3 Minute Keto Frosting Recipe
When it comes to frosting there are two distinct sides. You’ve got your buttercream frosting lovers, and your cream cheese frosting die-hards. We’re not picking sides, but we are going to show you how to make two flavors of the best keto frosting you’ve ever had. What’s even more impressive is that it’s only going to take you 3 minutes to make!
Keto Buttercream Frosting
With only a handful of ingredients it really can’t get much easier than this. All you have to do is add them into a bowl and mix with your hand mixer. Perfect, fail safe, keto frosting any time you need it.
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Pro Tip: With any frosting you make, whether it’s low carb or not, buttercream or cream cheese, it’s important to use confectioner sugar! So, you can either buy confectioner eryhtritol or powder your own erythritol using a spice or coffee grinder, which is what we like to do! We are always baking so we like to buy erythritol in a 5 pound bag. The reason we don’t buy confectioner is because it’s normally more expensive and you don’t always need it powdered. For example, our chewy chocolate chip cookies use granular erythritol! However, with frosting, you want a fine powder so it disappears into the mixture..
What Is The Best Keto Friendly Sweetener?
If you’re new to keto and confused about what the best keto friendly sweeteners are then read our write up on it to learn more.
Keto Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
The greatest part about making vanilla buttercream frosting is that if you have any leftover all you have to do is add some cocoa powder, and it is instantly transformed. Personally, Matt and I are chocolate people so we always go for a vanilla cake and chocolate frosting. Our favorite duo is this chocolate frosting on our protein cakes. Protein cakes are just as guilt free as these keto frosting recipes! Less than 1 carb per slice, topped with a buttercream frosting gives you the perfect balance of fat and protein in dessert form! Does it get better?
Try It On Our Best Keto Desserts
When a recipe is this easy, delicious, and low carb why not have it on hand in your kitchen at all times? Heck, this is such an easy recipe I know it by heart. We are always making desserts so frosting is always on the menu. Brownies? Need frosting. Donuts? Need frosting. Chocolate muffins? Always need frosting. So go ahead and make both of these frosting, bake up some protein cakes, and you decide which sugar free frosting is your favorite!
Recipe can be quickly added to MyFitnessPal – Search “KetoConnect – Keto Vanilla Frosting”
Recipe can be quickly added to MyFitnessPal – Search “KetoConnect – Keto Chocolate Frosting”
Keto Frosting | Vanilla and Chocolate Buttercream!
Ingredients:
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1.5 cups swerve confectioner
- 2 tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions:
- Combine the butter, heavy whipping cream and vanilla in a bowl using a hand mixer.
- In two batches, add in the confectioner sugar and combine with the hand mixture until you achieve and even and uniform mixture.
- Store in the fridge in a sealed container up to one week.
Notes
Keto Frosting | Vanilla and Chocolate Buttercream!
Ingredients:
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1.5 cups swerve confectioner
- 2 tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
- 2 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
Instructions:
- Combine the butter, heavy whipping cream and vanilla in a bowl using a hand mixer.
- In two batches, add in the confectioner sugar and combine with the hand mixture until you achieve and even and uniform mixture.
- Store in the fridge in a sealed container up to one week.
- Add in the cocoa powder at the very end and mix in using the hand mixer.
How much is in a serving?
Well, that depends on what you’re serving it on. If you frost a cake, divide the nutrition info by the amount of slices you’ve cut. If you’re frosting 12 cupcakes, that’s 1/12th of the recipe. Hope this helps!
How many servings are in each of the recipes above? Like if I eat the entire recipe with a spoon 🙂
About 50 grams
You have the nutrition info listed per serving so it would be helpful to know how many servings this is supposed to yield.
Yep this is confusing me too. I know how to times a serving by the yield and then divide by my serving sizes but how many servings are in this when you made it?
Sorry about that, It should have around 16 servings per recipe.
Hey guys, what would you recommend as a substitute for swerve confectioner? I’m assuming it plays an important part in the texture of this?
Going to spread this on some pumpkin keto cookies for my moms birthday!
Keep rocking it,
Georgia
Hey guys, what would you recommend as a substitute for the swerve confectioners? Would a liquid sweetner be a possibility or does the swerve play a huge part in the texture?
I’m going to make this frosting to spread on top of pumpkin keto cookies for my mom!
Keep rocking it,
Georgia
The texture of the swerve is what helps. We recommend grabbing some erythritol and grinding it up in your coffee grinder to get the texture of confectioners without having to go out and buy it
How would you adapt the vanilla frosting to make it lemon? Just sub lemon juice for the vanilla extract, or for both the vanilla and the cream? I love lemon frosting, and it would give some taste variety in a somewhat limited range of keto sweets.
Yes! Just add a bit of lemon juice or extract! It would be good with the vanilla and the lemon together!
Just made this and it’s Ahhhhh-Mazing! Thank you, I love your recipes!!!
Hey guys, love your recipes but noticed, after I made this one, that you show it as 0 carbs, and the swerve you link has 5g per teaspoon. That works out to 12 grams per serving! Way high for keto. Its delicious, I know cause I had one serving on top of one of your walnut cookies before I realized the carbs. Just thought I would share. Thanks for the great site!
Sugar alcohols and substitutes can generally be omitted from the carb count.
Hey gang!
Most chocolate recipes can benefit from a pinch of salt to help bring out all the chocolate goodness.
Don’t go crazy; just a pinch.
Happy Keto-ing!
Hey there!
I’m having a hard time finding a keto frosting that holds up when left out overnight or for long periods of time. How does this one do? Im not a big fan of eurithol by its self can I use a monk fruit or stevia blend instead? Any idea on the amounts if I subbed either?
It’s pretty good for that! Just make sure it’s not super warm in your kitchen 🙂 Not sure on substitution amounts for this recipe, but we’ll tinker with that
Can I use stevia? If so how much. Thank you 🙂
Not in this instance, it’s a consistency thing
Hi Thank you for this amazing recipe. Is there a substitution I can use for the Heavy Whipping cream since I am dairy-free?
Try canned coconut milk
it is very misleading tittle because like any another frosting is make with sugar and carbohydrates is sugar!
This is made with sugar alcohol which is not treated as sugar by your body. We have videos on our youtube channel about this if you’re interested.
You didn’t explain how to turn erythritol into confectioners, please explain.
You pulse it in a coffee or spice grinder! You can also buy powdered erythritol
Is there a possible substitute for heavy whipping cream? My son is dairy and gluten free being that he has celiac disease. Thank you guys.
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I decorate cakes and am starting a on the keto diet. Is there a way to make this recipe stiff enough for decorating tips? My stand-by Wilton recipe has, among other ingredients, 2 pounds of powdered sugar and 1/2 cup of all-purpose flower for stiffness.
How do you make your own Confectioners sugar from erythritol? Does 1 cup of erythritol make 1 cup of powdered?
Just grind erythritol in a coffee grinder or other grinding appliance to get confectioners sugar. You may need a bit more granular to make one cup powdered.
Hi,
I sent a message before, so if this is a duplicate, please disregard! How do you make powdered “sugar”?
Thanks, Gretchen
Question on quantity… does this make about a cup or is it more like 2? This sounds so yummy!
can I freeze left overs?
thanks.
We’ve never freezed it, but it might be fine. We store it in the fridge.
Hi,
I made your frosting recipe with Swerve Confectioners but it has a grandular texture and a bitter after taste. Have you discovered a better Keto sweetener for frosting?
Thank you,
Kelley
Stevia or monk fruit!
Salted or unsalted butter?
Unsalted will be best!
Swerve/erythritol is not absorbed by the body so when you are putting these measurements in an app like myfitness pal or other keto friendly apps, there is no need to add the swerve ingredient.
Can I freeze it? If so for how long? Thanks!
I am not sure how the texture would change in the freezer, but it should work if you store it in an airtight storage bag or container. Maybe a month or so.
Hi,
Does it matter if the butter is salted or unsalted?
Salted butter will make a saltier frosting. We use unsalted.
what proportion’s would I use for a single mug muffin ?
Made this recipe in the holiday season with the THM (Trim Healthy Mama, read about them, on “TRIM HEALTHY MAMA.com”) sugar cookies. I hate cream cheese frosting and had never really heard of buttercream keto frosting. I tried out this recipe and it turned out great. I frosted about 24 sugar cookies and then had a lot of frosting left over. I saved it and frosted a some cupcakes after letting the frosting thaw for some minutes from being in the fridge for a day. Thanks for the recipe, and encouragement for new people in keto to keep trying and watch the weight drop! 😀
Hi there. QUick qtn. I cannot get Swerve here in Singapore. We do have Noew Foods Erythritol though and Equal Stevia Cooking/Baking sugar. Can I use one of these instead? I am a sucker for buttercakes with buttercream frosting and I am so missing my desserts while on keto. The weight loss, however, is keeping me off desserts but oh the craving!!!
You can use any brand of erythritol and grind it up to make it a powder.
Can I use powdered monk fruit for this recipe? If so what is the equivalent measurement?
Thanks, Paula
You can! We don’t know the exact measurement, but you could start with a little bit and just go by your own sweetness preference or you could look online for a conversion.
Thank you so much!!!
This came out great but very sweet, and I typically love sweet things- I am wondering if I did something wrong or is it supposed to come out very very sweet? Thanks!
Yes, that would probably be the erythritol. You can decrease the amount if it is too sweet for you 🙂
Thank you!
Does monk fruit make confectioners sugar? I don’t like the aftertaste of swerve!
I am not sure about that one. Monk fruit is stronger than swerve so it would not be a one to one ratio. I know they make powdered monk fruit, but it would not turn out like icing because you would use significantly less for the same sweetness.
[email protected] I just made this for my fiancé‘s birthday because he is on the keto diet (I did use salted butter) and added a little extra cocoa powder. It was SO yummy.
These were so good! I made it as vanilla first, then divided the frosting and added half the cocoa powder needed for the chocolate, some espresso powder and a pinch of salt. Then put them on almond flower butter cookies.
Just made this and I wasn’t impressed. It tasted like sweet butter? No go for me 🙁
Does this have to be refrigerated before use?
Nope, just make sure the butter is softened and not completely melted.
I used monk fruit confectioner sugar, found it to be very sweet. I’ll try with 1 cup instead of 1.5. Also prefer with salted butter. Big hit in my house! Thank you
Just wanted to say thank you!!
This looks fantastic!
How do you make powdered sugar?
Matt & Megha use a spice/coffee grinder and grind erythritol to make powdered erythritol
In reading the ingredients, there is no vanilla listed that I can see. However, in the instructions, it states to add vanilla to the butter, whipping cream etc. How much vanilla is supposed to be used?
Is it better to use salted or unsalted butter for this recipe? Maybe one stick of each??
Hi, can I pipe this into swirls or other designs and will it hold its shape for 24 hours?
This recipe tastes great although I had some grittiness even when adding the powdered sweetener in batches. Do you have any other ideas to help me combat this?
I made the chocolate version and added another 1-2 tbsp cacao.