Low Carb Orange and Almond Cake | KETohh | Gluten Free, Sugar Free and Keto (2024)

Low Carb Orange and Almond Cake

Delicious Low Carb Orange and Almond Cake is a classic that has been around for many years. Celiacs would be very familiar with this cake, as it used to be one of the only gluten free cakes available to purchase when eating out. Tried and tested over and over again, this recipe goes one step further, and removes any added sugars. Serve to diabetics or low carb, low sugar or Keto advocates, and they are going to love it. Inspiration was by Belinda Jeffrey’s lovely recipe for an Orange and Almond Cake.

Orange, vanilla and almond flavors go together beautifully in this recipe, and it’s also a simple recipe to make. 6 eggs are used to make this batter, so it is quite wet but be assured that it will come together nicely once baked. Be sure to use a large enough pan, as the recipe makes quite a lot of batter. Try adding some additional texture to this recipe by adding ¼ cup of slivered almonds or chopped macadamia nuts.

Boiling Oranges and Using them in a Cake Recipe

Boiling the oranges for this recipe is easy if you don’t already have some in your freezer. When on the stove, keep an eye on the water level in your pan, as the water can evaporate quite quickly. Frozen boiled oranges are fairly prolific in my house, so generally I just have to defrost some oranges to make this cake.

Defrost frozen oranges by leaving overnight in the fridge or for a few hours on the bench, before use. Never throw out oranges (or mandarins) that are past their use by date. Boil them up in batches before freezing them to use in recipes like this one. Save on both time and energy bills, plus you can create a cake like this in a much shorter amount of time.

Whole Oranges Do Not Cause This Recipe To Be Bitter

Adding whole oranges, pips and all, in this recipe won’t make the cake taste bitter at all. Baking with whole oranges in this type of cake is actually extremely common. Some of the most popular and best tasting orange and almond cakes in the world, are made using boiled oranges. Avoid using thick skinned oranges in this recipe as they have more pith in them. Generally if you use old oranges, the skin tends to be thin anyway, so it is never an issue. If your batter tastes bitter then you haven’t used enough sweetener.

Adding The Syrup

Pouring the syrup over the cake is optional to this recipe, but it tastes truly amazing. Try it first as per the the recipe, before you make any alterations. Should you find the syrup a little tart for your liking, try using half a lemon with the same amount of sweetener. Alternatively you can omit the syrup.

Using Sweetener in this Recipe

Due to the fact that I am trying to reduce my sugar intake and wean off sweet foods, I don’t use a lot of sweetener in my recipes. Should you be concerned about how sweet this cake will be, please taste the batter first before you make any adjustments. Remember also that this recipe uses a monkfruit and erythritol blend. Sweeteners blended with erythritolare more like a regular sugar when you use it, as is Erythriol on it’s own. Some stevia and monkfruit powders are also really quite concentrated in sweetness, so make sure you select the right sweetener for the recipe.

I wouldn’t recommend using stevia or monkfruit in their purer forms as you need the bulk of the sweetener to add bulk to the recipe. I find some of the sweeteners I’ve sourced can be quite sweet and in that case I only use 2 tablespoons of sweetener.

Some readers have made this recipe using only 2 tablespoons of a sweetener, and think that the oranges have made the cake taste bitter. In fact, what they have done is not used enough sweetener because they have made an uncalculated switch. If you use a sweetener that has had erythritol and the ratio is close to 1:1 then make sure you increase the amount of sweetener used.Of course the cake isn’t going to taste right if it isn’t sweet enough. Rest assured, this cake does not taste bitter at all when made correctly with the right amount of selected sweetener or the right sweetener.

To Serve

Serve this cake, topped with some fresh plain Greek yogurt, whipped cream or mascarpone, and it tastes divine. Frost it with some Low Carb Cream Cheese Frosting as an alternative to the syrup.

Make sure you checkout this other lovely low carb sugar free syrup cake, for aLow Carb Lemon Syrup Cake. There is also a lovely Sugar Free Mandarin and Macadamia Cake as well. All three of these citrus cakes are lovely, and are pretty much no fail recipes. All feature the option of adding a citrus syrup, which I absolutely love, and think you will as well.

There’s plenty of great low carb cake recipes on this website. Just do a search for cake in the search bar and they will all come up. They include recipes for-
Low Carb Dark Chocolate and Zucchini Cake
Low Carb Carrot Cake
Low Carb Chocolate Fudge Cake
Low Carb Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
Healthy Banana Bread
Low Carb Banana Loaf-a denser loaf with lots of nuts and seeds
Healthy Pumpkin Bread

Simply delicious!