Keto Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

This smooth and creamy keto vanilla buttercream frosting is the perfect easy-to-make topping for any low carb cake!

Living a low carb lifestyle, but struggling to find a delicious frosting that tastes indulgent, but doesn't put you over your macros?

You'll definitely want to give this recipe a try!

This frosting would go great with my keto cake recipes. Be sure to check out:

Vanilla Pound Cake

Coconut Flour Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes

Also, if you're just wanting to buy keto-friendly frosting...good news, it's out there! Check out Good Dee's baking mixes and frosting. The woman who owns this business is fantastic!

What ingredients do I need to make this frosting?

Butter-- I use salted butter in just about every recipe. I prefer it, but you can definitely use unsalted and add salt to taste after mixing the ingredients.

Sweetener-- My favorite way to make this recipe is to use powdered allulose. Allulose is newer on the keto scene, but it's quickly gaining popularity because it tastes just like regular sugar, but doesn't have a glycemic impact. Just like with erythritol and monk fruit, I deduct the "non-impact" carbs of allulose from the total carb count of a recipe and the fiber to get net carbs.

Also, if you can't find powdered allulose like me, you can just use a spice grinder or coffee grinder to get the desired powder. Powder is important for this recipe, though, because otherwise you'll end up with grainy frosting.

(Note: I've also made this recipe with powdered erythritol. It comes out fine, but it definitely has a cooling aftertaste.)

Heavy Cream-- This helps to make the frosting super creamy. I've also used Half and Half as a substitute.

Vanilla Extract--It is vanilla buttercream after all 🙂

Nutrition Info

This keto vanilla buttercream frosting recipe should make enough to cover about 10 cupcakes. To calculate nutrition, I just took the totals for each ingredient I used and divided it by 10 for one serving.

Calories: 92 Calories
Total Carbs (including sweetener): 24.14g
Fiber: 0g
Sweetener: 24g
Net Carbs: 0.14g
Protein: .16g
Fat: 10.4g

And here's a breakdown based on the ingredients that I used:

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Yield: 10 Servings

Keto Vanilla Buttercream

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This smooth and creamy keto vanilla buttercream frosting is the perfect easy-to-make topping for any low carb cake!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• ½ Cup Butter, Softened
• 2 Cups Powdered Allulose
• 2 Tablespoons Heavy Whipping Cream
• 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat softened butter for two minutes until creamy.
2. Add Powdered Allulose, Vanilla and Heavy Whipping Cream. Beat on high for an additional three minutes until frosting texture is achieved.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

10 Servings

Serving Size:

1/10th of Mixture
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 92.6Total Fat: 10.4gCarbohydrates: 24.14gNet Carbohydrates: .14gFiber: 0gSugar Alcohols: 24gProtein: .16g