The “hardest” part about choosing a healthier lifestyle is finding desserts to help you ease that sweet tooth. This sponge cake recipe has been a life-saver for me, and perfect if you are following a Paleo or Keto diet.
It’s got a soft texture and deliciously sweet and ready in just 3 minutes! Plus, no ovens involved!
🥘 ingredients
This Keto Cake recipe is so easy and made in just minutes, and you don’t need a long list of weird speciality ingredients to make it.
The Simple Ingredients You‘ll Need:
- Almond Flour
- Coconut Oil (You can use melted unsalted butter if that’s what you prefer)
- Large Eggs
- Baking Powder
- Honey
- Vanilla Extract/Vanilla Essence
- A Pinch Of Salt
🔪 instructions
- Toss all the ingredients (dry ingredients and wet ingredients) into a mixing bowl. (Photo 1)
- Mix until smooth and lump free. I like to use the whisk attachment of our immersion blender. (Photo 2)
- Pour into a small microwavable dish. (Photo 3)
- We use an 8”x5”ish glass dish. You can also divide the mix into large two mugs.
- Microwave for 3 minutes. (Microwave for 90 seconds if you’ve got two mugs). (Photo 4)
- Remove from the dish and allow to cool for a couple of minutes on a wire rack. (Photo 5)
- Frost with our easy Cream Cheese Frosting. (I usually do this during the 3 minute cooking time for the cake) and ENJOY! (Photo 6)
TIP! You can also make multiple 3-minute cakes and layer them to make a yummy layer cake to feed more people!
📋 recipe
Sugar-Free Vanilla Sponge Cake (with Almond Flour)
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoon almond flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoon coconut oil (melted) (can use melted butter if preferred)
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients into a mixing bowl.
- Mix until well combined and lump free.
- Use a rubber spatula to scrap the mixture into a small microwave safe dish.
- Microwave on high for 3 minutes.
- Carefully remove the cake (I use a large spatula) and allow to cool for a few minutes on a wire rack.
Tips and Tricks:
- We use a small rectangular baking dish (approximately 8”x5”) and cut it into 6 squares.
- You can divide the recipe in two mugs and cook for about 90 seconds each. This makes two large mug cakes.
- We recommend frosting the cake with our Cream Cheese Frosting.
Nutrition
💭 faq
The beauty of the Keto diet is that technically - you can eat anything and everything when you make it yourself using the right ingredients and using clever swaps for ingredients that are Keto compliant. When you follow the guidelines you have set for yourself while being on the Keto diet, you can definitely make most desserts fit into your macros, and thankfully, there are TONS of recipes online showing you how to turn your favorite dessert into a Keto-approved one.
When using clever ingredient swaps, it’s 100% possible to still enjoy cake on a Keto diet. With our Keto Cake, the 10g net carbs fall in line with daily recommendations, but you can also lower this amount significantly if you use a Keto-specific sweetener.
Yes, Almond flour is a keto-friendly baking flour. It is also one of the most common substitutes for regular flour when creating keto-baking recipes.
You bet! It is a popular choice for those following a Keto and Paleo Diet. It adds nice texture and flavor to your cakes, cookies, bread, pancakes, or many other baking recipes.
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Sosi says
Can you cook it in the oven? If so, for how long?
Maria L says
I’ve come back to this so many times. Such a delicious recipe and so easy. Hard to have the self control to not eat it all in one sitting. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.
Raquel pamer says
I made this it was quick and easy, except it was more of a biscuit so I made strawberry shortcake. What did I do wrong?
Dee says
Perfect… just right for my sugar craving… cooked PERFECTLY… didn’t need to ease out of dish, it came straight out. This will definitely be my go to cake ❤️
Rachel says
This cake is so easy and delicious, it has been a lifesaver to me struggling to feel like I can’t have a keto treat so I made two and cream frosted between 😍
Smv says
Not Keto friendly with honey! I swapped it out for monk.
Jean says
You can make it with eruthilol honey by choc zero. Keto friendly
Stephen says
This is not a keto recipe. It contains honey. Honey is not used in keto recipes due to its incredibly high sugar content.
Mary A Cortez says
Forgive me. I see the measurements and will check back. Making it today! I'm starving for sweets! Thank you!
Juanablair says
Can this be baked? What temp and for how long?
Victoria says
Can I bake this instead?
R. Murphy says
Six thumbs up from my two children and me! This was so easy and fast to make. Best of all was that we had all of the ingredients. Only change i made was adding cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to give it a spice cake twist with fall right around the corner. It went beautifully with the cream cheese frosting, also crazy easy to make. Thank you!
Jp says
I made this few times. I like how easy and quick I can eat! When I don't have time to bake. I just adjusted amount of oil bit less( used coconuts oil) and add coconuts milk instead.some with coco powder. I used coconuts coco cream topping instead of cream cheese topping.
Kirra says
This was great! I made a 1/2 serve and used maple syrup, coconut oil and cacao i also substituted 1tbs of the almond Flour with psyllium husk and i served it with coconut cream and blueberries. It was so moist snd yummy! Thank you
Juanablair says
Hi! What oven temp and for how long did you bake it for?