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The magnificent keto egg loaf recipe! This recipe has blown up all over Instagram & rightly so. It’s super simple & incredibly delicious.
The best way to eat this is having it fried in some butter on the stove top, after it’s finished in the oven. Perfect keto french toast, in my opinion.
There are variations of this recipe and I tried my very best to find them all. I have them shown below the recipe card.
Keto Egg Loaf
The keto egg loaf recipe is a huge hit in the keto and low carb community. Fry it in butter after it's done cooking and it will taste like the most glorious french toast.
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 8 eggs
- 4 T melted butter
- 6 T Coconut Flour (Optional)
- 1 tsp Baking Powder (Optional)
Instructions
- Put cream cheese, melted butter and eggs (and optional ingredients) into a bowl.
- Blend until smooth and liquid.
- If you remember I would take the butter and cream cheese out of the fridge and allow them to reach room temperature.
- Pour into a baking bread dish or any dish you want. Spray with some oil or use parchment paper for easy release.
- Bake at 350 F for 15-30 minutes. The time will depending on how big your creation is and how done you want to make it. Less time will make it more like flan.
- Enjoy with any toppings you like.
Notes
To cook the egg loaf as the photo you see on the recipe card, use the optional ingredients. "MamaKetoCooksRealFood" used these additional ingredients to make it more like friend toast.
Then, fry it in butter after you slice the loaf.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1 sliceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 222.5Total Fat: 20.5gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCarbohydrates: 0.8gNet Carbohydrates: 0.8gFiber: 0gProtein: 8.7g
The Creation
Samatha, keto.sam.iam, on Instagram first made this recipe and shared it on her Instagram account. Since then, it’s become a hit. She, however, did not come up with the recipe itself exactly. She just changed how the ingredients were cooked.
What I mean by this is that she took the cream cheese pancake recipe that’s been online for a while and placed it into a bread pan and cooked it this way instead of making pancakes. BRILLIANT!
Edited on 9/25/18: I recently learned that this original recipe did not originally come from All Day I Dream About Food. I just remembered that Sam mentioned that she found it on her site. Go check out her site though, she’s got some great treats on there.
The Basic Egg Loaf / Soggy French Toast Recipe
The described recipe below is just the basic version of this egg loaf. I used 4 tablespoons of butter, while others use 8 tablespoons.
Some do no use sweetener, some use sweetener. I really enjoyed using liquid monk fruit sweetener in mine.
The monk fruit drops currently have vanilla, chocolate, lemon and regular for their flavors. One of the best things about these liquid drops is that they give you zero carbs, unlike erythritol. Add a little bit at a time and test the sweetness as you go for your own personal liking.
YouTube Video
A.D. Keto has allowed me to place his video on here to help you all out. He makes this egg loaf recipe on his YouTube channel.
Variations From Instagram
Mama Keto Cooks Real Food
She used the original recipe but then added 6 tablespoons of coconut flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and some cinnamon.
To cook this one though is slightly different. She cooked it for 45 minutes on the same heat setting.
She sadly no longer has an Instagram account.
keto.ninfem/Rebecca
Rebecca started adding 1/8 teaspoon of baking powder for each serving. For example, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon butter and 1 ounce of cream cheese and 1/8 teaspoon of baking powder. By doing this, the loaf does not deflate as much.
She also likes adding vanilla extract to her creations. One creation was a banana walnut loaf. She added in 1/8 tsp vanilla extract, 1/8 tsp banana extract, a dash of cinnamon, and 1/4 C walnuts.
Ketoculinarystuff (Keto Culinary Stuff)
He made this really good looking mocha flavor. He made the original recipe but then added 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder, 1/4 cup dark roast coffee, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
More Flavor Combinations
By using other extracts, this treat can take on other favorite flavors. Some extra flavor ideas: strawberry, raspberry, cherry, coffee, mint, caramel, rum, coconut, and pistachio.
Finishing Touches
Once the loaf is finished cooking in the oven, slice the loaf and fry up the slices in butter! Or heck, try using coconut oil. Fried french toast? Yes, please!
Then get some keto syrup and cover that french toast. People have enjoyed the syrups from Lakanto and ChocZero. Oh, you can’t forget about the whipped cream either. Get creative and add different flavors to that whipped cream too!
Add-in Ideas to Try
- Cocoa Powder
- shredded Unsweetened Coconut
- Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Berries
- Nuts such as Pili Nuts
- Banana Extract, which is what I used in my Banana Bread recipe.
Can you help clarify something for me? It’s probably as plain as the nose on my face and I am just not getting it. Lol. On the variation by keto.ninfem/ Rebecca, is it 1/4 teaspoon baking soda per serving or 1/8 teaspoon of baking powder. I am confused as to the instructions. TIA. ????
Brynne
I had a typo. Whops. It’s only baking powder. 🙂
Thank you. Trying it now. ????
You are welcome. Let me know how you like it.
Today, I’m trying it with coconut cream instead of the cream cheese.
How did it turn out with coconut cream?
I honestly don’t remember.
Does this come out almost like a spongy custard sort of texture? Some of the pictures look that way.
How much someone cooks the egg loaf, will dictate how it comes out. If the person cooks it less, it will come out more custard-like. People have also said it’s like flan when it’s cooked less. I’ve never had this food item before though.
Did this help?
I have one question can I make this in a loaf pan ?? I would game longer to firm it up and slice for sandwiches. Thank you
Yes you can. When I mentioned bread pan, I also mean loaf pan. 🙂
Just made two of these, both with coconut flour and baking powder, cooked in loaf pans for 45 minutes. One with cinnamon and vanilla, one with ham, bacon and cheddar cheese. They are amazing! With a soft bready texture and fluffy at the same time!
Ummm, I don’t see baking powder in the recipe
It’s not in the recipe card because the original recipe doesn’t have it in. If you are looking to cook it the way the images are in this post, scroll up to the heading of, “MamaKetoCooksRealFood”. She included it in hers.
Have you tried adding some pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie seasoning? It is fall and I am all about pumpkin at the moment. Wondering how it would be.
I have not, but that sounds amazing! I’m guessing maybe you would have to cook it a bit longer. Cook it normally and add more time as needed.
If using the coconut flour and baking powder, would this make a good sandwich bread?
I’m thinking you would need more flour. If the batter is still pretty liquidity, I would add more flour to it. I’ve never tried this. If you do, let me know how it turned out.
Love it!
As we are Keto carnivore, didn’t use the flour.
Made 2 one with baking powder and one without. The one with baking powder came out mmmm fluffier in a way. Both were excellent.
Thanks for sharing.
I just love these recipes, going to try all of them. I now cook with a lot of Almond. Flour and coconut flour since looking a lot of weight on the Optivia diet. I’m learning to cook all over again. Have bought a Lego cooking books enjoying that. I love French toast looking forward to trying this recipe.
Mine didn’t rise. Only about 2 1/2 inches tall in the center. So not understanding how it can be used for sandwich bread. Or the photo in the picture.
I’m not sure what happened. Did you use coconut flour, baking powder, and a bread loaf pan?
Can I substitute the coconut flour with almond flour?
They are not an equal exchange. So if you do, the results will not turn out the same.
Could I use almond flour though? Just more of it? Sorry if this seems like a silly question.
You could. I’ve just never tried it before. The results will be different too.