Make this rich, low carb chocolate torte and top it with a delicious low carb mocha buttercream frosting.
When I was young my grandmother would make a hazelnut torte with mocha buttercream frosting. She would grind up the hazelnuts in her coffee grinder and it was our cake for every birthday. My mom and I loved the mocha buttercream so much that grandma would hollow out the cake and put a ton of buttercream frosting inside. It was so good.
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This low carb chocolate torte is different from traditional cakes. Do you know the difference between a cake and a torte? I didn’t, I had to look it up. A torte is traditionally made with ground nuts or breadcrumbs. In this recipe, there is no rising agent, so it isn’t as light as a traditional cake. But it is rich, moist and chocolaty. I did find that it wasn’t as sweet as I prefer a chocolate dessert, so in the future I will add more sweetener to the recipe. That being said, the frosting was plenty sweet!
Other low carb desserts you will love:
- Low Carb Almond Poppyseed Loaf
- Low Carb Chia Cookies
- Low Carb Coffee Chip Frozen Cream Cheese Bites
- Low Carb Raspberry Chip Frozen Cream Cheese Bites
This recipe is adapted from King Arthur Flour. The erythritol from the chocolate chips and sweetener was not calculated into the carb count. Nutritional information provided for recipes is a courtesy to my readers. I do my best to be as accurate as possible, but you should do your own nutrition information calculations. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.Low Carb Chocolate Torte
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12
Serving Size:
1 slice
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 189 Total Fat: 17.6g Saturated Fat: 7.6g Cholesterol: 98.2mg Sodium: 79mg Carbohydrates: 10.8g Fiber: 6.3g Sugar: 0.5g Protein: 5.8g
Low Carb Mocha Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners Swerve
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder
Instructions
- Mix ingredients with mixer until light and fluffy. If needed, add more Swerve confectioner.
Notes
The erythritol from the chocolate chips and sweetener was not calculated into the carb count.
Nutritional information provided for recipes is a courtesy to my readers. I do my best to be as accurate as possible, but you should do your own nutrition information calculations. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1/12thAmount Per Serving: Calories: 80 Total Fat: 7.8g Saturated Fat: 4.8g Cholesterol: 21mg Sodium: 1.2mg Carbohydrates: .5g Fiber: .3g Sugar: .3g
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Sounds and looks amazing!!! I love coffee flavor in sweet treats!
The low carb aspect of this is incentive too!
Thanks for sharing.
oh this looks totally irresistible! Thanks for the recipe xx Maria
This sounds wonderful, I love that it’s frosted!
Low carb you say :)? Looks absolutely delicious. Love the use of almond flour and coffee. So glad you shared it at the Fiesta Friday party!
This is a lovely Torte it looks delicious! Hope you are having a good week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Something for the people that can’t have sugar! Awesome! Thanks for sharing this at Home Sweet Home and have a Merry Christmas!