Orange Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting (Almond Flour)

This keto almond flour orange cake is made with healthy ingredients and is an excellent dessert. With a sweet and nutty flavour and a delicious orange cream cheese frosting that everyone will love. Ultra-moist, fragrant and subtly sweet. It has a pleasant hint of citrus, and a naturally sweet and nutty flavour from the low-carb almond flour. Served with a glorious orange cream cheese frosting and bejeweled with orange zest, it looks as good as it tastes. You can use lemons instead of oranges and ghee or coconut oil instead of butter for a different spin with equally tasty results.

Orange Cake:
2 cups almond flour
3 eggs, whisked
1 orange, freshly squeezed
1 orange, freshly zested
½ cup butter, melted
½ cup Monk Fruit Sweetener with Erythritol (Granular)
1½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
¼ tsp. sea salt

Orange Cream Cheese Frosting:
⅔ cup cream cheese
⅓ cup full-fat yogurt
1 Tbsp. salted butter, at room temperature
⅓ cup Monk Fruit Sweetener with Erythritol (Powdered)
2 Tbsp. orange juice, freshly squeezed

Garnish:
1 orange, freshly zested

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C/160°C fan, Gas Mark 4) and line a loaf pan with baking paper. Grease and dust the sides with almond flour if necessary.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients: almond flour, erythritol, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix well.

In another bowl combine the wet ingredients: eggs, orange juice and zest, melted butter and vanilla extract.

Gradually add the wet ingredients mixture into the dry ingredients, whisking to create a smooth batter.

Pour the batter into the lined loaf pan and bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake, come out clean.

While the cake is baking make the frosting: Whisk together the cream cheese with the yogurt, orange juice, butter and erythritol until velvety smooth and lump-free. Refrigerate until your cake is ready and at room temperature.

Spread the frosting on the cake and sprinkle with orange zest. Serve at room temperature.

Nutritional Information:
Serving: 1 slice Calories: 177 kcal Carbohydrates: 13 g Protein: 3.5 g Fat: 16.9 g Saturated Fat: 8.8 g Cholesterol: 63 mg Sodium: 180 mg Potassium: 73 mg Fiber: 0.9 g Sugar: 10.1 g Calcium: 61 mg Net Carbs: 4.6 g