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Low Carb Chocolate Cupcakes

January 29, 2020 by Angela Roberts 13 Comments

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Full of chocolate flavor, this is a best seller in my keto bakery. #ketochocolatecupcakes #lowcarbchocolateCupcakes #Spinachtiger via @angelaroberts

Editor’s Note: After making hundreds (maybe thousands) of chocolate cupcakes for my home bakery, my recipe has been revised to an almond flour base, and  this revision is much better. If you need the coconut recipe, I’ll put it at the bottom.

Low Carb Chocolate Cupcakes, Sugar Free Frosting
Best Chocolate Low Carb Cupcake Recipe (keto) from Spinach Tiger

Back when I posted this a few years ago, it was near Valentine’s Day.  I promised to post as many heart recipes as possible, because Valentine’s Day is my jam!

As mentioned above, since then, I’ve opened a home keto bakery and have greatly improved the recipe. My chocolate cake gets raves and sells out all the time.

These are good. So good that they fool non-keto bakers. I’m so proud of this recipe.

Make the Best Chocolate Keto Low-Carb Cupcake Recipe from Spinach Tiger

Low Carb Chocolate Cupcake Recipe with Many Options

Top with Chocolate frosting or my new favorite, this keto vanilla buttercream. My biggest seller is chocolate with peanut butter frosting and I promise to bring that recipe to the blog soon. However, you can top with this Texas Sheet Cake frosting or my other wildly popular German Chocolate Cake Frosting.

My original (not low carb) chocolate fudge cupcake has never lost its amazing popularity, and that’s the standard I used to bake against.

I wanted chocolate flavor, easy execution, and moist chocolate cupcakes that would freeze well.

Make the Best Chocolate Low Carb Cupcake Recipe from Spinach Tiger

Ingredients for a Low Carb Cupcake  

After literally baking hundreds of these chocolate cakes, I know this recipe works. It’s a combination of almond and coconut flours with lots of eggs and good shot of espresso. You can leave the coffee out by adding a little more milk. It’s still amazing.  I use sour cream for extra moistness.


I am still using Swerve (powdered erythritol) as my sweetener.

Chocolate Low Carb Cupcake Recipe from Spinach Tiger

The Process for the Low Carb Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

Make sure you mix the dry ingredients together with a whisk very well.  Add eggs one at time.

Always spray the cupcake liners. For some reason coconut flour batter sticks more to the liners. The only liners I know to be truly non-stick are Oxo’s silicone liners.

What kind of Unsweetened Cocoa Should I use?

After much trial and error, and much frustration, I have found the one cocoa powder, actually a cacao, from Better Body Foods that works perfectly. I used to use Hershey’s natural with some of their extra dark. They changed their formula and it was a huge disappointment.  The ONE powder that works amazingly well with lots of flavor is the cacao from Better Body Foods.


What is Swerve?

I wrote an F.A.Q.  Swerve article here answering the most common questions. Swerve with Packaging

Chocolate Frosting for a Low-Carb Cupcake Recipe

This is the easiest (but trickiest) part of a low-carb cupcake recipe. I use the Swerve Confectioner’s sugar with butter and a little cream cheese. Unlike regular confectioner’s sugar, you won’t need to use as much. I rarely use more than one cup. My ratio is 1/2 cup butter to 1/2 cup Swerve. You will NOT use as much as you think you will.

I chose not to pipe the frosting because I wanted a small amount of frosting per cupcake. Piping tends to use a lot of frosting which would be too much.

Mini Hearts Garnish

Quite by accident, I found the cutest little topper. I melted down 72% dark chocolate and filled this mini heart mold.


I ordered these adorable reversible cupcake liners on amazon.

Happy Heart Day everyone. Love All.

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Low Carb Chocolate Cupcake Recipe

The most delicious low carb chocolate cupcake recipe you can imagine. Moist and chocolatey and not compromised.
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Total Time30 mins
Course: Keto Desserts
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 414kcal
Author: Angela Roberts

Ingredients

Chocolate Cupcakes Ingredients

  • 2 cups blanched almond flour 230 grams
  • 2 tablespoons coconut flour 26 grams
  • 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cups unsweetened natural cocoa powder I use Better Body Cacao
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup granulated swerve powdered erythritol
  • 1/2 cup avocado oil
  • 1/4 cup almond milk
  • 4 tablespoons sour cream
  • 1/4 cup strong coffee Optional can replace with more almond milk
  • baking spray

Chocolate Frosting Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter unsalted room temperature
  • 1 cup Confectioner's Swerve
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa see notes
  • 4 tablespoons cream cheese softened at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 tablespoons heavy cream if needed

Instructions

Chocolate Cupcake Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Whisk together almond four coconut flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, xanthan gum, cocoa powder. Set aside.
  • Mix avocado oil and erythritol (Swerve) together)
  • Add eggs one at a time.
  • Add coffee, milk, and sour cream. You can mix these together first.
  • Add vanilla to wet ingredients.
  • Add dry ingredients and mix on medium just until mixed. Don't overmix.
  • Spray cupcake liners.
  • Pour evenly making 12 cupcakes.
  • Bake for 15 minutes or until a center is 207 degrees f. (no more than 210).
  • Cool completely before frosting.

Chocolate Frosting Instructions

  • Sift together cocoa and swerve. Set aside.
  • Whip together butter and cream cheese until completely smooth. You may need to whip these in separate bowls. Make sure butter is softened, but not melted.
  • Add cocoa swerve mixture to butter 1/4 cup at a time.
  • Add vanilla.
  • Add heavy cream if you need to. Sometimes I add a tablespoon of boiling water instead to get a frosting easy to pipe.

Notes

In place of the coffee, you can use more buttermilk.
There is a different chocolate cake recipe here using coconut flour which was posted originally. I have improved the recipe. If you want the original find it at bottom of post.
If you don't think the frosting is sweet enough, add up to 1/4 cup more. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 12 | Calories: 414kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 38g | Fiber: 6g

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If you love this recipe, please give it five stars. It means a lot. xoxo


The Original Recipe (Coconut Flour based). (Improved Recipe is above).

Ingredients

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Filed Under: Chocolate Recipes, Cupcake Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Diabetic Recipes, Grain Free Baking, Keto Recipes, Paleo Primal Tagged With: avocado oil, baking soda, buttermilk, chocolate cupcakes, coconut flour, coffee, eggs, swerve, unsweetened cocoa, vanilla

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Comments

  1. Sharon says

    July 5, 2020 at 5:13 pm

    could you use olive oil instead of avacodo oil in this recipe?

    Reply
    • Angela Roberts says

      July 6, 2020 at 10:47 pm

      You can. Avocado oil is very neutral so I like it.

      Reply
  2. Jackie Roberts says

    February 13, 2020 at 9:31 am

    5 stars
    Love that ut used almond flour and small amount of coconut flour. Awesome

    Reply
  3. Crystal says

    May 29, 2019 at 4:18 pm

    Will this still work without the coffee?

    Reply
    • Angela Roberts says

      May 29, 2019 at 9:22 pm

      Yes you can leave coffee out.

      Reply
  4. Terry says

    July 20, 2018 at 7:44 pm

    The recipe did not give nutrition info, Carbs, calories, etc. ?

    Reply
  5. Yahaira Fuentes says

    July 7, 2018 at 2:50 pm

    How many eggs???
    I thing the recipe is incomplete!

    Reply
  6. Olivia Petersen says

    June 22, 2018 at 10:01 am

    4 stars
    Hi there! Thank you for your great recipes! Just a quick question please? Is there a misprint or is that the correct amount of coconut flour? Your ingredient list says 1/2 cup of coconut flour? And it yields 12 cupcakes? Is that correct as is or a misprint or am I blind? Thank you for your assistance in this regard.

    Reply
  7. JenS says

    March 19, 2018 at 2:03 pm

    5 stars
    Definitely fulfill chocolate cravings. Great texture.

    Reply
  8. Becca says

    February 19, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    4 stars
    Interesting. I haven’t done much baking so thanks for the tip on buttermilk + coconut flour. Just wish I had found your site before Valentine’s Day!

    Reply

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Can food make you feel better? Sometimes. But it’s been a rough two days. Remember when I said on Christmas Eve, “may tomorrow be as nice as this day: That didn’t age well. What a time! Great little Christmas morning and then I looked at my phone. A BOMB exploded in downtown Nashville. 😡😢Even though I live miles away, our cell service is still not working. We lost internet and TV as did thousands in five states.  Doug ran to Comcast the next morning to get us a temporary account. The scary thing aside from a BOMB, is how vulnerable we are with no cell service or internet (AT & T) as it was all housed in one building with no back up plan. Did you know our infrastructure is this vulnerable? Many of us still can’t call 911 if we needed to. 🙁We are grateful no residents were harmed from the bomb. We still don’t know the “who” in the remains. We don’t know what to believe. 🤷🏻‍♀️I highly recommend watching the Netflix show, Manhunt Deadly Games (about Richard Jewell (falsely accused) and Eric Rudolph (the actual Centennial Park Bomber). Great insight into serial bombers, lone wolfs, and the FBI. 🙏🏻 for not just Nashville but for America.
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Merry Christmas. 🎄In spite of all the bad that came with 2020, today was a good day. I found out my wonderful step mother unexpectedly inherited a nice sum of money which she needs badly and that made my heart sing. ❤️ I’m so thrilled when other people get good things they deserve. I was also thrilled with my two sour dough creations we had tonight👩🏻‍🍳. I am still baking from  Emilie Raffa’s Sourdough Made Simple book, and had to try the spinach dip stuffed braided loaf and the camembert wreath. 😋😋Both were HUGE hits, easy directions to follow and came out perfectly.  We had charcuterie, crab cakes, arugula salad and these breads. I think I may not eat again until next year. By the way those cute keto sugar cookies a few posts back were frozen and then brought out for today. Everyone loved them. I think they are even better after being frozen. 
May tomorrow be as nice as today! We all need a good day.
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