Description
Keto pumpkin crumb cake delivers a low-carb autumn dessert with rich spices and nutty crumb topping. Warm cinnamon and peckans complement creamy pumpkin, offering guilt-free indulgence you’ll savor with each delightful bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup (114 grams) butter, melted
- ¼ cup (57 grams) butter, melted
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1 cup almond flour
- ½ cup swerve sweetener
- ½ cup swerve brown
- ⅓ cup coconut flour
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- ¼ cup unflavored whey protein powder (or egg white protein powder)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup swerve confectioners
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preparation: Calibrate oven to 325°F and meticulously line a 9×9 inch metal baking pan with cooking spray or butter.
- Crumb Formation: Amalgamate almond flour, coconut flour, brown sugar substitute, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a mixing bowl, then integrate melted butter until achieving a cohesive, granular texture.
- Batter Construction: Merge dry cake components – almond flour, sweetener, coconut flour, protein powder, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt – then gently fold in pumpkin puree, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract to create a smooth, homogeneous mixture.
- Assembly: Carefully pour batter into prepared pan, ensuring even distribution, then delicately scatter crumb topping across the surface by fragmenting with fingertips into pebble-like pieces.
- Baking Process: Slide pan into preheated oven and bake for 35-40 minutes, watching for a golden-brown crumb topping and confirming doneness with a clean tester.
- Cooling and Finishing: Allow cake to rest and stabilize completely within the pan, then optionally drizzle with a silky mixture of confectioners’ sweetener, heavy cream, and vanilla extract just before serving.
Notes
- Measure Precisely: Use exact measurements for low-carb flours to maintain the perfect cake texture and prevent a dry or crumbly result.
- Crumb Topping Technique: Break the topping into small, uniform pieces to ensure even baking and a consistent golden-brown appearance.
- Temperature Matters: Allow ingredients like eggs and butter to reach room temperature for smoother mixing and better cake structure.
- Cooling is Crucial: Let the cake cool completely in the pan to help it set and prevent crumbling when slicing.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35-40 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 245
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 90 mg