad that you enjoyed the recipe and Happy Birthday to your boyfriend 😄
Alice
August 22, 2020 @ 2:12 pm
This is the best cake I have made on keto. My husband and kids were so impressed that I made this. Thanks so much for all your hard work.
Certainly Keto
August 29, 2020 @ 4:30 pm
Alice, Thanks for the comment. This is one of our family favourite cakes. Glad that your family loved it too.
Joyce Wilcox
June 29, 2020 @ 7:46 am
This cake was awful I am not sure why it turned out so bad.
It has a burning after taste my mouth was numb.
Also it’s consistency was like sand my brother (it was made as a birthday cake for him) sss as I’d it tasted like tree bark.
Not sure 🤔 what went wrong but I will never make it again or recommend it. 🤢🤮
The icing on the other hand was so good 😊
The colour of the cake was perfect. It also looked like a regular cake 🎂 but the taste was terrible 😪
Certainly Keto
July 2, 2020 @ 5:04 pm
Joyce,
I am not sure why the cake it came out for you like that. It is a very moist cake. Did you substitute any of the ingredients?
Linda hughes
February 14, 2020 @ 1:16 pm
made it very good super moist , I love the frosting was wondering if I would be able to add cocoa to frosting
for a chocolate frosting to use on other desserts
Certainly Keto
February 15, 2020 @ 1:39 pm
Linda, So glad that you liked the recipe. We also have a frosting recipe on our site too. However, I am sure you could use the red cake frosting and just add cocoa powder to it. I have not done this but I am sure it would work. You may have to add a bit more whipped heavy cream to make it work though.
Louis
November 1, 2019 @ 10:23 am
Red velvet cake is my kryptonite on keto and I have tried really hard to avoid it or thought about how to make a keto friendly version. I came across you site by accident and when I saw keto Red velvet cake!! I said sweet baby Jesus! Thank very much! I am buying ingredients to make it this weekend! I can’t wait!
One quick questions, what size baking dishes did you used?
Certainly Keto
November 1, 2019 @ 1:59 pm
Louis, I am so happy you found our website. The cake pans I used are 8 inch round cake pans. I hope that you love the red cake as much as we do. 😁
Louis
November 2, 2019 @ 4:06 pm
Hi please clear this confusion for me. Under your ingredients, you have 1/4 cup of coconut flour. 1 oz red food coloring. You also say “Add 1/2 Tbsp coconut flour for every oz of food coloring you add”
So you used only 1/2 Tbsp of coconut flour in your recipe since you used only 1 oz red food coloring?
Thanks.
Certainly Keto
November 2, 2019 @ 7:18 pm
Louis, Sorry if this was confusing. We use 1/4 cup of coconut flour in the recipe. If you wanted your cake to have more of a red coloring you would add 1/2 Tbsp. extra coconut flour for every extra oz of food coloring you use. If you only add the 1 oz of food coloring only add the 1/4 cup that is required for the recipe.
Louis
November 4, 2019 @ 10:09 am
Thanks for the clarification and a big thanks for shearing your wonderful recipe.
I tried it over the weekend and it turned out beautiful and the taste was amazing!
My mom, a no nonsense give it to you straight person tasted the cake and asked me where I bought it from and when I told her I made it and told her the ingredient list, she was quite impressed!
So your cake has convinced my most biggest food critic especially when it comes to keto and has given me a solution to my kryptonite: red velvet cake on keto. So thank you a bunch!
Certainly Keto
November 4, 2019 @ 1:43 pm
Louis,
I am so happy that you and your mom enjoyed the recipe and you are very welcome for the recipe. This was my husband’s grandmother’s recipe that I converted to keto and it has always been a favorite for us as well.
Alison
September 22, 2019 @ 7:21 pm
How does this freeze? I have had no trouble freezing baked goods with almond flour and cream cheese frosting, however this recipe calls for whipped cream.
Certainly Keto
September 23, 2019 @ 1:56 pm
Alison, I am not really sure I have never tried to freeze this. I would suggest trying to freeze a small piece and see how it does.
Maniecel
September 11, 2019 @ 5:45 pm
Hello
I want to give this one a try. I want to bake in 6″3 layers is the recipe is good enough? Or I should double? Thank you!!
Certainly Keto
September 11, 2019 @ 6:02 pm
Maniecel,
I would probably do 1 and a half recipes and this would make enough.This recipe calls for 2-8 inch pans and it only goes up the pan about half way so there would be no way that you could get three out of it.
Nichoel
September 6, 2019 @ 4:38 pm
When you say “erythritol powdered” do you mean the granular type of the confectioners type?
Certainly Keto
September 7, 2019 @ 2:49 pm
Nichoel, You can use the already powdered kind of erythritol or you can powder it yourself. This is what we do that is why the link is to the granular. It is a bit cheaper just to powder it yourself with a coffee grinder but either one is, of course, fine in this recipe.
Dawn
August 30, 2019 @ 11:50 pm
Can you use any other sweetener for this and can it be baked in a 9x13pan . I am excited to try this rex velvet cake is my husband’s favorite.
Certainly Keto
August 31, 2019 @ 2:35 pm
Dawn, Yes you can use other sweeteners. Just sweeten to taste with your favorite sweetener. Also, yes it should be fine in a 9 x 13 pan. This will make the batter a bit thinner so decrease the cooking time by a little bit. Try 15 minutes instead of 20. Make sure to do the toothpick test. Let us know how it turned out either on here or tag us on Instagram. Hope your husband likes it as much as mine does. 😀
Terry
August 23, 2019 @ 9:34 am
Can I make these as cupcakes and, if yes, how long will I bake them?
Certainly Keto
August 23, 2019 @ 2:03 pm
Terry, I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to make this into cupcakes. I haven’t done it but I would probably start checking them after 12 minutes. If not done put it back in for a couple more minutes and check again until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of a cupcake. We would love to know how they came out. Let us know here or tag us on Instagram.
Angie B.
April 28, 2019 @ 9:37 pm
Just made it!! It was delicious but a little too moist. Anyway to fix this? Also my hubby hates even the faintest taste of coconut. Can I eliminate the coconut flour? The frosting is the best Keto frosting ever!! Thank you!
P.S. My cake was brownish-red. Anyway to make it a vibrant red? Thanks
Certainly Keto
April 29, 2019 @ 1:57 pm
Angie, I am so glad that you like the recipe. As for the coconut flour you can add a bit more almond flour. I would probably start with an additional 1/2 cup of almond flour instead of the coconut flour. As for it being moist you can either add a bit more almond flour or a bit less sour cream and maybe bake it a few minutes longer. Now that you have made it once you know what the batter should look like, so just play around with it until it looks right. I have not done any of these but I am pretty sure they would work. As for the color you can get a gel food coloring and that would add a lot of color without adding additional liquid to the recipe. I love that frosting recipe also I use it or a variation of it in a lot of my recipes. Hope that all helps. 😀
Paul
April 26, 2019 @ 3:21 pm
I took this to work and everyone loved this.
Certainly Keto
April 28, 2019 @ 4:09 pm
Paul, I am very glad that your coworkers loved this recipe. Thanks for the comment.
Jenny
April 5, 2019 @ 1:36 am
This was amazing. AMAZING!
Certainly Keto
April 5, 2019 @ 2:44 pm
Jenny, Glad that you enjoyed the recipe. 😁
LP
February 8, 2019 @ 2:16 pm
Does the cake have to be refrigerated after being frosted?
Certainly Keto
February 8, 2019 @ 2:29 pm
Yes, due to the cream cheese and heavy cream it should be stored in the refrigerator. Thanks
Sherry
January 10, 2019 @ 10:53 am
Do you think this would work as a Bundt cake?
Certainly Keto
January 10, 2019 @ 6:56 pm
I think that it would probably work fine but you will have to cook it for longer because a bundt cake would be much thicker. So just make sure you cook it until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Let us know how it comes out.