Eating low carb can often feel like you have to miss out on special treats, but this low carb cream cheese frosting is here to say NO WAY!
This simple and easy low carb recipes the perfect example of how eating low carb can be just as delicious!
Once you taste this creamy, fluffy icing, you’ll be busy dreaming up recipes to dress it up with! I can see it now – endless rows of low carb desserts, piped with decadent designs!
From low carb chocolate cake to low carb carrot cake to low carb cookies…
We’ll create a dessert revolution – beginning with this cream cheese frosting. Let’s get started!
Looking for more keto desserts? Check out my keto white chocolate, cream cheese fat bombs, or my keto ice cream recipe.
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What I Love About This Low Carb Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
This low carb cream cheese frosting is the perfect accompaniment for basically every dessert recipe, plus:
- Just 4 simple, everyday ingredients!
- Ready in minutes!
- The dreamy delicious flavor and textures of icing, without the carbs!
Low Carb Frosting Recipe Notes
This low carb frosting is so easy, you’ll laugh! Here are a few tips to keep it simple:
Ingredient Notes
I’ll bet you didn’t know frosting comes from super basic ingredients! You’ll never buy it at the store again!
The base – Butter + cream cheese! At room temperature, this keto cheese and butter are very pliable, and make for the perfect frosting!
The sweetener – The recipe below calls for allulose, which is a different sweetener than I usually use!
TBH, I prefer allulose to erythritol, however it’s not as easy to find and can be more expensive. I find allulose has a better texture in cold recipes (hence why I strongly recommend using it here!), whereas erythritol has a tendency to recrystallize and become gritty.
You can use either of these keto sweeteners here.
Don’t have powdered that on hand? You can pulse granulated in a VERY DRY blender a few times and voila – powdered erythritol!
Tools To Make
You only need ONE simple tool for this quick frosting: an electric mixer, to cream our ingredients together into a velvety frosting!
Storing Tips
Because of the dairy products, you’ll want to store this low carb cream cheese frosting in an airtight container in the refrigerator. You may want to let it soften a little before spreading on soft and cooled baked goods.
Serving Recommendations
This is truly my go-to low carb frosting… I use it to frost everything from keto banana bread to keto zucchini bread, to cakes to keto sugar cookies.
Recipe Variations
This low carb cream cheese frosting recipe is just the beginning – try some of these creative variations!
- Make a chocolate version by adding 2-3 tablespoons of cocoa powder. You can also stir in some keto chocolate chips for some double chocolate action.
- Swap the vanilla and add whatever extract compliments your dessert. Peppermint, orange, lemon, you name it.
- Add some fruit powder such as strawberry or blueberry for a colorful version. Similar to these strawberry cheesecake fat bombs, but in frosting form.
More Keto Dessert Recipes
Excited to spread this lush and low carb cream cheese frosting all over your desserts? The only real struggle will be knowing which one to make first. Take a look!
Keto Cream Cheese Frosting
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- 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter softened
- 8 Ounces Cream Cheese softened
- 1 1/3 Cup Confectioners Allulose
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/8 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
Instructions
- Use an electric mixer to cream ingredients together until completely lump-free and fluffy.
- Store in the fridge until ready to use, and enjoy!
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Lindsey's Tips
- Nutritional information will vary depending on how much air you work into the frosting but is roughly 2 tablespoons of frosting:
