The best low carb carrot cake recipe now comes in miniature! Just in time for your healthy sugar-free Easter celebrations.
So I had a rather strange interaction on Facebook the other day, and it really got me thinking. Someone was upset with me for posting my low carb skillet cookie on The Low Carb Keto Diet Page, because they don’t feel that this diet should include sweets. I explained my philosophy, if you will, that low carb indulgences help me stick to my healthy diet but that everyone needs to do what is right for them. This did not help, apparently, and I was suddenly being accused of hiding behind a fake persona, being paid by large corporations to promote artificial sweeteners. It got very strange very quickly, with many of my wonderful readers jumping in to my defense, and me doing my best to explain. This individual was having none of it and I ended up deleting the thread in order to defuse the situation.
But it really got me thinking, because I like to be as upfront as possible. I don’t hide behind a fake persona and I certainly don’t use artificial sweeteners. I do have a number of brands I work with, and I do my utmost to disclose my relationships very clearly. I am not trying to hide anything; I do actually make money from this blog. Recipe development isn’t cheap, my friends, and turning it into a thriving business has allowed me to do what I love and help support my family. It also allows me to continue to provide solid low carb and keto recipes to my readers free of charge. I see that as a win-win.
Swerve Sweetener is one of my brand relationships, and it’s one I cherish very much, because it developed organically out of mutual admiration and respect. I like to say we “grew up together”. Back when I was a wee blogger making a few measly cents and Swerve was a wee sweetener company trying to make a name for itself, we somehow connected over Twitter. They sent me some samples and it was an instant hit for me. It was the one erythritol-based sweetener that did not give me the cooling mouth sensation and it provided the right sweetness and the right consistency for my baked goodes. I liked it so much that I started telling everyone about it and I became something of an unofficial (and unpaid) spokesperson. My blog and Swerve seemed to take off at the same time, both of them becoming great resources for the low carb community. So when Swerve found itself in a position to pay for recipe development, I was their first choice. It’s a small operation, and they are wonderful people doing wonderful work. And it’s delightful to me that they think my work is wonderful too. It’s just as a true brand partnership should be.
So yes, Swerve does pay me for several recipes per month, one of which gets a “teaser” post here to direct you to the recipe that lives on their site. But when I recommend it to people as the best low carb sugar replacement on the market, that isn’t money talking. That’s me, my true feelings. No hiding, no faking. Nothing artificial here.
And now, just in time for Easter…for all you low carb carrot cake lovers!
Please see my Low Carb Mini Carrot Cake Recipe on Swerve Sweetener
And check out my blog post HERE.
Serves 4. Per serving:
Food energy: 244kcal
Total fat: 21.93g
Calories from fat: 197
Cholesterol: 46mg
Carbohydrate: 4.95g
Total dietary fiber: 1.81g
Protein: 5.45g
Erythritol: 17.5g
Nutritional Disclaimer
Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog. Nothing I express here should be taken as medical advice and you should consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using MacGourmet software and I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it does not affect my own blood glucose levels. I do my best to be as accurate as possible but you should independently calculate nutritional information on your own before relying on them. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.
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You may want to update the link on this post. It should be swervesweets.com. y You have to scroll through to find it under Mini low carb carrot cake. Also, have had a horrible time trying to type this. A video pops up on top of what I’m trying to type. I can’t see what I’m doing and my keyboard becomes very glitchy ( on my phone). I had to go to desktop site and fight my keyboard. Keyboard works fine on on other sites.
links to recipe aren’t working
Your links to the recipe go to a parked url now. The swerve sweetener website is gone. Is there another way to get this recipe?
It’s not gone… they just updated things and now all my links are broken. Which is hell for me because now I have a ton to fix. OY!
So… type in Swerve Sweetener and go to their actual website. Use the search box. I will be doing the same trying to fix all these links. 🙁
Question, if you don’t mind…
The recipe layers 3 cakes to make 1.
The nutritional info says 1 mini cake is a serving but that there are 4 servings. So, does that mean cut the whole layered cake into quarters and that 1/4 is a serving? Or, is each layer a serving size and there are 3 servings instead of 4?
Cut the full cake (3 layers) into 4 servings. This cake is awesome!!
Thank you for your honesty and now it all makes sense. I can’t stand swerve sweetener and I have tried some tricks to make it less bitter but they don’t work. I had asked in a few other recipes for alternatives and you were vague.
I use Pyure granular sweetener and sometimes add sucralose liquid drops to add more sweetness in a recipe if needed. I make my own powdered sugar by putting the granular in my blender to powder.
This works fairly well for
me. There are a lot of sugar free sweeteners to choose from these days.
I love all of your goodies!! Any ideas how to make this as a big cake?? My family loves your sweets!!
So in my recipe card, there’s a way to adjust the servings (hover over the number of servings and it brings up a little thing to scale up or down to what you want).
Hi Carolyn! If I wanted to make a big carrot cake, using an 8’ springform how would the measurements be? Is there a carrot cake recipe you recommend? This is the only carrot cake recipe I found on your blog
Hi Mariangela – you will need to figure out the area of both sizes of pans (there are online calculators for this) and then scale up accordingly.
God .bless.you.
I am so thankful for you and your work. I cheer your success. You have helped so many on their journey to improve their health. WELL DONE!
Thanks, Shirley!
Can you use coconut flour instead of almond flour?
Not in this recipe.
I tripled the recipe and made a single layer in a 9” pan..FABULOUS! Only had to bake it about 28 minutes.Thank you for this awesome recipe!
Based on your opening paragraph, I’m assuming this recipe is based on a full-size low carb carrot cake but I can’t find any such recipe on your site!?! Do you still have it? And if so, could you possibly post a link for it? I would greatly appreciate it! I did try searching your site for it but couldn’t find it!? Thank you so much for all your hard work in giving us amazing low-carb recipes! I have your first cookbook and LOVE it!!! 🙂
I have a full size slow cooker carrot cake. That’s it.
This cake is so good, one of your best recipes. I added some dried cranberries (your recipe) that I rehydrated in rum and drained. Also doubled the icing and covered the whole cake with it. Decadent really. Thanks so much.
I really love your mini cakes so much. I think I’m going to make a bunch of them (just the cake part) and freeze. That way I can just pull them out and Frost anytime I feel like it. ?
The link to directly to the recipe on Swerve site seems to be broken. However, it can be reached from the link to your blog entry. Great recipe!
Carolyn: Do you have a recipe for a regular size carrot cake (9″ X 13″ pan)? Nothing wrong with the mini recipes. Just want to serve others besides myself.
Thank You, Sandy
I have one for a slow cooker!
LC people that get on you for sharing sweets need some swerve in their lives….Honestly, if its a way of life, you wouldn’t be making cake every night or indulging, but I for one am so glad to have found your blog so I don’t have to have the “It’s just one day a year” rationalization for me to go off LCHF during the holidays or a birthday/anniversary. I can find delicious indulgences that are also LCHF. I figure I will have enough times where I don’t control the offerings and have to make the best choices based on what is there. That’s what makes this a way of life and modifying our “go to” favorites vs a fad diet to lose weight where you eliminate completely, go off when you hit your goal and eventually gain back. LCHF has helped lose weight in a way that there isn’t a need to ever go back and make it a way of life that has shed pounds along the journey.
Have you ever thought of inserting a link to the full version of the recipes that are minis or the link to a mini version of the full cake recipes? Sometimes you’re cooking for you and your significant other and wouldn’t want a full cake for 1-2 people. But other times its for a function where you need the full sized cake. I was trying to find the full size recipe version of this. Is it the same as the slow cooker carrot cake? Just a thought! I love your recipes!