There are two kinds of blackberries with many varieties.

Blackberries that grow wild on thorny bushes and are a bit hard to eat, and the thornless blackberries cultivated especially for markets and grocery stores.

The triple crown blackberry variety produces large fruits on vigorous plants with a delicious flavor and is just one of the types of thornless blackberries grown today. This is the kind you most likely purchase in the store or market.

Interesting Facts about Blackberries

• Blackberries are thought to have been around in North America, South America, Asia and Europe for over 30 million years. They do not grow native in Australia, but you can now find them there. However, you will not find a single blackberry in Antartica.
• Blackberries have been used for medicinal purposes by the Greeks and Romans, as well as for dyes.
• Early Christians associated blackberry juice with the blood of Christ and the thorny bushes with the crown of thorns.
• Blackberries also appear as ingredients for the occult, but I’d rather not think about that one.

Blackberries are a super food.

Blackberries are considered super healthy, as each little compartment is full of antioxidants, boasting brain health, oral health, high in Vitamin C, Vitamin K and Manganese. 

Ingredients for Blackberry Cobbler

• Almond Flour
• Coconut Flour
• Eggs
• Sour Cream
• Baking Powder
• Butter
• Swerve
• Vanilla Extract
• Blackberries

How to Make Keto Blackberry Cobbler

I really like to make cobbler in a cast iron pan, but you can use a cake dish. Make sure you mix all your dry ingredients together before adding to the pan. Beat eggs well. Add melted butter, sour cream and dry ingredients. Push the blackberries into the batter after the batter has been put in the pan.

Swerve is my sweetener of choice. Read here why I use Swerve. You can choose the powder erythritol of choice.

More Blackberry Recipes from Spinach Tiger

• Salad with Blackberries, Fresh Corn
• Best Sugar Free Flourless Chocolate Cake (Low-Carb, Sugar Free)
• Honey Baked Goat Cheese Salad with Blackberry Lemon Vinaigrette
• Blackberry Mint Julep Recipe
• Whiskey Buttermilk Pie with Blackberry Compote
• Blackberry Cobbler in Mason Jars

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Keto Blackberry Cobbler

Perfect, Easy Snack Cake made with fresh summer fruit.

Course Cake

Cuisine American

Keyword keto cake

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 12 servings

Calories 203kcal

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups almond flour
• 2 tablespoons coconut flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup Swerve Granulated
• 3 eggs
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 cup blackberries

Stabilized Whipped Cream Recipe Here

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, 180 C.
• Mix all dry ingredients together.
• Beat eggs for 3 minutes
• Stream in melted butter.
• Add vanilla. Add sour cream.
• Add dry ingredients just until mixed.
• Pour into prepared pan. I used a 12 inch cast iron pan. You can use a 9 inch cake pan.
• Push blackberries in the batter.
• Bake for approximately 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.

Stabilized Whipped Cream Recipe Here

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 12 | Calories: 203kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 17g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g

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I found a very easy recipe on line, made the cake, which won’t yet appear here as it became almost what I wanted. White chocolate mousse as well as chocolate mousse are the two key ingredients, as well as either a chocolate or a vanilla cake and a topping of ganache.

I made it with the vanilla cake and while it was fine, when I eventually post it here, I’m going to use chocolate cake.

While my chocolate mousse recipe has more steps and more ingredients, white chocolate mousse is super easy and can be used in many ways, such as tucked inside a layer cake, eaten alone or with fruit.

What is the Best Sugar Free White Chocolate Chips?

I am a keto bakery owner, and exclusively use chocolate chips from Choc Zero. They melt well and don’t disappoint.

Since there is only two ingredients in the white chocolate mousse, the white chocolate chips has to be flavorful. While some recipes using same two ingredients use a half cup of chips, I only used 1/3 cup and it still had plenty of that white chocolate flavor.

Tips for Using Keto White Chocolate Mousse

• Use a low heat to melt the 1/3 cup white chocolate chips in 1/3 heavy cup heavy cream, stirring constantly, and thoroughly. Set aside to cool, covered.
• Whip the remaining 2/3 heavy cream slowly, then more intensely making sure you don’t curdle the cream. Every minute or so, stop and assess. You want the whipped cream to hold, and not fall off the beater.
• MOST IMPORTANT: Refrigerate before using for cakes where you may want to spread the mousse between layers. If it’s warm, it will spread.
• Raspberries marry well with the sweetness of the mousse.

Similar Keto Desserts (all sugar free)

• Chocolate Mousse
• Lemon Budino
• Meyer Lemon Curd
• Chocolate Pudding
• Pots de Creme

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Macros: Using heavy cream, Choc Zero Chips: 1 Net Carb

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Keto White Chocolate Mousse

Two Ingredients Sugar Free White Chocolate Mousse

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword white chocoalte mousse

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 3 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup Sugar Free White Chocolate Chips
• 1 cup Heavy Cream

Instructions

• Prepare a bain marie. (stainless bowl over simmering water). Try to make sure water isn't touching pan, as you want the steam to heat the bowl. Remove bowl from pot and cool, while making the whipped cream.
• Add 1/3 of the heavy cream with white chocolate chips to bowl. Stir constantly until the chips are thoroughly melted.
• Use a cold bowl and cold cream to make whipped cream.
• Whip the heavy cream until the it has high peaks, but not so much that it breaks. If this happens, smooth out with 2 tablespoons more of heavy cream.
• When it's time to fold the white chocolate into the heavy cream, stir it well and then gently fold in. Refrigerate before serving by several hours.

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The best we can do this coming weekend is remember the heroes, remember anyone who ever put on a uniform and stood in formation to protect the generations past, the generations future. Stand for the American flag and try to imagine what it would be like to have no protection. If you study history, you have no idea how easy it is for a nation to fall, when patriotism becomes a mockery and people gather in various tribes against each other. Remember the good people who have paid the price for your life right now.

Good Things Have a Price

Good things usually have a price, like desserts. However, you can have your cake without a price this summer with a delicious sugar free, gluten free, keto flag cake.

This cake is absolutely delicious, made with stabilized whipped cream and fresh fruit. It’s easy to assemble and easy to bake. You would never know it’s keto friendly, grain free and sugar free.

This keto flag cake is perfect for Memorial Day and July 4th, which are both important days in America.

I love America for many many reasons, and I hope we can still be in a place to love our country, flaws and strengths.

Why I Still Love America

One of the reasons is the vitality of Americans. I remember being on a train in Paris, hearing a group of girls laughing and I knew immediately that they were Americans. As I walked around Paris, I noticed that American girls stood out, not because they weren’t as fashionable, but because they seemed to be having the most fun.

Great News In Small Business America

Since I wrote this a few years ago, a lot has changed and a lot hasn’t changed. 2020 killed a lot of small businesses, but it looks like many are coming back strong.

Last summer I announced that Spinach Tiger Keto Bakery would be represented in farmer’s markets this summer. You can find me every Saturday morning at the Nolensville Farmers Market 8-12 INSIDE. We are also in Elroy’s Coffee Shop in Franklin, so please follow us on instagram, or subscribe to the bakery page.

My great-grandparents came from Naples at the turn of last century to escape poverty caused by the union of Italian regions. They made a good life, even though they lived in the inner city, lived through the depression, World War I and World War II.

My grandmother had to quit school at age 13 to work in a cigar factory and she got married at age 16. In spite of this, she  eventually went to beauty school and opened her own salon. She never once saw herself as under-educated or oppressed, even though she was a woman who’s first language was not English, and she was raised in what was referred to as an Italian ghetto in South Philly. She embraced individuality and freedom. She was quite the character.

Those opportunities didn’t exist in Naples at that time. She taught me that hard work, stamina and tenacity pay off and people with ideas and a determined mindset will lift themselves up, because they can lift themselves up. I also believe we are a country who can lift and will lift others up when they need it.

My grandparents did wonderful things to help build this country with sweat equity. There is no reason for me or any of my family to apologize for our Italian heritage or American heritage. 

America is a great country, a country that does much good around the world, considered the most generous country in the last decade.  This spirit of giving is worth celebrating and made possible by our prosperity and our value system to care for others.

One of the things I love about America is our food choices. We might be the most diverse in the world because we embrace this kind of variety. We also choose our own diet plans and there are many. I choose to eat a grain free, sugar free diet that includes, meat, eggs and dairy. It’s what makes me feel good, and to that end, I am happy to bring you a flag cake for July 4th.

How to Make a Keto Flag Cake

I used a quarter pan sheet pan and made a keto vanilla cake. I thought of making this a lemon flavored cake like this lemon cake, or even a chocolate cake like this one here. In the end, I stuck with vanilla. I baked it on standard bake mode, not convection bake, and it took almost 25 minutes. If you bake on convection, it will probably take only about 15 to 20 minutes, but may brown a little more. I used almond flour and a little coconut flour to keep it grain free and Swerve to keep it sugar free.

I choose blueberries and strawberries and stabilized whipped cream. You CAN make the cake, put the whipped cream on and refrigerate, but put the fruit on right before you serve it.

This keto flag cake could get me “cancelled” because patriotism is not popular. But it is a part of free speech and I hope you embrace that.

What Size Pan for a Keto Flag Cake?

I use a quarter size sheet pan and this is my favorite brand. I have four USA pans, and highly recommend them.  Disposable quarter sized sheet pans can also be purchased at your local grocery.

What kind of whipped cream do you use for a Keto Flag Cake?

You will want to use a stabilized whipped Cream, but you could also use a vanilla buttercream.

Stabilized whipped cream maintains its structure and you can make this cake hours in advance. I use a piping bag and a 1 M large tip.

Vanilla Cake Recipe

This vanilla cake recipe is perfect and the one I use in my keto bakery. A combination of almond flour and coconut flour plus sour cream yield a light and moist sponge cake. I also use avocado oil which lends to a bouncy texture, but you can use 1/2 cup butter in its place.

Nutritional Value of Flag Cake (16 servings)

Net Carbs: 2    Calories: 248

More Keto Desserts from Spinach Tiger

• Keto Texas Sheet Cake in Sheet Pan
• Berry Patriotic Cake
• Keto Sheet Pan Brownies
• Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

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Keto Flag Cake

Patriotic Flag Cake, Sugar Free, Grain Free, Gluten Free

Course Keto Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword flag cake, keto cake

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Servings 12 Servings

Calories 248kcal

Ingredients

Vanilla Cake Dry Ingredients

• 260 grams blanched almond flour 2 1/4 cups
• 28 grams coconut flour 2 tablespoons
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Swerve Sweetener

• 1 cup Swerve granulated Sweetener

Vanilla Cake Wet Ingredients

• 1/2 cup avocado oi or 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 6 eggs
• 60 grams sour cream 4 tablespoons
• 1/2 cup almond milk unsweetened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Stabilized Whipped Cream

• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoon Swerve confectioner's sweetener
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons cream cheese

Fruit

• 1 cup fresh blueberries
• 2 cups fresh strawberries

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. or 180 C.
• Prepare pan with parchment paper and cooking spray.

Vanilla Cake

• Whisk the dry cake ingredients together. Set aside.
• Mix together avocado oil and granulated Swerve.
• Add eggs and mix thoroughly.
• Add sour cream and almond milk to this.
• Add vanilla extract.
• Add dry mixture. Mix.
• Add to prepared sheet pan. Smooth top.
• Bake on convection bake for 15 to 17 minutes. Center will be approx. 205 degrees F. Or bake on "bake" mode for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool completely before adding whipped topping.

Stabilized Whipped Cream

• Make sure cream cheese is softened. You may want to microwave for ten seconds.
• Beat cream cheese with the confectioner's sweetener.
• Add whipping cream and whip until you have fluffy peaks that remain when you turn it upside down on spatula.
• You can put this whipped cream into a piping bag or spread over the cake. I used a large 1M tip.

Fruit

• Before applying fruit, apply to a piece of parchment paper to make sure you put fruit where you want. Slice strawberries lengthwise.
• Arrange in rows to make flag.
• You can refrigerate or serve immediately.

Notes

You can replace the avocado oil with 1/2 cup unsalted butter. Beat butter for full five minutes with the sweetener, before adding the eggs. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 16 | Calories: 248kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Fat: 22g | Fiber: 3g

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Most of my peaches come from the Peach Truck, which hosts stands all over the Nashville area, including all the farmer’s markets. You pay a pretty penny, BUT you can be sure your bag contains, perfect, sweet peaches. They come in a brown paper bag and are usually ready within two to three days.

This post will also include the easy way to peel peaches and freeze peaches.

Grilled Peaches

Grilled peaches are easy to make.

• Use freestone peaches, slightly firm,
• Slice about a quarter inch thick.
• Brush with olive oil or butter and grill for a few minutes (one side is enough).

Salads with Peaches

Grilled peaches go great with blue cheese crumbles and sliced toasted almonds. Take this to your next cookout or potluck. Another option is a healthy spinach salad with grille peaches. You could also serve grilled peaches with fresh mozzarella or burrata. That would get applause.

• Salad with Grilled Peaches in Salad, Blue Cheese, Toasted Almonds
• Spinach Salad with Grilled Peaches
• Peach Corn Tomato Salad

Peaches Love Pork

Peaches do indeed love pork. Spareribs and pork chops are summer-ized with peaches, but you might want to try my most unique peach and pork bolognese.

If you make peach and rosemary focaccia, you’ll be a star.

• Peaches with Oven Fried Porkchops
• Spareribs with Grilled Peaches
• Pork and Peach Bolognese
• Peach Rosemary Focaccia

Peach Pie

Peach pie is ultra American. So do make this for the summer holidays.

• Peach Blueberry Slab Pie
• Stars and Stripes Peach Pie
• Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler
• Gluten Free Peach Tart (sugar free)

Sugar Free Keto Peach Desserts

I will always have low-carb options (which is mostly how I eat) and they are not a compromise.

• Low Carb Peach Cake
• Low Carb Peach Crumb Muffins
• Low Carb Peach Almond Tart

Peaches, Etc.

• How to Peel Peaches
• How to Freeze Peaches
• How to Grill Peaches
• The Best Peach Sangria

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I have a lot of recipes with lemon as the star, which you can always find in the search. Here are a few favorites.

These lemon recipes include a salad dressing, a few chicken entrees and a few desserts.

Lemony Salad Dressing is perfect for almost any kind of salad, and complements chicken and fish dishes well.

• Lemon Dressing Recipe

• Sheetpan Italian Chicken

Sheetpan chicken with za’atar spicing and sliced lemons and potatoes rates as a healthy yet filling dinner, and the leftovers are equally good if not better. This is also good for a meal delivery or potluck. The best part is there is very actual prep time or active cooking time.

• French Chicken Francaise

If you want a delicious fast dinner that feels special (and can be low carb) chicken francaise is a great choice. Served with a crisp salad or a nice green vegetable like this asparagus will turn a Wednesday night into a dinner party.

Amazingly, chicken francaise made with pecorino cheese and egg batter is just about carb free, yet hearty, and a bit fancy.

Serve this with roasted asparagus.

• Lemon Tart (Keto friendly)

This lemon tart is sweet, tart, creamy and delicious. Made with an almond flour crust, it’s low carb and gluten free. You can, however, use any tart crust you want. Top with whipped cream and blueberries or raspberries to level up.

• Keto Lemon Budino

This is the dessert EVERYONE LOVES. I mean it. I’ve brought this to Italian pot lucks and served it at parties. It always gets a great applause. Made with lots of fresh lemon juice, eggs, butter and splash of heavy cream, its decadent and each bite might make you close your eyes.

You might also like these sugar free lemon meringue tarts.

• Keto Triple Lemon Cake

I get a lot of requests in my keto bakery for lemon cake. I don’t think I’ve ever met a lemon hater, and I suppose it’s the lift and brightness lemons bring to cake batter.

• Keto Lemon Blueberry Bundt Cake

Lemon blueberry bundt cake can be a breakfast cake or an elegant dessert. I know from my keto bakery that lemon is the most universally loved cake flavor. Adding blueberries simply levels it up, and a lemon drizzle (sugar free)

Tell me what is YOUR favorite lemon recipe?

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My immediate response was to smell it and take in the aromatics of thyme, sumac and sesame seeds. Everyone here already knows I think thyme is the universal perfect herb and I grow it year round. It can jump into almost any dish and into some desserts.

My appetite for good food is only surpassed by my appetite for food knowledge.

What is Za’atar?

Za’atar is a spice blend made from dried thyme, sumac, marjoram and toasted sesame seeds. It’s the sesame seeds that give that extra something something, and it’s a spice you can make at home. I now order it from Amazon as this brand was recommended to me. Za’atar means thyme in arabic. Thyme is also frequently used in Italian and French dishes.

Sumac is a small shrub with grown with red clusters that has a tangy lemony flavor. You can use lemon zest in its place if you’re going to use it as its made.

Some commercial brands may include roasted flour, so be sure to read the ingredient list when ordering. This is a gluten free and keto friendly brand.

Can I Make Za’atar at home?

Yes, you can. Here is a recipe.

• 3 tablespoons dried thyme
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
• 1 tablespoon ground sumac
• 1 tablespoon marjoram and a little sea salt.

 How can I use Za’atar?

I love it sprinkled on meat, such as lamb and  chicken. However, you can add a little to your vinaigrette, a dip, roasted potatoes, roasted vegetables, flat breads and soups. Try it with olive oil and bread or with cheese. Za’atar loves lamb! I like to add in lemon slices like I did with this za’atar chicken.

I recently did my DNA test and it seems that somewhere in our ancestry, aside from Italian, we have some middle eastern and North African roots. So, it’s no wonder I love this food and also tend to cook a lot with fruit and nuts in my savory dishes.  You could easily throw some pomegranate seeds on this dish as often seen in many middle eastern dishes as it adds a little sweetness, texture and good health.

Where does Za’atar come from?

This is a spice blend from the middle east and Mediterranean.

Does Za’atar Have Health Benefits?

Absolutely, as za’atar has been used for medicinal purposes, is packed with anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory benefits.

Why is this Za’atar Chicken so Delicious?

The flavors work together well, but I also started with air-chilled chicken, which is by far the tastiest. Thyme is nearly a universally loved herb that wakes food up aromatically, yet gently. When I do baked chicken pieces, I find a green bell pepper adds a little something to chicken as does an onion. The lemon slices top it off with that extra zest.

Is Za’atar Chicken an Easy Dinner?

Yes, here’s is the dish everyone will love. It tastes like a lot more effort went into it, but it it’s about a five minute prep job, and is done in about 45 minutes in the oven. This is big fat healthy food at its easiest and tastiest. Make a huge pan of this as this is a very good dish left over.

Is Za’atar Chicken Keto Friendly, Paleo Friendly?

Za’atar chicken is a naturally keto and paleo friendly dish. I chose to add in turnips instead of potatoes to keep the carbs down. You can switch that up if you like.

Process for Za’atar Chicken

Za’atar chicken can be made with a mix of chicken pieces or all thighs or all breasts. I always cut the breasts in half. I like to place my chicken on top of my onion and green pepper and spread the za’atar all over the chicken which has been rubbed with olive oil. I added in turnips to keep the carbs low.

Za’atar chicken would also be amazing over orzo, couscous or any ancient grain. Crusty bread could sop up the za’atar flavored lemony olive oil.

I love baking this in my Le Creuset, but you can use any baking dish.

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I recently got THIS QUESTION regarding za’atar chicken. 

What if I don’t want to use za’atar but want to make this chicken. What other spices can I use?

I would recommend a smaller amount of oregano, rosemary or an Italian seasoning.

This is a dish you will make many times. Please let me know when you do and if you share on instagram use the hashtag #spinachtiger.

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Za’atar Chicken with Charred Lemon, Roasted Turnips (Keto)

Za’atar Chicken with peppers, onions, lemon and olive oil. Keto Friendly, Paleo, Whole 30 friendly.

Course Entree

Cuisine Mediterranean

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

Total Time 55 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Author Angela Roberts

Ingredients

• 2 pounds of chicken pieces
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 large green bell pepper
• 1 large onion
• 2 turnips or potatoes cut into wedges
• 1/2 cup za'atar
• 1 lemon sliced thinly

Instructions

• Salt chicken pieces one day in advance if you have the time.
• Take chicken out one to two hours in advance of baking.
• I tend to leave the salt on the chicken. If you didn’t do this step, salt chicken.
• Trim bell pepper and seed. Cut bell pepper and onion into strips and slices.
• Place on bottom of pan. Drizzle olive oil over the pieces.
• Place the chicken on top of the vegetables, skin side up.
• Drizzle olive oil over the chicken pieces.
• Sprinkle za’atar over chicken generously.
• Place lemon slices on top.
• Add in turnips or potatoes in between chicken pieces, making sure they also are covered with olive oil, salt and pepper.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes or until chicken has internal temperature of 165 degrees F.

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These are a few of my favorite keto fresh strawberry recipes because nothing is sweeter than fresh local strawberries.

Low Carb Strawberry Shortcake

There are two types of strawberry shortcakes. One method is to make vanilla cakes and then top with whipped cream and fresh strawberries, more like the sponge cake method. The other pictured on the right is a more crumbly shortcake that soaks up all the strawberry juice. I like both kinds.

• Sponge Cake Strawberry Shortcake
• Crumbly Strawberry Shortcake
• Don’t forget the Stabilized Whipped Cream

Keto Strawberry Muffins/Biscuits

An easy way to use up your strawberries is to make strawberry muffins or strawberry biscuits. The biscuits pictured on the right are closer to scones, while the muffins

• Keto Strawberry Muffins
• Keto Strawberry Biscuits

Keto Strawberry Cakes/Cupcakes

• Keto Strawberry Cupcakes/Layer Cakes
• Keto Strawberry Frosting

More Strawberry Recipes

• Sugar Free Strawberry Sauce

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Two things influence my decision. Spring and Tradition.

This means carrot cake or coconut (tradition) and lemon cake or anything berries (Spring). But there always more. There’s fun and this means chocolate peanut butter, strawberry drip cake and lots of fruit garnishes. I personally love everyone one of these cakes, so please enjoy.

Carrot Cake is Always a Win

• Triple Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
• Carrot Cupakes

Depending on the company you keep, you need options. In some families peanut butter is out, and that’s where the good old chocolate with butter cream comes into play.

• Coconut Cake
• Keto Coconut Cupcakes

In some families, there’s always that person who hates coconut. Yep. It’s a love hate thing, and the haters I’ll never understand. But, for the lovers, this sugar free, gluten free coconut cake is the bomb and you can keep going by adding berries. Any berries work or keep going further by adding a medley.

Chocolate

• Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake
• Keto Almond Joy Cupcakes

Bake Lemon

If you can only make one cake and you care about making everyone happy, make lemon. I can tell you after 6 1/2 years of owning a keto bakery, EVERYONE loves lemon. Take this further by adding berries and again like coconut cake all the berries work. Be different and add a whole bunch of blackberries with sprigs of thyme. Why not?

Now if you are that person that always orders vanilla everything, go ahead and make a vanilla cake, but be bold and crown it with a wreath of berries.

Use Fruit

• Keto Cheesecake
• Strawberry Drip Cake

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More Easter Ideas

• How to Color Eggs
• Chocolate Coconut Cream Eggs (sugar free)
• Reeses Peanut Butter Cups (sugar free)

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Keto Strawberry Cake

Flavoring an almond flour based cake is not as easy as a white flour cake. However, using fresh strawberries that have been cooked down along with some strawberry extract and you will have that wonderful strawberry flavor.

Cook the Strawberries

For best results, use very ripe, The strawberries should be cooked with some sweetener, lemon juice and small amount of water. Cook low and slow until most of the liquid is evaporated. Add in a dash of strawberry extract. If you end up with too much liquid, pour some into a jar for another use. At this point, you have a strawberry jam that can be used as a cake filling.

The Chocolate Ganache Drip

Make sure your chocolate ganache is pourable. You should be able to drizzle with a spoon. You want to make sure it’s not too thin or too thick, so practicing over the a bowl is helpful till you get just the right viscosity.

You can apply in two ways:

• Drip chocolate ganache only around the edges of the cake, as seen below.
• Pour the chocolate ganache in the center of the cake so that the top is covered in chocolate.

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More Keto Strawberry Desserts You Might Like

• Strawberry Shortcake
• Strawberry Muffins
• Cheesecake with Fruit Wreath

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Keto Strawberry Drip Cake (with Chocolate Ganache)

Triple Six inch Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting and Chocolate Ganache Drip

Course Keto Cake

Cuisine American

Keyword keto strawberry cake

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 12

Calories 367kcal

Ingredients

Strawberry Puree

• 1/4 cup Granulated Swerve or 1/3 cup allulose
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 cups strawberries Can use frozen, defrosted

Cake Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

• 260 grams almond flour
• 28 grams coconut flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup Swerve Granulated Sweetener

Wet Ingredients for Cake

• 1/2 cup avocado oil or 4 ounces melted butter
• 6 medium to large eggs
• 60 grams sour cream
• 1 cup strawberry puree
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon strawberry extract if needed

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients

• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 12 ounces cream cheese
• 2 cups Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener
• 1/3 cup strawberry puree
• 1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract if needed

Chocolate Ganache

• 2/3 cup sugar free chocolate Chips
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• dash sea salt

Instructions

• Prepare 3 six-inch cake pans with parchment on bottom and rub or spray oil around the sides.

Strawberry Puree

• Put strawberries, sweetener and lemon juice in pan with 1/2 cup water.
• Cook for 20-30 minutes on low until thickened and most liquid is cooked down. You can pour excess liquid out for another use.
• Put in blender and blend to make puree. Don't over-blend. Allow some of the strawberry texture to remain, more like a blended jam.

Strawberry Cake Instructions

• Mix all dry ingredients (not the sweetener) in a bowl. Whisk. Set aside.
• Beat eggs until frothy.
• Add sweetener.
• Stream in avocado oil.
• Add sour cream, strawberry puree, extracts.
• Add in dry ingredients and mix on low until just mixed.
• If making a layer cake, bake at 350 degrees F. (180 C.) for 30-35 minutes, until interior middle reaches 207 degrees. You may need to cover with foil at around 25 minutes.
• Use an offset spatula to go around the sides of the cakes. Wait 15 minutes and then turn over onto a piece of cardboard. Place the cake pan back on top of the cake to finish cooling. The steam will keep the cake moist.
• Cool cakes completely before frosting.
• Once the cakes are completely cooled, trim off the tops so the cakes are even.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

• Butter and cream cheese both needs be soft. Cut into small pieces. You can microwave cream cheese for 10-15 seconds to soften it.
• Whip butter until fluffy. Whip Cream cheese separately and mix both together.
• Add Swerve Confectioner's Sweetener 1/2 cup at a time.
• Make sure puree is at room temperature. (You can microwave a few seconds if need be).
• Add puree a little at a time. Keep mixing until incorporated. You want it soft enough, but not runny.

Assemble

• To frost cakes, use a piping bag with a large round tip between layers. You can do a crumb coat or a naked cake (as pictured). If you do a crumb coat, put in refrigerator at least 20 minutes before applying more frosting.

  Make sure cake is chilled and ganache is chilled before pouring on. If the ganache is hot it will run out too fast. You will want the ganache to be pourable but not warm.
• Add In some strawberry extract, if needed.

Notes

You can make this recipe as a one layer cake, or double recipe and make an 8 inch three layer cake or 9 inch double layer cake. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1of 12 | Calories: 367kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 37g | Fiber: 3g

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My most recent and amazing chocolate recipe – Sugar Free Chocolate Cheesecake

It’s hard to find a person who doesn’t like chocolate, but often that chocolate craving comes in different forms. I love chocolate cake, but then again, sometimes just a piece of chocolate is all I need, like these keto chocolate truffles.

These amazing chocolate dessert recipes are all kitchen and people tested from folks who don’t eat keto or watch their sugar. You can only imagine how much these are appreciated by people on the keto diet or are diabetic. 

Many of them are tested through customers, as we sell some of our desserts at Farmer’s Markets in the Nashville area. Our bakery customers love the cookies and chocolate cakes we sell.

Keto Chocolate Creamy Recipes

• Keto Chocolate Budino
• Keto Chocolate Pudding
• Keto Chocolate Mousse
• Keto Pots d’ Creme
• Keto Flourless Chocolate Cake
• Keto Chocolate Mug Cake

Keto Chocolate Dessert Recipes: Cake

• Keto Ganache Chocolate Bundt Cake
• Keto Chocolate One Layer Cake
• Keto Chocolate Brownies
• Keto Texas Sheet Cake
• Keto Ding Dong Cake
• Keto Chocolate Cupcakes
• Keto German Chocolate
• Keto Mini Chocolate Bundt with Ganache (The chocolate I sell out in the Farmer’s Market).
• Chocolate Ganache (thick chocolate topping)
• Sugar Free Peppermint Frosting for Chocolate Cupcakes

Keto Chocolate Dessert Recipes: Cookies/Bars/ Candy

• Keto Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies (Another sell-out product at Farmer’s Market)
• Keto Chocolate Chip Birthday Cookie Cake
• Keto Chocolate Chip Blondies
• Keto Oreos
• Chocolate Truffles
• Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
• Keto Mounds Bars (coconut)
• Keto Chocolate Chip BACON Pecan Cookie

I hope you LOVE these keto friendly chocolate recipes as much as I do. They are:

• Gluten Free (made mainly with almond flour and coconut flour)
• Sugar Free (made with Swerve, a powdered erythritol)
• Made with healthy oils, such as avocado oil and olive oil.
• Made with unsweetened cacao powder. I like this brand.
• Made with Choc Zero Chocolate Chips where applicable.

Please leave me a comment below to let me know what recipe you would like to make first.

I order my chocolate chips from Choc Zero. Use SpinachTiger10 code to save 10%.

I order a lot of my baking pans, and ingredients from Amazon. Shop my Keto Bakery Shopping Page. I do earn a commission as an affiliate, but I have painstakingly curated this list.

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