This rich and decadent chocolate keto cake is shockingly delicious… Every time I serve it, people always ask for the recipe!
The Ultimate Flourless Chocolate Cake
Why should you make this chocolate cake?
Simply put, because it is quite possibly the best chocolate cake you will ever make, even if you aren’t on a keto diet.
The first time I made the recipe was for a friend’s birthday party, where not a single person in attendance aside from the host was on a low carb diet, and yet people went absolutely crazy for this ultra fudgy chocolate cake. In just a single night, I was already asked by three more friends to make cakes for their birthdays too!
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It’s almost too good to believe!
This exceptionally bold chocolate cake recipe—without any flour to get in the way of the soft texture and intense chocolatey flavor—will change everything you thought you knew about chocolate cake. There’s no oil required, and NO coconut flour either!
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The simple keto cake recipe can absolutely hold its own against any cake mix or bakery style chocolate cake.
Super dense and fudgy, it can be naturally gluten free, dairy free, oil free, and vegan… and I’ve served it to enough people by now who aren’t on any kind of special diet that I can confidently say: even if you’re used to traditional sugar-and-flour desserts, you will fall completely in love with this delicious and moist chocolate cake. Just try it and see!
Want a single serving version? Try this Keto Mug Cake Recipe
Keto Frosting Recipes
For the chocolate cake in the photos, I used this Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting recipe.
Feel free to use your favorite vanilla or chocolate buttercream frosting, homemade or store-bought.
Or change up the flavor by topping the cake with cream cheese frosting, peanut butter frosting, whipped cream, ice cream, sliced strawberries, or coconut frosting. Just be sure to let the cake cool completely before spreading icing on top.
It’s also really good topped with Coconut Whipped Cream!
Can You Use Regular Sugar?
Yes, if you’re not counting carbs, the cake recipe works just fine with regular granulated sugar as well. I know this because I tested it on myself (the things I have to do for my job…).
Even if you use real sugar, you still only need 2/3 cup total for an entire double layer cake, which is crazy low in comparison to traditional chocolate cake recipes that often have at least double that amount!
For A Vegan Keto Cake
While flourless chocolate cake recipes usually call for eggs, making a vegan version was surprisingly easy. I simply mixed three tbsp Bob’s egg replacer with 150g water (half cup plus two tablespoons), let it sit for a few minutes to thicken, and then used that as my three eggs in the recipe.
If you need six eggs for a double layer cake, just use six tablespoons of the egg replacer mixed with 1 1/4 cup water instead. I haven’t tried making a version using flax egg yet, but be sure to report back if you experiment!
For A Paleo Or Gluten Free Cake
For a paleo cake, sweeten with either the erythritol option listed in the recipe or use 1/2 cup date or coconut sugar instead. The low carb cake recipe is naturally gluten free, no substitutions necessary. It’s made with almond flour, which is simply ground up almond meal. (For a cake that’s made with regular flour, I recommend this Vegan Chocolate Cake.)
(Above – watch the video of how to make the keto cake)
The recipe was adapted from these Keto Muffins
Chocolate Keto Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups fine almond flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp dutch cocoa or additional regular
- 2 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup water or milk of choice
- 3 eggs (including the vegan option listed earlier in the post)
- 1/3 cup granulated erythritol or regular sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- *For a double layer cake, simply double the recipe and bake in two 8-inch pans. I listed a few keto frosting ideas above in the post. And if you're a visual person, be sure to check out the recipe video above!Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease an 8-inch pan, and line with parchment. Stir all ingredients together very well, then spread into the pan. If needed, use a second sheet of parchment to smooth down. Bake 14 minutes on the center rack (some ovens require more baking time, so continue cooking until firm if needed). Let cool completely before frosting. If you try the recipe, please feel free to leave a comment or rate it below!View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
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I’m confused? It it no flour or almond four? Did you mean no wheat flour? Also says seven ingredients but there are more than 7. Also I made the cake bud the cream cheese frosting. Frosting was good but cake doesn’t not taste rich and is not dense. What am I missing?
Sorry I had typos above. The frosting was good abs the cake actually was dense. But it didn’t have a rich chocolate flavor. I could taste the almond flour too much. Is there a totally flour less one I can try? Thanks!
Even at 14 minutes the cake wasn’t half way done. Maybe update the recipe and add 10 more minutes?
Hi Asu, it just depends on your oven. If you have a calibrated oven and are not at altitude or in a humid climate, it takes the specified time. But many people haven’t calibrated their ovens so theirs might take longer. Hope that clarifies, and hope yours turned out well!
Omg!!! My kid requested chocolate cake with strawberries… And off I went into the black hole called “Google search” to find a winning recipe. That’s how I stumbled into this amazing site. It was perfect as we eat 95% GF!
The cake was an absolute hit and my youngest has already requested for her birthday… In July😂
I used erythritol in the batter, but unfortunately didn’t have the powdered version at hand. I didn’t want to mess with the frosting’s consistency so “normal” powdered sugar it was!
I wish that I could post a photo! It came out beautiful as well.
Thx!!
This made us so happy 🙂 . We wish you could post a pic too! Hopefully someday we will be able to bring back that feature without slowing down the page load speed, because we miss seeing reader creations (that are very often prettier than the original blog photos)
Delicious. I cut the extra cocoa out and used almost 1/4 C. honey for the sugar.
Thank you for trying it 🙂
I absolutely love this chocolate cake with the cream cheese choc frosting. Baking time for me was 17 mins. The frosting was so yummy. Ok so maybe thats’s what made me love the cake. But whatever, i’m so happy i chose this recipe among all the other low carb cakes!
So glad you liked it!!
Followed recipe exactly as written, but increased bake time to 20 minutes. It was AH-MAZING! Thank you!
Thank YOU for trying it 🙂
So far so good… haven’t quite put it all together with the frosting yet but even separate they are YUM! This is the first ever time I’ve made both a gluten-free AND diabetic-friendly cake (I used the erythritol). What I would love to know, before my diabetic friend eats it, are the nutritional value for the chocolate frosting you have recommended, too (I used erythritol/monk fruit sweetener and 2oz 99% sugar-free chocolate)
Thanks!
Kate x
Hi! The nutrition facts are just for the cake (since you can choose not to use the frosting if you want to use a different one) 🙂
How do I find the ingredients for your recipes?
Hi, the ingredients are here in the post in the recipe box 🙂
Absolutely marvelous! Keto is now my go to diet. So good and easy compared to gluten free baking.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for trying it!
Can you use powdered erythritol in place of the granulated in the cake batter? (All I have on hand) Anyone tried it?
How many calories per slice
Hi! There are nutrition facts for each of Katie’s recipes under the ingredients/instructions for that recipe 🙂
What amount of (poured)decaf coffee can I add to the recipe? Ina does that in her recipes to further bring out the chocolate taste, and I want to try that to your recipe. Thanks!
Katie, out of all the chocolate cakes on your website which one is your favourite or the best in your opinion? Trying to choose one for my daughters birthday!
This is the best chocolate cake recipes ever!
I made this for me to eat on my daughter’s 6th birthday. It was chocolatey, moist, and delicious! I make your low carb/keto chocolate and blueberry muffins twice a week and will start making this cake regularly, too. Thanks for the quick, easy and delicious recipes!
Happy birthday to her!
I made this for my husband’s birthday and it was very good. I used erythritol for the cake and for the chocolate cream cheese frosting, I used half erythritol and half canderel because I didn’t have enough erythritol. The only thing I changed on the process was I separated the eggs, because I read one comment, saying it was dense. I beat the egg whites to stiff peaks before folding it into the cake batter. It turned out light. Thanks for the recipe. Will use it again for my non-keto friends.