St. Louis Keto Gooey Butter Cake! It’s a perfect dessert for your next barbecue, family get-together, or tea date with the girls. Keto Gooey Butter Cake – You must try this recipe.
Have you ever had keto gooey butter cake? There are a zillion recipes for it out there but they all tie into three ingredients: sugar, butter, and sometimes cream cheese. One day after a friend of mine was on a things-I-can’t-eat-on-keto recipe sharing binge, It’s keto style time!
Gooey Butter Cake originated in St. Louis, Missouri. A local baker got all kinds of mixed up when adding the butter and flour in a cake recipe and out came this new dessert, or so the legend goes.
However it came about, it’s a staple dessert in that area that has migrated over the years into the deep south. It’s so popular even Paula Deen has her own version using a boxed cake mix and an entire pound of powdered sugar. Yikes!
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Keto Gooey Butter Cake
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanServings
16
servingsPrep time
10
minutesCooking time
35
minutesCalories
152
kcalSt. Louis Keto Gooey Butter Cake! It’s a perfect dessert for your next barbecue, family get-together, or tea date with the girls.
Ingredients
- Cake Bottom:
7 oz almond flour
2 1/4 oz granulated sweetener (Swerve)
2 tbsp. baking powder
generous pinch salt
4 oz unsalted butter, melted
2 large eggs
4 fl oz heavy cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
20 drops liquid stevia, vanilla flavored
- Cream Cheese Top:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 oz powdered sweetener (Swerve)
1 tsp vanilla
20 drops liquid stevia, vanilla flavored
2 large eggs
6 oz salted butter, melted and slightly cooled
Directions
- Cake Bottom:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and prepare a 13″x9″ baking dish.
- Stir the dry ingredients together.
- Add the melted butter into the dry mixture and stir to incorporate.
- Stir the vanilla, liquid stevia, and egg into the heavy cream and beat with a fork until well combined.
- Mix by hand into the dry ingredients until just combined.
- Smooth the batter evenly into the bottom of the baking dish.
- Cream Cheese Top:
- In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese over medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Add the powdered sweetener and beat until combined.
- Beat in the eggs, vanilla, and liquid stevia and mix until smooth.
- Beat in the melted butter until completely smooth.
- Pour the mixture over the top of the cake bottom in the baking dish and smooth evenly over the top.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes, or until set and the top is lightly browned and no longer jiggly.
- Remove from the oven and let stand to cool.
- When completely cool, slice into 32 squares and garnish with additional powdered sweetener. Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Serving Size: 2 squares
- 1.4 g NET carbs
Nutrition Facts
Per 2 squares (32 squares)
Amount
% Daily Value*
Calories 152
Total Fat 15g
23%
Total Carbohydrate 5.2g
2%
Dietary Fiber 0.4g
2%
Sugars 2.4g
Protein 3.4g
7%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note on Nutritional Information
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We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.
Erythritol carbs are not included in carb counts as it has been shown not to impact blood sugar. Net carbs are the total carbs minus fiber.
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I can tell my cake won’t look anything like the picture but I WILL say the batter tastes delicious! I hope the cake tastes just as good when it’s done.
Will this recipe still work without the collagen peptide powder?
Yes. It tastes a little milder.