Chocolate Peppermint Pound Cake - Keto Recipe (2024)

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For serious chocolate lovers only! This rich keto chocolate pound cake gets a holiday twist with some sugar-free chocolate peppermint ganache and a drizzle of low carb white chocolate. This post is sponsored by ChocZero.

I like to cover all of my bases when it comes to holiday flavor. This year alone, I’ve posted recipes for Keto Gingerbread Cake, Keto Cranberry Bliss Bars, Keto Butter Cookies, a Keto Yule Log, and in a few days I will be posting a recipe for a keto pie made with my sugar-free eggnog.

Of course, it would be remiss of me to leave out the ever-popular chocolate mint flavor. Oh I do love chocolate and mint together, and I can eat it all year long. But there is something so special about chocolate peppermint during the holidays.

So consider this gorgeous Keto Chocolate Pound Cake my chocolate peppermint offering of the season. Now, if you aren’t a fan of mint with your chocolate, you could do this as a regular chocolate pound cake. The mint could easily be left out or replaced with the flavouring of your choice.

And now that keto-friendly white chocolate chips exist, it makes this cake extra festive and delicious. I recommend the ones from ChocZero.

Can pound cake be keto friendly?

In the keto world, there is a lot of faking it. There has to be, since we simply can’t really stay true as true to the original as we might like, and still be keto.

A true pound cake would have a pound of flour, a pound of butter, a pound of eggs, and a pound of sugar, and that’s about it. It’s incredibly rich and dense, and let’s be honest, not so great for you.

But you can achieve a similar texture and richness with keto ingredients, even if they aren’t used in the same proportions. This dense chocolate loaf cake is a prime example. It’s super rich and chocolatey so a little goes a long way!

Tips for Chocolate Peppermint Pound Cake

To get that same dense pound cake crumb, I used a combination of almond flour and coconut flour. Along with the cocoa powder, it produces a denser texture more reminiscent of the real thing.

But don’t leave out that protein powder! It’s not for added protein but for good cake consistency. In the absence of gluten, it helps keto cakes rise better and hold their shape. I left it out once in a chocolate cake like this and I regretted it instantly. The cake was fragile and didn’t rise enough.

My sweetener of choice for this cake is Swerve, of course, but you will notice that it’s not even close to equal a pound of sugar. My tastes have changed considerably and I found ⅔ cup about right for the cake. I wouldn’t have wanted it any sweeter, especially with the ganache on top.

Most granulated sweeteners would work here so feel free to sub. But also feel free to use your judgement on sweetness. If you find dark chocolate flavors too bitter, add more sweetener.

Not all peppermint extracts are created equal, as it turns out. I usually use the Simply Organic brand, which is oil based. But for this cake, I was out of it so I grabbed an alcohol based extract and noticed that it was much less potent so I had to add more to get the flavor I was seeking.

For the white chocolate drizzle, you really want to melt them with some cocoa butter or coconut oil. White chocolate is even more finicky than dark chocolate and this helps keep it from seizing.

For a little added festive touch, I added just a sprinkling of edible glitter from The Sprinkle Company (totally unsweetened). You could do other sugar-free sprinkles, if desired. Or just a light sprinkling of granulated sweetener might look pretty too.

More delicious keto chocolate peppermint recipes

• Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake Mousse
• Chocolate Peppermint Stars
• Keto Peppermint Patties
• Keto Peppermint Bark
• Peppermint Mocha
• Chocolate Peppermint Snowballs