Low Carb Keto Chocolate Babka
Calories 400kcal
Ingredients
- 5 ounces cream cheese
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup sugar free chocolate chips (Lilly's, or equivalent chocolate)
- 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 6 tablespoons Swerve Sweetener (or equivalent granulated sweetener)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- cooking spray
- 2 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 3 ounces cream cheese
- 2 large eggs
- 1 3/4 cups super-fine almond flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup Swerve Sweetener (or equivalent granulated sweetener)
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum (Lilly's, or equivalent chocolate)
Instructions
- Chocolate Filling:
- 1.
- Add chocolate, 5 oz cream cheese and cream to a medium sized microwave safe bowl and cook in 30 second intervals until melted and combined.
- 2.
- Stir in cocoa powder, cinnamon, filling sweetener and vanilla and mix well to combine.
- Set aside.
- Fat Head Dough:
- 3.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.
- 4.
- In a medium sized microwave safe bowl, mix together mozzarella cheese and remaining cream cheese.
- Cook in 30 second increments, stirring each time, until melted and combined.
- 5.
- Stir in eggs and mix well to combine.
- 6.
- In a medium sized bowl, mix together almond flour, baking powder, dough sweetener and xanthan gum.
- Slowly add this mixture to the melted cheese and mix well to combine.
- Towards the end, you'll need to use your hands.
- If the dough feels too wet to work with, add more almond flour until it's the right consistency to roll out.
- 7.
- Divide the dough into 2 balls.
- Place 1 dough ball between 2 sheets of parchment paper and roll it out with a rolling pin until it's about 1/4 inch thick.
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- Spread half of the chocolate filling on top of the dough.
- Roll it up tightly into a long log and pinch the ends together.
- Repeat steps with remaining dough and filling.
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- Form an X with the two dough logs.
- Twist the logs around each other.
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- Place the dough into the loaf pan and bake for 20 minutes.
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- Loosely cover the loaf with tin foil and bake for another 35-40 minutes until fully browned.
- 12.
- Cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then remove and place on a cooling rack.
- The loaf will be soft when it comes out of the oven, but will firm up as it cools.
- PREP TIME: 15 MIN COOK TIME: 60 MIN
Originally posted 2019-02-20 18:49:39.
