Keto baking is just as easy and delicious as traditional baking! Here's a guide to get you started. Learn about keto baking ingredients, techniques and tips. And choose from tried and tested keto recipes, from breads and rolls to cakes and cookies.
What Is Keto Baking?
In short, it's baking sweet and savory recipes that are low in net carbs, naturally gluten free and fit into a ketogenic diet. This means swapping out high carb ingredients such as flour and sugar with low carb alternatives.
Stocking Up For Keto Baking
Here are the most common keto ingredients we use in low carb baking:
- Almond Flour - This is the most popular keto flour. It is made from blanched ground almonds.
- Coconut Flour - Is high in fibre and made from dried coconut meat. Most people with tree nut allergies can tolerate coconut flour.
- Eggs - You'll find that low carb baking reqires more eggs than regular cakes and bakes. This is because low carb flours lack gluten. Especially coconut flour recipes often use 6 eggs or more. Eggs make low carb bakes fluffy.
- Butter, Coconut Oil, Cream, Baking Powder - Just like regular baking, we need fats to add moisture to bakes and baking powder for a good rise.
- Sweeteners - There are several zero carb sugar substitutes on the market. You can buy them in granular or in powdered form. Popular keto sweeteners include allulose, erythritol and Bocha Sweet. Stevia is a very concentrated sweetener that is available in drops. 4-5 drops are equivalent to 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Keto Baking Tips
I have been baking keto recipes for over a decade. Here are a few tips and tricks that I have learned along the way:
Oven temperature - Keto cakes and bread bake at lower oven temperature than regular cakes. Usually, I bake at 180C / 350F.
Crumb texture - For a fluffy texture, it is important to blend the eggs for several minutes until fluffy and double in size. This ensures sturdy air bubbles which help to achieve a light and airy crumb. In some recipes, we even beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold them into the batter last.
Let it cool - Keto bakes are very fragile when hot and firm up as they cool. The reason is the lack of gluten. Patience is key!
Choose the right sweetener - Erythritol is best for crunchy bakes (think cookies!). Allulose, Bocha Sweet and xylitol produce a softer crumb. I prefer using them in cake and muffin recipes.
Keto Baking Recipes
Mug Cakes
- Keto Triple Chocolate Mug Cake - a coconut flour recipe. Soooo moist!
- Keto Peanut Butter Mug Cake - if you like peanut butter, don't miss this one!
- Low Carb Pumpkin Mug Cake
- Cinnamon Swirl Coconut Flour Mug Cake
- Keto Carrot Cake For Two - you can also use grated zucchini (liquid squeezed out) in this recipe
- Sugar Free Lemon Mug Cake - zingy and super simple
Keto Baking for Beginners
- Low Carb Peanut Butter Cookies - 4 ingredients and absolutely foolproof 😉
- Soul-Satisfying Keto Chocolate Cookies - make these in under 20 minutes!
- Keto Pecan Pistachio Biscotti
- Low Carb Sugar Free Banana Bread - this bread uses (one) real banana and is getting RAVE reviews
- Keto Sugar Cookies
5 Ingredients or less
- Keto Chocolate Lava Cake - a must if you have some good quality chocolate at home
- Keto Meringue
- 2 Ingredient Low Carb Chips - amazing with and without a glass of wine 😉
- Keto Popcorn (Puffed Cheese!)
Fathead Dough
- Keto Snickerdoodle Twists
- Keto Cinnamon Rolls - this recipe went viral on Facebook
- Best Keto Bagels - soft and superbly satisfying
- Keto Pretzels
- Keto Croque Monsieur (Low Carb Hot Pockets) - this recipe is nut free!
- Keto Garlic Bread
Basic Ingredients
- Easy Low Carb Keto Granola Bars - you can vary the nuts and seeds in the recipe, just use whatever you've got available
- Keto English Muffins
- Almond Flour Biscuits
- Keto Microwave Bread - my go-to when I want a quick slice of bread. I love to make cheese toasties with it
Sugar Free Breakfast
- Low Carb Granola - packed with nuts and seeds. LOADS of recipe variations in the post, you can use whatever you have in the pantry!
- Low Carb Waffles - because... what would life be like without waffles?
- Grain Free Peanut Butter Granola
- Keto Cinnamon Crunch Cereal Recipe - crunchy cinnamon-y squares guaranteed to make you VERY happy
- Orange Almond Breakfast Cake
- Low Carb Muffins - you can freeze these, so prep a big batch
Crackers
- Cheese Thyme Keto Crackers Recipe
- Paleo Almond Low Carb Crackers - only 3 ingredients!
- Easy Sesame Flaxseed Crackers
- Keto Tortilla Chips - the most popular recipe on my website
Keto Rolls and Buns
- Keto Dinner Rolls
- Pull-Apart Keto Bread Rolls - a yeast recipe
- Best Keto Hot Dog Buns
- Keto Buns - sooo fluffy on the inside
Low Carb Bread
- Almond Flour Bread - this recipe has TONS of fans. Check out the reader reviews!
- Everyday Low Carb Bread Recipe - uses quark, a German cooking cheese. But Greek yoghurt works just as well. Easy and amazing taste.
- Flaxseed Bread With Coconut Flour for all of you who cannot have almond flour
- Rustic Paleo Bread With Seeds - packed with nuts and seeds. Slice this one thinly and toast. Heaven!
Coconut
- Coconut Flour Muffins with Blueberries - you can sub the blueberries with chocolate chips, chopped nuts, frozen raspberries... or even just enjoy the muffins solo
- Keto Coconut Bars - only 5 ingredients! (this is actually a no bake recipe but it's so good I HAD to include it 😉
- Keto Macaroons
- Keto Coconut Blondies my kids LOVE these. They're super moist
Comforting Classics
- Sugar Free Donuts - you'd never believe these are only 1g net carb per donut! If you don't have a donut pan, make them in a muffin pan
- Almond Flour Cake
- Almond Flour Muffins
- Keto Lemon Bars - readers love the zingy taste of these
- Keto Chocolate Cake - 5 ingredients and simply crazy fudgy
I hope you liked this collection of keto baking recipes. Tell me in the comments which one you're going to try!!
★ STAY IN TOUCH on FACEBOOK, PINTEREST and INSTAGRAM for more great food and join my NEWSLETTER for the latest updates and a FREE EBOOK.★
Roslyn
i came across your website a while back and I like your recipes and your approach to cooking. As an expat who is also now keto and a very youthful 71 years young, I really have a hankering for some keto shrewsbury biscuits but can't find any on the internet. Is this something that you have experimented with yet? Waiting, in hope, for a positive reply!
Katrin Nürnberger
Hi Roslyn, I had to google them and they sound similar to my keto sugar cookies. You could add lemon rind and orange zest and a few currants and sprinkle over some granulated sweetener. Check it out and let me know what you think!