Keto Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

This keto poppy seed bundt cake is moist, delicious, and makes for a stunning presentation. It’s a keto lemon poppy cake that combines the flavor of lemon and the texture of poppy seeds beautifully.

Every bite of this low-carb poppy seed cake delivers on flavor and texture. The best part is that it’s made with easy-to-source ingredients like almond flour, cream cheese, butter, eggs, poppy seeds, and lemon.

It’s a lemon poppy seed bundt cake you’ll be proud to serve.

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Keto Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

If you’re a fan of the combination of flavors that poppy seeds and lemon provide, this recipe has your name on it.

Serve this sugar-free, gluten-free poppy seed cake at your next family brunch, or make Mother’s Day special by surprising her with a lemony poppy seed bundt cake that is actually loaded with nutrition and some added health benefits. 

This cake is perfect for special occasions when you want to impress your guests with a keto-friendly cake that is sure to fool their tastebuds but it’s also great for meal planning your keto desserts for the week. 

At only 2.3 net carbs per serving it’s a sweet treat, you can enjoy while on a low-carb diet with no worries of consuming too many carbohydrates. 

Ingredients Needed For This Keto Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

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The following are all the ingredients needed. Note that the full printable recipe is at the bottom of the post.

• Almond flour measured and sifted
• Granulated sugar substitute
• Powdered sugar substitute, for the lemon glaze topping
• Eggs, room temperature
• Cream cheese, full-fat, room temperature
• Unsalted butter, room temperature
• Poppy seeds, preferably organic
• Fresh lemon juice
• Pure lemon extract or pure lemon oil
• Fresh lemon zest
• Baking powder
• Salt

Tools You’ll Need To Make A Keto-Friendly Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

The only tools you’ll need are an electric mixer, a stand-up mixer, and a bundt pan. 

Let me also mention that the type of bundt pan you use is important. Not all are created equal, and after a while, bundt pans don’t release the cakes well, so investing in a good one is worth the tiny investment.

I use a CasaWare’s brand because it has a granite ceramic that makes for easy-release baking. 

How To Make A Low Carb Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

The making of this gluten-free poppy seed bundt cake is pretty straightforward. It’s simply a matter of measuring almond flour that has been sifted and combining it with the baking powder and salt, and setting the dry ingredients aside.

Then you’ll move on to wet ingredients by creaming the softened cream cheese and butter with the granulated sugar substitute of your choice.

To the creamed ingredients, you’ll mix in the eggs, and then you’ll combine both the wet and dry ingredients, add the extract and poppy seeds, and stir well before adding the cake batter into a 12-cup capacity bundt pan.

Next, it’s time to bake the cake for 45-60 minutes. The cooking time will vary depending on your oven. Test if it’s ready with an inserted toothpick that comes out clean.

Then after the cake is baked, allow it to cool before adding the lemon icing. Finally, top the cake with some more poppy seeds.

Best Sugar Substitutes For A Sugar-Free Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

My top choice for this keto lemon poppy seed cake is a monk fruit and erythritol blend. My personal favorite is Lakanto’s brand. 

But you can also use Swerve an erythritol sugar substitute. 

You could also use the stevia and erythritol-based brand Pyure for most of my baked goods. However, if using Pyure you will want to use half the amount called for in this recipe since it’s a much sweeter choice. 

But if stevia is your preferred choice, then feel free to use the Pyure brand.

When it comes to sweet lemon glaze, you will have to use a confectioner’s sugar substitute. Both Lakanto and Swerve have great ones.

Lastly, if you can’t easily resource a more natural sugar substitute, you can also use Splenda with great success.

If using Splenda, it needs to be the one that has a bulking agent. This is the one that comes in large bags. I don’t recommend Splenda Bake because it’s actually half sugar half sucralose product. 

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