This Copycat Starbuck's Keto Gingerbread Loaf is easy to make at home without all the carbs! The keto mascarpone cream cheese frosting is outstanding on top of this sugar free gingerbread loaf!
Copycat Starbuck's Gingerbread Loaf
Lately, I've been all about creating keto copycat recipes from Starbuck's. I've created a Keto Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino and a Keto Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino and now this tasty keto gingerbread loaf, which is basically an amazing spice cake with an incredible cream cheese frosting! I also have a Sugar Free Starbuck's Cool Lime Spritzer drink you might enjoy as well!
Low Carb Sweetener Options
This moist delicious keto gingerbread cake has all the warm spices you love for the holidays. Making this incredible keto cake at home is not difficult at all and the sweetener options can be adapted to your preferences. Traditional gingerbread cake uses sugar sweeteners like honey or maple syrup, but to make this keto friendly we opt for low carb sweeteners like Allulose and Swerve brown sugar sub. Either will work well in this gingerbread loaf, but you can also try Lakanto Golden Monk Fruit sweetener if you prefer. None of these sweeteners will spike your blood sugar and will not kick you out of ketosis.
Tools to Make Low Carb Keto Gingerbread Loaf
4 by 8 inch Loaf Pan- This is the perfect sized loaf pan to get nice height for this delicious gingerbread loaf!
Unbleached Parchment paper-Using unbleached parchment without toxic chemicals is best for your health!
Electric Hand Whisk-This gadget is also a frother too!
Small stainless steel saucepan- Best saucepan without chemicals is stainless steel!
How to Store Keto Gingerbread Loaf
To keep this tasting it's best, make sure to cover in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator. Use within 4 days. If you wanted to freeze the loaf, best to not make the mascarpone frosting until you are ready to serve. Once you make the loaf and it's completely cooled, wrap in plastic wrap or parchment first then store in an airtight container in the freezer. Thaw overnight in the fridge for when you are ready to serve and make the frosting. This can be frozen for up to a month.
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Low Carb Keto Gingerbread Loaf
Low-Carb Keto Gingerbread Loaf with Mascarpone Cream Frosting and Salted Caramel
Ingredients
Gingerbread Loaf
- ½ cup Swerve brown sugar sub or Lakanto Monkfruit Golden
- 4 large eggs separated
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 cup almond flour (100g)
- ⅓ cup coconut flour (40g)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon sea salt flaked
Mascarpone Cream Frosting
- ½ cup heavy cream or (120g)
- ½ cup mascarpone cheese or (120g)
- 2 tablespoon allulose (Optional)(2-3 tablespoon powdered allulose or erythritol, to taste)
Instructions
Gingerbread Loaf
- Preheat the oven to 350 F / 180C / 160 fan.
- Line a loaf pan (4 by 8 inch)with greaseproof paper and grease with a little butter or oil.
- Place the low-carb sweetener, egg yolks, vanilla and butter in a mixing bowl and cream with an electric whisk until pale.
- Add all the dry ingredients to the wet(almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon and salt) and whisk with your electric whisk until just combined.
- Whisk the egg whites until just below stiff peaks. Whisk into the batter until just combined, do not overcook or they will deflate.
- Bake in the oven for 30 - 35 minutes until you can insert and remove a skewer without many crumbs sticking. Don’t overcook as it will firm up as it cools. If you’re using a wider loaf pan the cooking time may be less.
Mascarpone Cream Frosting
- Whisk the cream in bowl with electric whisk until just below firm then fold through the mascarpone with a silicone spatula.
- Use a palate knife to add the frosting to the cooled low-carb gingerbread loaf.
Salted Caramel
- Place the granulated allulose and butter in a pan. Stir over a low/medium heat with a balloon whisk, about 3minutes, until golden. If the butter separates, take off the heat and whisk vigorously to combine.
- On a low heat, slowly add the cream whilst whisking. The mix will bubble so be careful. Take off the heat and whisk if it looks like it’s separating. Cook for about 1.5 minutes until the caramel starts to thicken and coats the back of a spoon. It should be a runny (not solid) caramel, as it will thicken as it sets. Cooking times will vary depending on your room temperature too.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the salt. Pour into a bowl and place on an ice pack to stop the cooking process. Allow to cool down slightly before drizzling over the frosting. If you find the caramel thickens and cools a bit much just pop in the microwave for 5- 10 seconds to warm back to runny.
- Any remaining caramel you can spoon over the cake to serve and remember you can always heat for a few seconds to make the caramel runny again. Store any leftover caramel in a glass jar in the fridge for a week until ready to use.
Storage
- Store in the fridge for up to 4 days
Notes
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
Darcy
This was my first time trying Keto baking. Overall, not a bad recipe, but the coconut taste was really strong and I didn't feel like the warm spices complimented the coconut flavor of the bread very well. The topping was divine though!
Debbie Blankenburg
I have loved so many of you recipes because you often don’t use almond flour or give substitutions! (We have nut allergies in our home.)
Anything else we could use instead of almond flour?
Thanks,
Debbie
Brenda
Yes I've made with with sunflower seed flour using the same amount and it came out perfect.
kristen
The first batter mix was so thick (think cookies or biscuits) that I made up a full cup of water/pouring cream mix to get it to a mixable consistency with egg white. After that was fine.
Nandar Aung
I don’t have allulose, could you please advise any substitute, thank you
Stacey M
What is the secret to getting it to be higher? I used a 4x8" pan and only whisked the egg whites into the main mix as little as possible. However, since the main mix was pretty thick, I feel like I did deflate the egg whites somewhat. Suggestions?
Laurane
Can I use regular monk fruit sweetener instead of brown?
Brenda
you could
Terry
Sounds delicious and can't wait to bake it. I don't have a 4x8 loaf pan - can I double the recipe and use an 8x8 cake pan to make a gingerbread cake instead of loaf? I have mini loaf pans and muffin tins I could also use if you think those would be better. Thank you!
Brenda
I think mini loaves might be better than trying to double the recipe or the standard muffins. Let me know how many you get if you try it.