This keto cream cheese coffee cake is low carb, creamy, delicious, and can be used with any seasonally fresh berries!
Let's just cut to the chase, sometimes I miss eating unhealthy. Sometimes I miss those really sugary breakfasts that do absolutely nothing to fuel my body, but momentarily taste good. Anyone else relate?
That is the exact reason I started experimenting with a creamy keto coffee cake. So for all my Trim Healthy Mama's out there, this one is a heavy S recipe. I wanted something that tasted just slightly sinful. And I have to say that this coffee cake came pretty close. This creamy coffee cake can be your best friend for a morning meal that taste great and fuels your day.
This low-carb coffee cake uses any type of berries! You can use a mixture or a certain type. This weekend I tried cranberries, and let me tell you, that just might be my new favorite berry in this! I love using cranberries throughout the year, so I stock up on them when they are available and freeze them to use in juices like this or in baking like the recipe below.
Frozen or fresh berries will work the same and not change the structure of the low carb cream cheese coffee cake. If you make this, I would love to know what you think! Get involved in the conversation over on the gram, or in my THM Tips and Tricks with Healing Home facebook group. I can't wait to hear from you. In the meantime, don't forget to grab the FREE Healing Home Harvest Cookbook, which is packed with recipes like this!
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Ingredients
The ingredient list for the creamy keto coffee cake is going to seem like a lot, but don't let that scare you off because it is mainly just combining everything together.
Here are a few of the main ingredients you are going to want to have on hand.
Dry Ingredients
- Low-carb baking mix - see my homemade mix here
- Oat fiber
- Gentle Sweet
- Baking powder
- Cinnamon
- Salt
Wet Ingredients
- Unsweetened almond milk
- Sour cream
- Butter
- Eggs
- Lemon juice
- Vanilla
- Berries
Cream Cheese Topping
- Egg
- Super Sweet (Trim Healthy)
- Cream cheese
A Note on Stevia -
If you've been immersed in the keto, low carb, or Trim Healthy Mama lifestyle for long, you probably have heard of Stevia and have given it a try. There are many natural sweetener alternatives out there, so although this recipe uses stevia, you can branch out and try other sweeteners for this keto coffee cake.
A note on the low-carb baking mix -
The first thing you may notice about this recipe is the flour. A low-carb diet (Trim Healthy Mama or Keto) does not use traditional wheat flour because of the higher content of unhealthy carbohydrates. Although Trim Healthy Mama is NOT a low-carb diet, we separate carbs and fats when appropriate. So there are times when recipes are low carb.
You can find out more about baking mix alternatives and my full recipe here.
See the recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
Combine all spices into a large bowl and mix thoroughly into lean ground beef
Mix wet ingredients and combine with dry ingredients.
Beat the cream cheese topping. Using a fork gently blend it in with the batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until the cream cheese top is set.
Hint: leave a useful hint here, like let the grill run for 4-5 minutes to burn off any remnants, then clean it. I like to use this bristle-free barbecue brush (affiliate link) for cleaning the grill.
Variations
Any fresh or frozen berries will work fine for this recipe. I'm using our tart fresh cherries from our cherry tree in the accompanying photos, but I've used a frozen berry mix, fresh apples, and strawberries before with success!
Equipment
I have only made this recipe in a cast iron skillet, which certainly heats up differently than other baking dishes. Adjust the cook time by 3 minute increments if you plan to use a baking dish.
- Cast iron skillet
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Spatula
Storage
This stores well in the refrigerator for about 3 days in a air-tight container. You can also freeze the batter in a freezer safe bag for up to three months.
FAQ
Is cream cheese ok on the low-carb diet?
Oooh, the cream cheese debate! We just went there. Cream cheese is an ingredient that gets a lot of attention in the THM community because of it's high caloric content. Cream cheese is completely on plan and useful, but it is easy to overdo it! In this cream keto coffee cake, the cream cheese is spaced out considerably, but if you were to consume multiple pieces every day for a week, it might derail a weight loss goal.
Use cream cheese wisely on a low carb of THM journey. It's not bad, but it can be easy to overuse and consume.
What kind of berries can I use and stay low-carb?
Berries can be so healthy for us! There are many antioxidants, vitamins, and nutrients in berries that we cannot miss! Fruit is a carbohydrate and does have fruit sugars, so it is again easy to overdue, but don't think you have to limit your berries. We simply want to celebrate them in the correct settings.
All berries can be used on plan with Trim Healthy Mama, but with Keto and low carb diets, there are often a bit more restrictions. That is one of the many reasons I love the Trim Healthy Mama lifestyle. Nothing is cut, everything is simply celebrated in the correct setting.
Berries can be used in both healthy fats (s-meals) and healthy carb (e-meal) settings. If you are eating an e-meal this means that you can eat all berries in liberal quantities. However, if you are eating an s-meal you will want to keep blueberries to ½ cup and all others to 1 cup.
Technically on THM, berries by themselves would be considered 'fuel pulls' because they do not contain a high amount of fats or carbs.
Are raspberries low carb
Raspberries like all other berries have sugars and carbohydrates by extension, however, raspberries tend to be a well-loved Keto and low carb fruit because they are a bit lower on carbohydrate levels. ½ cup of raspberries contains only about 3 grams of carbohydrates. Don't forget your berries on a low carb or THM lifestyle. They can be absolutely used in fantastic ways to enhance your journey.
What is oat fiber?
Many people get oat fiber and oat flour mixed up. Oat fiber is made from grinding the oat hull. It creates a lighter and fluffier fiber that can be used in low-carb baking. My favorite brand is Anthony's.
Related
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Keto Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
This keto cream cheese coffee cake is low carb, creamy, delicious, and can be used with any seasonally fresh berries!
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- ¾ cup low carb baking mix
- 2 tablespoon oat fiber
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup berries
- ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk
- 2 eggs
- 5 tablespoon butter
- 3 T lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream Cheese Topping
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon Super Sweet
- 8 oz cream cheese
Instructions
- Whisk the dry ingredients together.
- Mix wet ingredients and combine with dry ingredients.
- Beat the cream cheese topping. Using a fork gently blend it in with the batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until the cream cheese top is set.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 277Total Fat: 25gSaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 126mgSodium: 339mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 2gSugar: 3gProtein: 7g
Online nutritional calculators are estimates only. Use your best judgement when consuming.
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