Keto Chocolate Cupcakes With Caramel Mascarpone Frosting

There’s nothing quite like a good cupcake recipe to have to hand that’s simple in method but can pull out the wow factor for a special occasion.

Perfect for the festive season or Valentine’s Day, your child’s birthday party or a little you time with your favourite Netflix series, these keto chocolate caramel cupcakes have all occasions covered!

These Keto Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes use our Blender Chocolate Keto Cupcakes as the muffin base and are topped with a delicious mascarpone cream frosting and our Smooth & Silky Keto Caramel Sauce.

What’s great about these low-carb chocolate cupcakes is that unlike many, which are topped with buttercream and can be a bit sickly, this frosting is creamy and you don’t even need to add a low-carb sweetener if you don’t want to. There’s plenty of sweetness in the base and caramel.

I hope you enjoy them as much as we did.

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Serving size 1 cupcake

Nutritional values (per serving, 1 cupcake)

Net carbs4.6 grams

Protein7.1 grams

Fat36.3 grams

Calories373 kcal

Calories from carbs 5%, protein 8%, fat 87%

Total carbs7.4 gramsFiber2.8 gramsSugars2.3 gramsSaturated fat21.5 gramsSodium263 mg(11% RDA)Magnesium49 mg(12% RDA)Potassium192 mg(10% EMR)

Ingredients (makes 10 cupcakes)

Muffins:

¹/₂ cup + 1 tbsp raw cocoa powder (50 g/ 1.8 oz)
²/₃ cup almond flour (67 g/ 2.4 oz)
¹/₂ cup granulated Erythritol or Swerve (100 g/ 3.5 oz)
5 tbsp butter, ghee or coconut oil, melted (75 ml/ 2.5 fl oz)
3 tbsp full-fat canned coconut cream or dairy cream (45 g/ 1.6 oz)
4 large eggs
1 ¹/₂ tsp gluten-free baking powder
vanilla seeds from ¹/₂ pod, or 1 tsp sugar-free vanilla extract
¹/₂ tsp sea salt

Frosting:

¹/₂ cup Silky Smooth Keto Caramel (120 ml/ 4 fl oz) – about ¹/₂ recipe
1 cup heavy whipping cream (240 ml/ 8 fl oz)
1 cup mascarpone cheese or full-fat cream cheese (240 g/ 8.5 oz)
2 tbsp low-carb sweetener such as powdered Erythritol or Swerve, monk fruit or stevia drops, to taste (20 g/ 0.7 oz)

Instructions

Make the Blender Chocolate Keto Cupcakes as per the recipe here.
Prepare the Keto Caramel as per the recipe here.. You’ll only need half of the amount but it’s easier to make the full recipe (1 cup) and keep the remaining caramel in the fridge.
Place the heavy whipping cream in a mixing bowl and whip using an electric thick until just under stiff peaks. Stir through the mascarpone or cream cheese using a spatula until thick and combined.
Once the cupcakes are fully cool, pipe the frosting on top and drizzle with caramel. The caramel should be room temperature and drizzle of the spoon. Not too hot or cold. If it’s too cold, simply pop in the microwave for a few seconds to loosen.
Store the cupcakes in the fridge for up to 3 days. It’s best to add the caramel when ready to serve or it will set (though this is nice too). Simply store the caramel in a glass jar in the fridge then pop a little in the microwave for a few seconds, keep checking it until it’s stirable. If you over heat it, just let it come back to room temperature before drizzling.

Ingredient nutritional breakdown (per serving, 1 cupcake)

Net carbs	Protein	Fat	Calories
Cocoa powder, raw (cacao)
1 g	1 g	0.7 g	11 kcal
Almond meal (unblanched ground almonds)
0.6 g	1.4 g	3.3 g	38 kcal
Erythritol (natural low-carb sweetener)
0.5 g	0 g	0 g	2 kcal
Butter, unsalted, grass-fed
0 g	0.1 g	5.8 g	51 kcal
Coconut cream, creamed coconut milk (organic, unsweetened)
0.2 g	0.2 g	1.6 g	15 kcal
Eggs, free-range or organic
0.1 g	2.5 g	1.9 g	29 kcal
Baking powder, gluten-free
0.2 g	0 g	0 g	1 kcal
Vanilla extract, sugar-free, alcohol-based
0 g	0 g	0 g	1 kcal
Salt, sea salt
0 g	0 g	0 g	0 kcal
Keto Caramel Sauce, runny, made with allulose (KetoDiet blog)
0.8 g	0.2 g	5.5 g	53 kcal
Cream, heavy whipping, pouring, full-fat (30-40% fat)
0.6 g	0.5 g	9.1 g	88 kcal
Mascarpone cheese
0.4 g	1.4 g	8.5 g	84 kcal
Erythritol (natural low-carb sweetener)
0.1 g	0 g	0 g	0 kcal
Total per serving, 1 cupcake
4.6 g	7.1 g	36.3 g	373 kcal