Coconut Cake with coconut cream cheese frosting

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: coconut, easy cake recipe, gluten free low carb recipes

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 40

Servings: Slices

Calories: 454kcal

Author: Angela Coleby

A low carb cake for coconut lovers.

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Ingredients

Cake:

½ Cup coconut flour
2 teaspoons Grated cream coconut from a block (optional if you have it)
4 tablespoons coconut milk
5 eggs separated
½ cup monkfruit sweetener or sugar subsitute
½ cup Butter softened at room temperature
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup desiccated coconut unsweetened
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt

Frosting:

3 tablespoons coconut milk
8 oz cream cheese softened at room temperature
½ cup butter softened at room temperature
2 tablespoons monkfruit sweetener ground, preferable

Decoration:

½ cup desiccated coconut unsweetened

Instructions

Make the Cake:

Preheat the oven to 200C/400F degrees.
Grease a square baking tin and line with parchment paper.
In a bowl, beat the butter and monkfruit sweetener together until combined.
Add the egg yolks, vanilla extract and coconut milk and coconut cream. Mix thoroughly.
Add the coconut flour, desiccated coconut, salt and baking powder. Stir well.
In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites until stiff.
Gently fold the egg whites into the cake batter.
Pour into the cake tin and bake for 20 minutes until golden and firm.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

To Make the Frosting:

Beat the cream cheese, butter and monkfruit sweetener together. Add the coconut milk to lightly thin out.
Beat until smooth. You may want to use a hand blender to smooth any lumps out.

Assemble the cake:

Place one half of the cake onto of a serving plate.
Spoon frosting over the half evenly until covered.
Place the other half on top.
Cover the top and edges of the cake with the rest of the frosting.
Sprinkle and press the desiccated coconut onto the frosting.
Slice and serve!

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Notes

Makes 8 slices

Nutritional Info per slice – 454 Calories, 43g Fat, 8g Protein, 12g Total Carbs, 5g Fibre, 7g Net Carbs

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