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    A Full Living » Blog » Dessert Recipes

    Published: Feb 14, 2020 · Modified: Jan 6, 2022 by Briana · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Valentines Day Chocolate Cake

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    graphic with text of Low Carb Valentine's Day Cake

    This Low Carb Valentines Chocolate Cake is a super decadent play on a traditional red velvet cake (without the red food coloring) with a white chocolate cream cheese frosting, and a salted caramel drizzle. A small amount of steeped hibiscus flower concentrate is added to batter and the frosting for a light pink tint, a subtle acidity and floral note. Make this special treat for your keto loved one this Valentine's Day to make their heart sing!


    Low Carb Valentine's Day Cake on a white plate with hibiscus flowers and white chocolate chips and heart napkins

    Ingredients:​

    • Sweetener of choice
    • Unsalted butter
    • Eggs, room temperature
    • Apple cider vinegar
    • Sour cream, full fat
    • Heavy whipping cream
    • Vanilla extract
    • Steeped hibiscus concentrate* (optional, see notes)
    • Almond flour
    • Coconut flour
    • Baking powder
    • Baking soda
    • Baking cocoa
    • Pink Himalayan salt
    • 1 batch easy low carb cream cheese frosting
    • ChocZero white chocolate chips* (optional for the white chocolate flavor, use code AFullLiving for 10% off your order!)
    • Unsalted butter* (optional for the white chocolate flavor)
    • Steeped hibiscus concentrate* (optional, to create a pale pink color)
    • Keto salted caramel vanilla sauce* (optional)
    cutting into a Valentine's Day CAke

    Let's Make This a Heart Shaped Chocolate Cake!


    You can make your hibiscus concentrate up to 10 days in advance if it's kept in the fridge. Simply boil the flowers with water and let it steep for 30 minutes before using, or steep them with water overnight in the fridge, then strain the flowers away before using. See notes above for more details. You can also make your cream cheese frosting ahead of time. You will just want to bring it out of the fridge for about an hour so it comes to room temperature. Lastly, you can make your keto salted caramel vanilla sauce ahead of time as well, if you plan to use it (optional).

    To begin, preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease your heart shaped silicone pans with spray, place them on a large baking sheet, and set aside. If using regular 9-inch cake pans, you might want to add parchment paper to the bottom as well so the cakes don't stick.

    To make the cake: In a large bowl, begin by creaming together the butter and sweetener for a few minutes. Then, add in the eggs one by one, combining well. Now, you can add in your vanilla extract, sour cream, heavy whipping cream, apple cider vinegar and your optional hibiscus concentrate.

    adding bright pink hibiscus concentrate to cake batter

    Add in your dry ingredients to the wet ingredients using a metal sieve. This will be important for a light and fluffy cake. Sift your almond flour, coconut flour, baking cocoa, salt, baking powder, and baking soda into the mix, then combine well. Make sure to scrape the sides of your bowl with a rubber spatula a few times to make sure everything is well incorporated.

    sifting dry cake ingredients and adding to wet ingredients into a bowl
    mixing chocolate cake batter with a red hand mixer

    Divide your batter as evenly as possible into the two cake pans, then smooth with a spatula. Place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

    smoothing chocolate cake batter into two heart shaped silicone cake molds for a low carb valentine's day cake

    While the cake is baking, it's time for your low carb cream cheese frosting to come together. We jazzed it up a bit with some ChocZero white chocolate chips and some hibiscus concentrate for a lovely pale pink color with a subtle hint of flavor. Again, the add-ins are optional, but fabulous.

    If adding the white chocolate, gently melt your chocolate chips together with some butter over a double boiler. Make sure to do this slowly so that the chocolate doesn't burn and harden. After it's made, let it cool for a few moments, then add it to your cream cheese frosting and mix with a hand mixer. Then, fold in your optional hibiscus concentrate for a nice color.

    adding in hibiscus concentrate to frosting in a metal bowl with a hand mixer

    You will want the cakes to cool completely (about an hour) before frosting.

    frosting a chocolate heart shaped low carb valentine's day cakec
    frosting a heart shaped low carb valentine's day chocolate cake

    If you wish, drizzle your keto salted caramel vanilla sauce over top. I went a little crazy, as you can see. Totally optional, just adds another layer of decadence!

    heart shaped cake with caramel sauce for low carb valentine's day

    Check out those layers. Simply serve and enjoy your cake!

    handheld slice of low carb valentine's day cake

    Recipe Notes:

    Steeped Hibiscus Flower Concentrate: This is incredibly easy (and affordable) to make. You can do it a couple of different ways. We simply took our dried hibiscus flowers and placed them in a jar, them covered them with water overnight in the fridge. The following day, we strained the flowers away from the liquid and got a lovely concentrate with a deep fuchsia hue. You could also boil your flowers and let them steep on the stove for about 30 minutes, then strain away the flowers before using. You can use about ½ cup of flower to every ¼ cup of water. Again, we are making a concentrate with a very vivid hue, so adding a small amount to your tea or drinks would would be appropriate. We wouldn't recommend drinking the concentrate straight, as the flavor is well... very concentrated!

    We do want to mention that this is an optional element. We used it to give our frosting a light pink color and a lovely, subtle acidity and hint of floral taste. We added it to our cake batter as well simply to tie the flavor in, but it doesn't change the color of the cakes themselves. Just something to note. We like to add it because hibiscus is known to have many health benefits, and is sort of unofficially one of the ingredients associated with love and passion, so we found it to be fitting for Valentine's Day.

    Cake Layers and Cake Pans: We found our 9 inch heart shaped pans at a Goodwill near us, they are Wilton brand (a few years old!). They are so cute and easy to work with. Perfect for Valentine's Day. This cake is 2 layers. If using regular 9-inch cake pans, you will probably need to add parchment paper to the bottom to prevent them from sticking. If you want to use a single layer cake, you probably could do that, but you will likely need to adjust the baking time.

    caramel drizzling off a heart shaped cake

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    More Recipes To Try:

    • Low Carb Carrot Cake Cupcakes
    • Low Carb Chocolate Lava Cake
    • Low Carb Salted Caramel Hot Cocoa

    Happy Valentine's Day to all! If you decide to make this treat, be sure to share with us on Instagram @afullliving! 

    If you love this recipe, please consider sharing it with a friend and also leaving a rating and comment so others can find this recipe. Thank you for your support! 

    Until next time,
    Briana & Chamere

    Low Carb Valentine's Day Cake on a white plate with hibiscus flowers and white chocolate chips and heart napkins

    Valentine's Day Chocolate Cake Recipe

    This Low Carb Valentine's Day Chocolate Cake Cake is a super decadent play on a traditional red velvet cake with a white chocolate cream cheese frosting, and a salted caramel drizzle. A small amount of steeped hibiscus flower concentrate is added to batter and the frosting for a light pink tint, a subtle acidity and floral note. Make this special treat for your keto loved one this Valentine’s Day to make their heart sing!
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    Prep Time: 35 minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes
    Cooling time: 45 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
    Servings: 10 people
    Author: Briana

    Ingredients

    For the cake:

    • 1.5 cups granular sweetener of choice
    • 4 tablespoon unsalted butter
    • 3 whole eggs
    • 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
    • ¼ cup sour cream, full fat
    • ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
    • 1.5 tablespoon vanilla extract
    • 3 tablespoon steeped hibiscus concentrate (optional - see notes below on how to prepare it)
    • 2 cups almond flour
    • 2 tablespoon coconut flour
    • 2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 2 teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ cup baking cocoa
    • ¼ teaspoon salt

    For the frosting:

    • 1 batch easy low carb cream cheese frosting
    • ½ cup white chocolate chips (optional)
    • 2 tablespoon unsalted butter
    • 2 tablespoon steeped hibiscus concentrate (optional)
    • 2 tablespoon keto salted caramel vanilla sauce (optional)

    Instructions

    • You can make your hibiscus concentrate up to 10 days in advance if it’s kept in the fridge. Simply boil the flowers with water and let it steep for 30 minutes before using, or steep them with water overnight in the fridge, then strain the flowers away before using. See notes below for more details.
    • You can also make your cream cheese frosting ahead of time. You will just want to bring it out of the fridge for about an hour so it comes to room temperature. Lastly, you can make your keto salted caramel vanilla sauce ahead of time as well, if you plan to use it.

    For the cake:

    • To begin, preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease your heart shaped silicone pans with spray, place them on a large baking sheet, and set aside. If using regular 9-inch cake pans, you might want to add parchment paper to the bottom as well so the cakes don’t stick.
    • In a large bowl, begin by creaming together the butter and sweetener for a few minutes. Then, add in the eggs one by one, combining well. Now, you can add in your vanilla extract, sour cream, heavy whipping cream, apple cider vinegar and your optional hibiscus concentrate.
    • Add in your dry ingredients to the wet ingredients using a metal sieve. This will be important for a light and fluffy cake. Sift your almond flour, coconut flour, baking cocoa, salt, baking powder, and baking soda into the mix, then combine well. Make sure to scrape the sides of your bowl with a rubber spatula a few times to make sure everything is well incorporated.
    • Divide your batter as evenly as possible into the two cake pans, then smooth with a spatula. Place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

    For the white chocolate cream cheese hibiscus frosting:

    • Prepare the low carb cream cheese frosting. If adding the white chocolate, gently melt your chocolate chips together with some butter over a double boiler. Make sure to do this slowly so that the chocolate doesn’t burn and harden. After it’s made, let it cool for a few moments, then add it to your cream cheese frosting and mix with a hand mixer. Then, fold in your optional hibiscus concentrate for a nice color.
    • You will want the Valentine Chocolate Cake to cool completely (about an hour) before frosting.
    • If you wish, drizzle your keto salted caramel vanilla sauce over top.

    Notes

    Please note, that this cake recipe includes our keto salted caramel vanilla sauce  and low carb cream cheese frosting which are optional, you can use whatever you like instead, but it will impact the nutrition facts. 
    Steeped Hibiscus Flower Concentrate: This is incredibly easy (and affordable) to make. You can do it a couple of different ways. We simply took our dried hibiscus flowers and placed them in a jar, them covered them with water overnight in the fridge.
    The following day, we strained the flowers away from the liquid and got a lovely concentrate with a deep fuchsia hue. You could also boil your flowers and let them steep on the stove for about 30 minutes, then strain away the flowers before using. You can use about ½ cup of flower to every ¼ cup of water. Again, we are making a concentrate with a very vivid hue, so adding a small amount to your tea or drinks would would be appropriate. We wouldn’t recommend drinking the concentrate straight, as the flavor is well… very concentrated!

    Nutrition

    Calories: 454kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 44g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 84mg | Sodium: 574mg | Potassium: 90mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 993IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 136mg | Iron: 4mg

    These nutrition facts are provided as a courtesy and are only estimates. We cannot guarantee the accuracy.

    Did you love it?If you made this recipe, make sure to show us on Instagram at @AFullLiving or tag #AFullLiving! We love to see what you guys are making!
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
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