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Tiramisu Layer Cake

Creamy sugar-free mascarpone frosting covers layers of grain-free coffee-soaked cake. This low carb Tiramisu Layer Cake is the ultimate special occasion treat!

Low Carb Grain-Free Tiramisu Layer Cake

For people like me, people who love to bake, baking is not simply a means to an end. It’s not just about the end result, the delicious cake or pie or cookies that come out of the oven when the timer goes off. Sometimes it’s hardly about the end result at all. It’s so much more about the process, the burrowing into one’s kitchen, opening cupboards, banging around, searching for the right ingredients and pans and other important paraphernalia. It’s about the careful measuring and mixing and stirring, getting the timing just right, hearing the hum of the mixer and feeling the warmth of the preheated oven. And even before all of this, it’s about the mulling over one’s recipes and ideas, wondering just what glorious treat one feels like creating that day. Some people just bake to have something to eat. Others bake simply to have something to bake.

Low Carb Sugar-Free Tiramisu Layer Cake

This is definitely one of those urge-to-bake cakes. It’s not a a difficult cake to make, but it is a multi-step process. And for me, when the urge to bake strikes, I don’t want no stinkin’ 5 minute projects. Keep your mug cakes and microwave brownies for another time, my friends. I want something takes at least 30 minutes in the oven, requires several layers of frosting, and has a glaze, a garnish or at least one other important step in between. Preferably two.  And when I am done, I want it to taste like I put a lot of work into it. I want people to KNOW I put a lot of work into it.

Creamy mascarpone frosting and layers of coffee soaked cake make up this delicious low carb tiramisu layer cake.

So this cake requires baking a flat 9×13 cake, cutting it into 3 rectangles, soaking it in coffee syrup, whipping up a huge cloud of mascarpone frosting, carefully layering cake and frosting together, smearing frosting all over the sides, and then sprinkling with cocoa powder and shaved chocolate. Is that enough work for you diehard bakers out there?

Please see my low carb Tiramisu Layer Cake on Swerve Sweetener.

Nutritional Information: Serves 16 (this is an extremely rich cake, could even serve 20)

Food energy: 402kcal
Total fat: 37.17g
Calories from fat: 334
Cholesterol: 116mg
Carbohydrate 7.04g
Total dietary fiber: 3.20g
Protein: 9.96g

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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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Comments

  2. I so totally agree with your take on cake. Those mug cakes always seem like such a waste of time to me. If I’m getting out ingredients, measuring, being in the kitchen, why not do it up right? What if I want more than a mug’s worth? Or my husband wants some too? Eh, they just look better on paper.

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  4. How does this compare in taste to your Pound Cake Tiramisu, which has become a staple in our house? Didn’t have rum last time I made it and everyone picked up on it being less good, even though I had put in some rum extract into the coffee. Not sure I would make the rum optional in these recipes if consuming a little alcohol is not a problem for those eating it.

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    • Good to know about the rum, but some people do object to the alcohol, no matter how little. This cake is similar in flavour to my pound cake tiramisu but different execution. A little more work but it looks spectacular and impresses people! 🙂

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  8. This looks amazing. If I may ask what is the purpose of the whey protein powder and can it be substituted with anything else. Thanks so much!

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    • In the absence of gluten, a dry protein powder helps low carb, grain-free cakes rise and hold their shape. Any dry protein will do, including egg white powder.

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  19. Hi

    Can you advise which brand of protein powder you used? I tried a few in the past which did not turn out right.
    Thanks

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  20. I just made this but made it smaller since I knew it was going to be rich and it was just for two. I used an 11″x7″ pan and scaled ingredients down to 66% (3/4) and it was perfect …I’m saving this recipe 🙂
    Thank YOU!

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