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January 1, 2018 · 15 Comments

Keto Cinnamon Roll Cake

Dessert· Gluten-Free· Keto· Recipe· Soy-Free· Vegetarian

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This Keto Cinnamon Roll Cake with Cream Cheese Icing is delicious for dessert or breakfast! It even has a hidden vegetable!

Iced Cake in a Cast Iron Skillet

In my version of paradise, there would be a never-ending supply of this Keto Cinnamon Roll Cake. Plus a luxurious tiny house with an awesome home theater and film collection library. A back porch overlooking a waterfall, and maybe a beach or perhaps a mountain. Oh! and a rock climbing wall and a go-kart track…  But back to this Keto Cinnamon Roll Cake, not only is it delicious, but it’s also versatile too, you can eat it for dessert or breakfast (or both).

Cake in a cast Iron Skillet before being iced

I won’t go as far as to say I am a cinnamon roll connoisseur, but I have sampled quite a few in my day.  Before I got my diet in check, I would stop by a local coffee shop on my way to my internship during my senior year of college.  They had the absolute best cinnamon rolls, I’m not exaggerating either they were literally the best.

The best part about them was the glaze, but it was more like icing or frosting.  You couldn’t eat it with your hands unless you’re into being sticky all the time. After the roll was devoured I would scrape the edges of the to-go container with a spoon and get all the “glaze” in one final bite.  No wonder I was overweight. This keto version brings back all the glorious flavor without any of the guilt, sugar crashes, or upset digestive tract.

A single slice of Cinnamon Roll Cake on a plate. Skillet in the backgroundOverhead shot of a slice of cake sprinkled with cinnamon. Skillet in background

I try to highlight one ingredient from a recipe and tout its nutritional benefits, and obviously you can’t have a cinnamon roll without cinnamon. So it’s time for:

cinnamon Facts

Cinnamon is well known for its nutritional benefits and the ancient Egyptians considered cinnamon more precious than gold.  In terms of antioxidants, it ranks #1 in herbs and spices, as well as having anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-clotting properties.  All that being said, if you want to reap all the benefits cinnamon has to offer, be sure you are using Ceylon cinnamon instead of the more common cassia (fake) cinnamon.

Cinnamon Roll Cake in the process of being iced

Check out the links below for more information on the nutritional benefits of cinnamon.

  • Dr. Axe – 13 Health Benefits of Cinnamon
  • Antioxidant capacity of 26 spice extracts and characterization of their phenolic constituents.
  • Paleo Hacks – The Difference Between Ceylon Cinnamon VS Cassia Cinnamon

If you love this Cinnamon Roll Cake, you’ve got to try these Keto Cinnamon Rolls

Iced Cinnamon Roll Cake in a Cast Iron Skillet

Keto Cinnamon Roll Cake

This Keto Cinnamon Roll Cake with Cream Cheese Icing is delicious for dessert or breakfast! It even has a hidden vegetable!
4.34 from 3 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baking, Dessert, keto
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 312kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 ¾ cups almond flour
  • 1 cup powdered Swerve
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 6 eggs
  • ½ cup oil
  • 240 g zucchini pureed (about 2 medium zucchini or just over a cup)
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1½ tablespoons cinnamon

Cream Cheese Icing:

  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • ½ cup swerve
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream

Instructions

  • Add eggs, oil, zucchini and vanilla to blender and blend until smooth.
  • In a separate bowl; whisk together almond flour, swerve, baking powder, and salt.
  • Mix the wet ingredients in with the dry until you reach a cake batter consistency.
  • Scoop out 1½ cups of the cake batter and mix in cinnamon, set aside.
  • Next, pour the cake batter into a 10” cast iron skillet, followed by the cinnamon batter in a circular swirl. Once the cinnamon batter is in the skillet, drag a fork through it following the circular swirl to mix the cinnamon below the surface.
  • Bake at 350℉ for 50-60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Place all the ingredients for the glaze in a bowl and mix with a hand mixer until smooth.
  • Allow the cake to cool before spreading on the glaze with a spatula or knife.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Keto Cinnamon Roll Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 312 Calories from Fat 261
% Daily Value*
Fat 29g45%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Cholesterol 97mg32%
Sodium 162mg7%
Potassium 167mg5%
Carbohydrates 8g3%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 9g18%
Vitamin A 341IU7%
Vitamin C 4mg5%
Calcium 120mg12%
Iron 2mg11%
*

Nutritional values are estimates only and do not include carbs from sugar alcohols.

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Comments

  1. [email protected] says

    January 16, 2018 at 10:03 pm

    How many total carbs? I don’t count net carbs, so I do not subtract fiber not sugar alcohols.

    Reply
    • Alex Lester says

      January 17, 2018 at 2:03 pm

      Based on 12 servings, a single slice has 4 g net carbs and 3 g fiber, so you’d be looking at 7 g total carbs per slice.

      Reply
  2. LJ says

    January 26, 2018 at 2:57 am

    Two questions: First, what kind of oil and second, do I feel the zucchini?

    Reply
    • Alex Lester says

      January 30, 2018 at 2:04 pm

      Whatever oil you’d like to use is fine and you do not have to peel the zucchini.

      Reply
  3. JV says

    February 17, 2018 at 2:55 am

    Hey Alex, lovely looking recipe you have here! As a first timer on your website, I am so impressed with your high-quality images and even better quality recipes. Your site design is very aesthetic I might add. I was pleasantly surprised to find a compilation of two of my favourite things: cast iron and keto!
    Now a couple questions for you, would it be possible to substitute melted butter for the oil? And what ratio would you suggest for using a mix of coconut and almond flour instead of only almond? I would love to make this for breakfast…

    Reply
    • Alex Lester says

      February 25, 2018 at 12:31 am

      First off, thank you very much a lot of hard work has gone into it. Next, you could use butter rather than oil, but for mixing coconut and almond flour I wouldn’t know exactly what to tell you. I have never tested this recipe that way, sorry I couldn’t be more help.

      Reply
      • JV says

        February 26, 2018 at 7:45 pm

        Oketokey! Thank you 😉 Tried it the other day and was blown away! Tastes like the gluten-free coffee cake we used to make. The texture is on-point!

        Reply
  4. Darci says

    February 25, 2018 at 5:30 pm

    If I don’t have a cast iron pan (yet) so I adjust cooking time?

    Reply
    • Alex Lester says

      March 5, 2018 at 1:34 pm

      If you are cooking this in the same size cake pan 9 (12 inches) cook time should remain the same, if you are using a loaf pan or other piece of bakeware that is significantly smaller or larger you’ll have to adjust accordingly.

      Reply
  5. Allison Gier says

    October 8, 2018 at 12:04 am

    Would you know the conversion for using all coconut flour? My youngest daughter we just found out is allergic to nuts so I’m still learning the correct ways to convert from almond to coconut flour.

    Reply
    • Alex Lester says

      October 8, 2018 at 12:53 pm

      Hi Allison, I haven’t tested this with coconut flour but this is a great article about subbing coconut flour for almond. It’s not as simple as just using a different ratio, you’ll need more eggs and/or more liquid depending on how much coconut flour is needed. Even then, I can’t promise that the cake would turn out since it was developed just with almond flour in mind. If you give it a try please report back and let us know how it turned out!

      Reply
  6. CYNTHIA L FOX says

    July 5, 2020 at 11:24 am

    Hello there, I’m new to your cookbook and website, but I’m loving it so far!! In this recipe, could I substitute the zuccini with anything? Why the zuccini too? Looking forward to using many of your recipes!!

    Reply
    • Cast Iron Keto says

      July 8, 2020 at 6:47 pm

      Hi Cynthia, we’re so glad you’re enjoying our book! The zucchini in this cake lends moisture and bulk without a strong flavor, it’s one of our favorite Keto baking tricks! You could sub it out with pumpkin but it would up the carb content. You could also try just leaving it out and adding in a bit more liquid, but we haven’t tested the recipe this way so not 100% that it would turn out.

      Reply
  7. Bete Primm says

    July 5, 2020 at 12:08 pm

    Hi! I can’t eat any of the artificial sweeteners (stevia, Ming fruit, trivia, swerve, erithyritol). They make me sick so I use organic cane sugar and I typically cut the sugar in half or more. Can I do that in this recipe? Also, any idea what the carb count would be with cane sugar? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Cast Iron Keto says

      July 8, 2020 at 6:45 pm

      Hi Bete, unfortunately as we haven’t tested this recipe with cane sugar we don’t have a good answer for you. I’m betting it would be too savory with just half the sugar used.

      Reply

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