Keto Gingerbread Cake

Enjoy a deliciously easy and tasty keto gingerbread cake. It’s a keto snack cake that has all the familiar warm spices we can’t get enough of during the fall and winter months.

It’s perfect as a quick breakfast, snack, or keto dessert you’ll proudly serve during the end-of-year holidays.

It’s so easy to make that you should enjoy this sugar-free gingerbread cake all year. 

And at only 4.1 net carbs per serving, you can find any excuse to do so.

Yup, it’s an excellent choice any time of day or year!

If you’re a fan of all things gingerbread, then by all means, also check out my recipe for keto gingerbread cookies and my keto gingerbread loaf, which is also loaded with flavor. 

And don’t forget to check out our entire collection of keto cakes for delicious options!

Low-Carb Gingerbread Cake

You’ll love the taste of this keto-friendly gingerbread cake, and the aroma of its baking will put everyone in an instant festive mood.

It’s also super easy to make during the busy end-of-year holidays.

Plan on having this classic dessert turned keto on your holiday table to help keep you in ketosis during this tempting time of year.

Ingredients Needed For An Easy Keto Gingerbread Cake

Note that the following are the ingredients needed to make this recipe: The full printable recipe card is at the bottom of the page.

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• Finely milled almond flour measured and sifted
• Coconut flour
• Cocoa powder
• Baking powder
• Salt
• Granulated sugar substitute
• Ginger powder
• Cinnamon powder
• Nutmeg powder
• Ground cloves
• Eggs, room temperature
• Melted, unsalted butter 
• Molasses (one tablespoon), or use molasses extract if not using real molasses
• Heavy cream
• Vanilla extract

How to Make A Keto Gingerbread Snack Cake

You’ll notice in my list of ingredients that I add a tablespoon of molasses. A small amount of molasses spreads into the 15 servings this recipe makes and keeps it at 4.1 net carbs per slice. Winning!

However, if you still feel it’s not something you want to add to your cake, I found a delicious hack to ensure you get all the molasses flavor.

You can use molasses extract to give it an extra boost of flavor. You can also use maple extract with great success.

I also added a small amount of cocoa powder to give the cake its classic, rich depth of color, which is important since very little molasses is used in the recipe.

You’ll start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees and greasing well with unsalted butter in the 7X11-inch baking pan.

Then, in a medium bowl, whisk together the measured and sifted almond flour, coconut flour, granulated sugar substitute, baking powder, ginger powder, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder, clove powder, and salt until well combined.

Next, in another large bowl, combine the cooled melted butter, eggs, heavy cream, vanilla extract, and molasses or extract, all using an electric mixer set to medium speed. 

Once the wet batter is combined, add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients by spoonfuls and mix until fully incorporated.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for about 35 minutes or until the cake is baked through and an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Allow the cake to cool completely before dusting it with the sugar-free confectioner’s sugar substitute.

Best Sweeteners for Sugar-Free Gingerbread Cake

I have several options regarding which sweetener you can use in this sugar-free keto gingerbread loaf. I am pretty partial to Lakanto Granulated White Monk Fruit.

Lakanto Monk Fruit is my favorite since the texture and flavor are what I have found to be the closest to real sugar and because the flavor fools your taste buds like nothing else I’ve found on the market.  

You could also opt to use a brown sugar substitute in this recipe for more depth of flavor.

I’m also partial to Swerve granulated white sugar and  Swerve brown, which is an erythritol blend.

Like Lakanto, it uses sugar alcohols and has a 0% impact on blood sugar.

You could also use the stevia and erythritol-based brand Pyure if you prefer a stevia-based sweetener. 

Do note that if using Pyure, reduce the amount called for in the recipe by half since it’s a much sweeter option.

If you can’t easily find a more natural sugar substitute, you can also use Splenda with good success. I know not everyone would agree with me here, and I respect that, but in my book, it’s still better than regular sugar. 

When it comes to dusting powdered sugar for this cake, you will have to use a confectioner’s sugar substitute. Both Lakanto and Swerve have great ones. 

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