Orange Chocolate Swirl Bread – Low Carb and Gluten-Free
Low carb orange quick bread, swirled with chocolate. A delightful treat for breakfast or tea time.
Servings 16 servings
Calories 223kcal
Ingredients
Chocolate Swirl and Glaze
- 2 oz dark chocolate chips, sugar-free chopped
- 2 tbsp butter
Orange Bread:
- 3 cups almond flour
- 1/3 cup unflavoured whey protein powder
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2/3 cup granulated Swerve Sweetener or other erythritol
- 3 large eggs
- Zest of medium orange
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300F and grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan well.
- In a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, combine the chocolate and butter. Stir until melted and smooth. Set aside
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the almond flour, protein powder, baking powder, baking and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter until smooth. Add the sweetenerand beat until lighter and well-combined, about 2 minutes.
- Beat in the eggs, one at time, scraping down the beaters and sides of bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Beat in the orange zest and vanilla extract.
- Beat in half of the almond flour mixture, then beat in the orange juice and water. Beat in the remaining almond flour mixture until well combined.
- Spread half of the batter into the prepared pan, and then dollop with about 2/3 of the chocolate glaze. Use a knife to swirl the chocolate into the batter.
- Top with remaining batter, and swirl a bit more, then smooth the top.
- Bake 55 to 60 minutes, or until top is deep golden brown and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 5 minutes, then flip out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Drizzle with remaining chocolate glaze.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving = 1/16th of loaf | Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 6.7g | Protein: 7.4g | Fat: 19.5g | Fiber: 3g