Keto Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Six frosted carrot cake cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting, chopped pecans, and finely grated carrots

The BEST keto carrot cake cupcakes! They're moist, perfectly spiced, and made with real finely grated carrots, all topped with a creamy 3-ingredient cream cheese frosting. Low carb, gluten-free, and ready in about 30 minutes.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Easter Recipes, gluten free recipes, keto recipes, low carb recipes, Protein Powder Recipes, spring recipes, sugar free recipes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings cupcakes

Calories 184.75kcal

Author Olivia Wyles

Ingredients

Cupcake Ingredients

6 tablespoon unsalted butter melted and cooled
¼ cup brown sugar-free sweetener
¼ cup granulated sugar-free sweetener
4 large eggs room temperature
½ cup carrot cake protein powder (40 grams)
½ cup almond flour (56 grams)
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup fresh carrots grated

Cream Cheese Frosting

½ cup heavy cream
4 oz cream cheese softened
3 tablespoons powdered sugar-free sweetener

Optional Garnish

chopped pecans
shredded carrots

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350℉. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners or use a silicone pan.
Whisk almond flour, protein powder, baking powder, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
Whisk melted butter, sweeteners, and eggs until smooth in a medium bowl.
Pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Fold or whisk until completely combined. Fold in carrots. Batter will be thick.
Scoop or spoon the batter into the cupcake liners filling only about ⅔ full.
Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown, tops are set, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.
Make the frosting: Whip together the cream, cream cheese, and powdered sweetener until smooth and creamy.
Frost cupcakes with a round tip and piping bag. Add optional garnish if desired. Enjoy!

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Notes

Nutrition and carbs - Some nutrition labels omit sugar alcohols or allulose from the nutrition calculation since it does not affect blood sugar. For transparency, I have included all carbs and calculated the net carbs below. Always use a food logging app like Cronometer according to the brands you use in order to get accurate nutrition information.

13.31 Total Carbs – 0.97 Fiber – 10.27 Sugar Alcohols – 0 Allulose = 2.07 Net Carbs per frosted cupcake without garnish or 1/12 of recipe.

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