Keto Maple Bacon Cupcakes Recipe
These low-carb Keto Maple Bacon Cupcakes are simply divine! They're the perfect combination of salty and sweet in one mouthful. It's true what you've heard; "everything does taste better with bacon."
Servings: 24 mini cupcakes
Calories: 88kcal
Ingredients
Maple Bacon Cakes
- 2 tablespoons bacon grease softened
- 1/4 cup erythritol
- 2 tablespoons bacon cooked and finely chopped
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar free maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 1/2 cup almond flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Sugar-Free Maple Frosting
- 5 ounces unsalted butter softened
- 4 ounces sukrin melis (aka sukrin icing)
- 1 tablespoon sugar free maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon bacon cooked and finely chopped
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Instructions
Maple Bacon Cakes
- Preheat your oven to 160C/320F.
- In a large bowl add the bacon grease, sweetener and bacon. Mix well.
- Add the remaining cake ingredients and mix well, until fully combined.
- Line a mini muffin tin with cupcake papers and fill each 3 quarters full.
- Bake for 15-18 minutes, until the cakes spring back when touched. Set aside to cool.
Sugar-Free Maple Frosting
- In a large mixing bowl, add the butter, icing mixture and maple syrup and whip with a hand mixer. Starting on low speed to prevent sprinkling icing mixture around the room. Whip until light and fluffy.
- Spoon the frosting in a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe onto the cupcakes.
- Top each cupcake with a sprinkle of the finely chopped bacon.
- Serve immediately or store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcake | Calories: 88kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 27mg | Potassium: 19mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 185IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.2mg
