Best Keto Cupcakes Recipe With Cheesecake Frosting
No need to give up all sweet treats when eating low carb or keto diet. There are lots of ways to enjoy a sweet treat with recipes like this best keto cupcakes recipe with cheesecake frosting!
This cupcake recipe is just for basic vanilla keto cupcakes. The best keto cupcakes recipe is decorated using mini sugar-free peanut butter cups and sugar-free sprinkles. However, if you could leave it off if you wanted to and the carbs would be slightly lower.
This recipe as is, works out to be able 5 net carbs per cupcake.
After you have tried these cupcakes, here are some other keto desserts to try.
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- Keto Peach Cheesecake Fluff
- Lemon Cheesecake Stuffed Keto Cookies
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 8 Cupcakes
Net Carbs: about 5 g net carbs per cupcake
Ingredients Needed:
For Keto Vanilla Cupcakes:
- 4 Large eggs
- 2 Cups Almond flour
- ½ Cup Swerve Confectioners Sugar Substitute
- ½ Cup Almond milk
- 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
- 3 tsp. Baking powder
Icing Ingredients:
- ½ Cup Swerve Confectioners Sugar Substitute
- 6 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
- ½ tsp. Vanilla extract
- 6 Tbsp. Butter, softened
Decoration Ingredients:
How To Make The Best Keto Cupcakes With Cheesecake Frosting:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Add all of the cupcake ingredients into a stand mixer or large mixing bowl. Mix until nice and smooth.
Line cupcake or muffin pan with cupcake liners. You will need 8.
Pour cupcake batter into 8 prepared muffin tin cups.
Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes. Maybe a few more or less depending on your oven. They will be done when slightly golden and when a toothpick can be pushed into the middle of the cupcake and comes out with nothing sticking to the toothpick.
Remove the cupcakes from the oven. Allow the cupcakes to cool to room temperature. Can leave in the pan or place on a wire rack.
Mixing The Icing & Decorating:
In a medium mixing bowl using a hand mixer, beat together the icing ingredients butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Mix until light and fluffy.
Ice the cupcakes.
When the cupcakes have cooled, frost each cupcake. We used a piping bag to frost ours.
Unwrap 8 Reese’s Cups, and place one Reese’s on top of each frosted cupcake. We also added a dot of frosting to the top of the peanut butter cups.
Sprinkle the top of the cupcakes before serving.
Frequently Asked Best Keto Cupcakes Questions:
Q. Can I use coconut flour in place of almond flour?
A. While you could use it in a pinch, we have found that almond flour cupcakes work best. Also, know that anything you change in the recipe will also change the carb counts we have listed in the recipe card.
Q. Can I use wheat flour?
A. No. It would no longer be a low-carb cupcake if you used wheat flour.
Q. Could I make these as keto chocolate cupcakes?
A. Yes! With a little adjustment, you could make them as chocolate keto cupcakes. Simply add a little cocoa powder to the cupcake batter. Just keep in mind any changes will also change the nutritional information on these low carb cupcakes.
Q. Could I use another sugar substitute or granulated sweetener?
A. While you may be able to use something like monk fruit or Splenda, we have found that the best sweetener for this recipe is the one we have listed.
Q. How should these cupcakes be stored?
A. If unfrosted they can be stored in an airtight container on the counter. However, after they are frosted they should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge. Because the keto frosting is made with butter and cream cheese.
More Questions:
Q. Could I frost using whipped cream instead?
A. Yes. Simply beat a little heavy cream with a little keto sweetener with an electric mixer until it is whipped cream.
Q. Can this low-carb cupcake recipe be frozen?
A. Yes! The best way to do it is after the cupcakes have cooled store them in an airtight container in the freezer. These low-carb cupcakes freeze best without the keto cream cheese frosting.
Q. Could I use a chocolate ganache in place of frosting?
A. Yes! Melt a few sugar-free chocolate chips with a little full-fat butter or heavy cream to make a ganache then top each of the cheesecakes.
Q. Could this be made as a keto cake instead of cupcakes?
A. Absolutely! Bake it in a round or square cake pan. Or double the recipe to make a full-size cake pan.
Best Keto Cupcakes Recipe With Cheesecake Frosting
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 4 Large Eggs
- 2 Cups Almond Flour
- 1/2 Cup Swerve Confectioners Sugar Substitute
- 1/2 Cup Almond Milk
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 Tsp Baking Powder
Cheesecake Frosting:
- 1/2 Cup Swerve Confectioners Sugar Substitute
- 6 Oz Cream Cheese softened
- 1/2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 6 Tbsp Butter softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Add all of the cupcake ingredients into a stand mixer or large mixing bowl. Mix until nice and smooth.
- Line cupcake or muffin pan with cupcake liners. You will need 8.
- Pour cupcake batter into 8 prepared muffin tin cups.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes. Maybe a few more or less depending on your oven. They will be done when slightly golden and when a toothpick can be pushed into the middle of the cupcake and comes out with nothing sticking to the toothpick.
- Remove the cupcakes from the oven. Allow the cupcakes to cool to room temperature. Can leave in the pan or place on a wire rack.
Mixing The Icing & Decorating:
- In a medium mixing bowl using a hand mixer, beat together the icing ingredients butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Mix until light and fluffy.
- Ice the cupcakes.
- When the cupcakes have cooled, frost each cupcake. We used a piping bag to frost ours.
- Unwrap 8 Reese’s Cups, and place one Reese’s on top of each frosted cupcake. We also added a dot of frosting to the top of the peanut butter cups.
- Sprinkle the top of the cupcakes before serving.
Know that estimated nutrition facts are just a guideline and will vary depending on any variation you make or brand you use from what we have listed.
