Low Carb Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep Time 30mins
Cook Time 25mins
Servings 12cupcakes
Calories 380kcal
Net Carbs 4.4g
Keto friendly cupcakes of a warm-spiced cake with grated carrot and a creamy rich low sugar vanilla-clove cream cheese frosting. The perfect addition to your keto Easter celebration.
Powder sweetener if necessary using a spice grinder, and add to a large mixing bowl with cubed and softened butter.
Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sweetener together until the butter is light and fluffy. The goal here is to get air into the butter so you want it to look whipped.
Add wet ingredients
Add vanilla extract to the bowl, and beat in the eggs on at a time to help keep the batter smooth and free of too many lumps.
Mix dry ingredients separately
In a separate bowl, add almond flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, baking powder, and combine well. Once combine, gently fold the dry ingredients into wet mixture with rubber spatula. Avoid overbeating at this point.
Use a box grater to shred the carrots and and gently fold into the batter until incorporated.
Baking, temperatures, and cooking times
Add liners to a cupcake/muffin tray and spoon in the batter evenly dividing the mixture. Fill the liners until just below the top to give them room to rise.
Bake in 350°F [175°C] oven for 25 - 30 mins. Stick a testing stick or a tooth pick into the cupcake, if it pulls out clean the cupcakes are ready to come out, if not bake for an additional 3-5 minutes and test again.
Once cooked through, allow the cupcakes to cool in the tray for 10 minutes and then remove to a cooling rack until cool enough to add frosting and chopped pecans.
Low Carb Vanilla and Clove Cream Cheese Frosting
While the cupcakes are in the oven or cooling, add cream cheese, butter, sweetener, vanilla extract, and ground cloves to a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. It should look whipped and lump free. If using heavy whipping cream then beat until whipped to your liking.
Notes
Sweetener substitution: If you want to substitute a different low carb sweetener, I would recommend using a sweetener conversion tool such as:
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