
Yields:
16 serving(s)
Total Time:
2 hrs 30 mins
Cal/Serv:
605
Calling all Funfetti lovers! Meet your new favorite keto-friendly birthday cake. Finding sugar-friendly sprinkles (or making your own) can be a major hassle. But this clever coconut flake hack is easy, fun, and just as impressive. We're big fans of a cream cheese chocolate frosting for this recipe, but if you'd like something more classic (like, vanilla buttercream), try our best-ever keto frosting instead.
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Ingredients
For the cake
Cooking spray
Assorted gel food coloring
- 1 2/3 cups
coconut flakes
- 3 1/2 cups
almond flour
- 3/4 cup
coconut flour
- 1 tsp.
baking powder
- 3/4 tsp.
baking soda
- 1/4 tsp.
kosher salt
- 3/4 cup
(1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened, plus more for brushing
- 1/2 cup
Swerve granular
- 4
large eggs
- 8
large egg whites
- 2 tsp.
pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup
unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tsp.
distilled white vinegar
For the frosting
- 1 cup
(2 sticks) butter, softened
- 1
(8-ounce) block cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup
Swerve confectioners
- 2 Tbsp.
tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp.
kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups
sugar-free semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
- Step 1Preheat oven to 350°. Line two 8-inch cake pans with parchment paper and grease with cooking spray.
- Step 2Make cake: In bottom of a small bowl, stir together about 5 drops of a gel food coloring and 3⁄4 teaspoon water. Add1⁄3 cup coconut and stir until coconut flakes absorb color. Repeat in separate bowls with remaining coconut flakes and colors. Set aside.
- Step 3In a medium bowl, whisk together almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Step 4In a large bowl, beat butter and sweetener until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, egg whites, and vanilla. Beat until well combined and foamy, about 1 minute. Add dry ingredients to wet and beat to combine. Add almond milk and vinegar and beat until combined.
- Step 5Add all but a spoonful of each color of coconut flakes; fold to combine. Divide batter between baking pans and smooth top. Bake until toothpick inserted into center of cakes comes out clean, 50 minutes. Let cool completely.
- Step 6Make frosting: In a large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, sweetener, cocoa powder, and salt until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave chocolate chips until just melted. Pour melted chocolate into butter mixture and beat until well combined.
- Step 7Using a serrated knife, remove domed tops of cakes to even. Place one cake on a platter or cake stand. Spread 1 1⁄2 cups frosting onto top of cake layer. Top with remaining cake; frost top and sides with remaining frosting. Sprinkle top of cake with reserved colored coconut.
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