- May 9, 2018
- Desserts
Keto Marble Pound Cake
This Keto Marble Cake features a blend of rich chocolate and vanilla swirls made with almond flour for a moist, low-carb treat. It’s the perfect dessert for anyone craving a decadent, gluten-free cake that’s easy to make and satisfyingly sweet without the sugar.
Supplies Needed
- Bundt Pan
- Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer
- Measuring Cups & Spoons
- Rubber Spatula
- Piping Bags or Plastic Bags
How To Make Keto Marble Cake Batter:
In my former life as a carb-loving baker, I knew a few things about making a decent baked good. The key to baking is in the technique and using proper measurements because baking is essentially a form of chemistry (a tasty one too).
This recipe works best with a stand mixer. A hand mixer will work as well but you won’t get the same texture and results if you mix by hand.
Begin by beating the softened butter and low-carb sugar substitute (I prefer the Lakanto brand) together in a bowl. This adds air and makes the cake lighter and fluffier, so let it mix thoroughly.
Next, add room-temperature eggs. I am rather impatient with this and also sometimes forget. If that happens, I run them under hot water and then add one egg into the creamed butter mixture until it is all incorporated.
Next mix in the cream cheese and blend so there are no chunks or pieces.
Add the dry ingredients (almond flour, baking soda, xanthan gum, and salt). Once everything is incorporated, divide the batter in half and add the cocoa powder to one half.
This gives you both your chocolate and vanilla cake batters to form your Keto Marble Pound Cake.
How To Make The Cake Marbled:
I started by greasing my bundt pan with melted coconut oil. I was nervous it would stick, but the cake came out so easily! So make sure you grease it!
Take your batter and place the vanilla in one piping bag (or use a plastic bag and cut the corner off) and the chocolate in the other. Every bundt pan is different, so you might have to adjust the technique based on the pan you use.
I started by layering the batter into the pan, alternating between the chocolate and the vanilla. Repeat this with a second layer. This time, however, I add a line of chocolate over a previously piped vanilla line and a vanilla line over a previously piped chocolate line.
This helps create an equal amount of flavored batter distributed throughout (creating a more marbled look).
After two layers were completed I filled the rest of the pan in and smoothed out the top with a rubber spatula. Bake the cake and allow it to be almost completely cool before removing it!
Serving Tips:
- In a skillet or griddle melt some of your favorite butter (I love me some Kerry Gold).
- Let it melt on medium heat and then place a slice of the pound cake directly onto the pan and allow it to brown slightly.
2. Flip it and repeat. Serve with some easy homemade whipped cream and fresh strawberries (make sure to include this when you account for your macros).
I truly hope you love every bit of this Keto Marble Pound Cake as much as I did!
If you like this keto dessert recipe check out my Keto Blonde Brownies or my easy No-Bake Keto Cheesecake recipes as well!
Keto Marble Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter softened
- [1 cup Low Carb Sweetener ]
- 8 oz. Cream Cheese
- 5 Eggs
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups Almond Flour
- 1 tsp. Salt
- 1 tsp Xanthan Gum
- 2 tsp. Baking Powder
- 1/4 cup Cocoa Powder
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare your bundt pan by greasing it with coconut oil and set it aside.
- In a mixing bowl, add the softened butter and low carb sweetener and mix with a paddle attachment. Allow this to mix until it is well combined.
- Next, add the softened cream cheese and allow it to incorporate into the butter mixture so there are no chunks of cream cheese visible.
- Add the room temperature eggs, one at a time and allow them to be mixed in thoroughly before adding another. Then mix in the vanilla.
- Finally, add the baking powder, xanthan gum, salt, and almond flour to the mixer and beat until it is all combined.
- Take half the batter and place it in a separate mixing bowl. Add the 1/4 cup of cocoa powder and blend it in well.
- Use a two piping bags or plastic bags with the tips cut off. Add the batter of the vanilla to one and chocolate to the other.
- To form the marble cake pipe stripes of vanilla, then chocolate, then vanilla all along the inside base. The striped layers should be touching. Repeat this again with a second layer of batter over the first but alternate. A vanilla stripe goes over a chocolate and a chocolate stripe over a vanilla. Once the second layer has been added add the rest of the batter into the pan and smooth out the top with a spatula.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes. A toothpick should come out clean.
- Allow the cake to be almost fully cooled before remove from the pan.To serve- Eat plain…OR add a little butter to a pan and grill each side of a sliced piece of pound cake. Add homemade sugar free whipped cream and a few sliced strawberries.
Where do you buy xanthum gum? Is that usually mixed into another ingredient like self rising flour? Please help lol.
Hi there! So I actually found it at Target. It’s a little expensive (maybe like $6 for a small bag) but it lasts forever and a small bag goes a long way! Try looking online too on Amazon if you shop there!
you can try your local health food store, they may have it in the bulk section. you don’t ever really need a lot, so you can just buy a couple of scoops of it instead of spending $12 on a bag that will last for 12 years.
Thanks for sharing too!