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Low Carb Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

6 · Jun 19, 2014 · 4 Comments

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Low Carb Chocolate Cupcakes - Rich and brownie like homemade chocolate cupcakes topped with a fluffy and thick cream cheese frosting. The best flourless chocolate cupcakes ever!Flourless & Low Carb Chocolate Cupcakes

Deliciously flourless and low carb chocolate cupcakes made with just a few simple ingredients.. doesn’t get much better!

It’s very rich and holds several similarities to a brownie in terms of texture and taste. YUM! Finding the perfect ratio of eggs to chocolate was one of the most difficult parts of this beauty. Adding just a little too many eggs can make it taste a bit eggy. I don’t know about you, but that’s not what I look for in a cupcake!

I made it just sweet enough to bring out the chocolate without having it compete with the chocolate punch I was going for.

Feel free to switch out the cream cheese frosting for buttercream frosting, fruit or a low carb powdered sugar. In terms of toppings, the options are endless!

Low Carb Chocolate Cupcakes - These flourless cupcakes are insanely rich and brownie like. You've got to try them!

Make it at home

  • Baking Chocolate Alternative – Baker’s Unsweetened Chocolate
  • Sweetener – Swerve Sweetener
Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting - Low Carb
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
25 mins
 
Author: Andres Regalado
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • For cupcakes:
  • 8 oz unsweetened chocolate
  • 1½ cups low carb sweetener (such as Swerve)
  • 3 oz butter
  • 5 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • For frosting:
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 1 cup sweetener
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line a standard (12 wells) muffin/cupcake pan with liners.
  2. In a saucepan over low, melt butter and chocolate together.
  3. Whip eggs using a mixer at high speed. After 2-3 minutes, add sweetener ¼ cup at a time while continuing to mix. Whip the mixture at high speed until the mixture thickens and lightens in color (3-5 minutes).
  4. Combine chocolate and egg mixture, gently and slowly.
  5. Divide the batter evenly between the cupcake liners and bake for about 15 minutes, or until a thin tooth pick inserted into the center of the largest cupcakes comes out clean. Let cool.
  6. While the cupcakes are cooling start on frosting: using an electric mixer beat cream cheese, sweetener and vanilla extract. Beat on high until the frosting is well combined and becoming light and fluffly (2-3 minutes).
Notes
Serving size: 1 cupcake (Total recipe makes about 9 servings)
Protein 8.22g, Cals 292, Fat 21.88g, Carbs 8.00g, Fiber 5.33g — NET CARBS: 2.67g
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  1. dina says

    June 23 at 6:27 pm

    they look yummy!

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    • Andres Regalado says

      June 23 at 7:37 pm

      They were yummy!!

      Reply
  2. Seahorse says

    October 8 at 2:27 pm

    You said the trick is to get the right amount of egg in the recipe. For the five eggs – medium? Large? Extra large? Can’t wait to try these out. Husband has diabetes and this sounds like a PERFECT solution to no birthday cake.

    Thanks!

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  3. Val says

    February 18 at 1:03 pm

    Wow, I made these the other night using Splenda as the sweetener and they were AWFUL! So bitter! I just read online that you should not use Splenda when baking with chocolate – that it comes out bitter. I won’t be making that mistake again. Unfortunately I cannot find Swerve in Canada =( Amazon.ca has it but it’s $100 for a bag! I wonder if erythritol would be ok instead??

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