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Keto Puff Pancake

This Keto Puff Pancake also goes by the name of;  ‘Egg Loaf’, ‘Baked Keto Pancakes’, ‘Keto Dutch Baby Pancake’ and ‘Keto German Pancake’. Whatever you call it at your house, it is the perfect breakfast on a lazy weekend morning.

My darling husband likes this Keto version of pancakes better than any other Keto pancake recipe. It quickly makes four fluffy pancakes in about 30 minutes.

There are few recipes easier than this one.  In fact if you dislike all the pancake flipping and trying to get pancakes the all same size, then this is the recipe for you. 

I love that you just dump the ingredients into a blender, whip up and then pour into a prepared pan.  The pan prep is the key to a really good puff pancake.

The next step is after you’ve prepped the batter, (or while you are making it if you are very clever) you add 2 tablespoons of butter to the baking pan and pop it in the oven for 3-5 minutes.  The butter should become bubbly, yellow to golden in color but not browned.

You pour the batter gently into the bottom of the pan over the hot butter and put it back in the oven.

As will all recipes like this Keto puff pancake, it will put on quite a show in the oven of puffing up.  But it’s just teasing you.

It will fall like all the others after it’s out of the oven.  And just like its carby cousin it tastes fantastic.

Divide it into 4 golden, square pancakes and serve. At my house, we love sharing a pan of these on the weekends. Enjoy! Laura

P.S. You might enjoy my Zero Carb Golden Syrup recipe on these. 🙂

Or try my Chaffle Waffles recipe. It’s delish and easy.

Nutrition Facts Keto Puff Pancake:

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Blue Diamond Almond Flour

Monk Fruit Sweetener

Splenda

Make the Keto Puff Pancake

Keto Puff Pancakes

Laura
So easy! No flipping this Low Carb Puff Pancake.  Buttery and delicious at just under 3 carbs a pancake.
4.94 from 15 votes
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 4 pancakes
Calories 166 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 2 tbsp granulated monk fruit (or other pourable zero calorie sweetener)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup almond flour
  • 2 tbsp butter

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 425 degrees.

2. ) Dump all ingredients, except butter into a small blender jar and blend on high for a few seconds until all the ingredients are completely incorporated into the batter.

    3.) Once oven is heated, put butter in a 9″ x 12″ cake pan and place with only the butter in oven.

      4.) Melt the butter for 3-5 minutes or until the butter is bubbling in the bottom of the pan. Remove from oven.

        5.) Pour the batter gently over the hot butter and return to oven.

          6.) Bake for 15-17 minutes, until pancake is golden and puffed.

            7.) After baking, cut the pancake into 4 and serve.

              Notes

              2.8 carbohydrates per serving.
              Keyword keto puff pancake, low carb baked pancake

              More Keto Pancake recipes to try:

              Fluff Low Carb Keto Blueberry Pancakes 

               

               

              40 Comments

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              2. Kathy Mc June 12, 2017 at 12:38 PM

                4 stars
                Thank you for sharing this recipe – it was really good. It was nice to be able to eat a pancake again. I think next time, I’ll add some vanilla. Also, I didn’t have s 9×12 dish do I used a 7×11. It made it a bit thicker. I also only needed to bake it for about 15 min.

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              3. Lisa August 30, 2017 at 11:23 AM

                Good morning, Miss Laura
                Firstly… NUM!
                I do have a question, though… Is it supposed to be really thin when it’s done?
                I had to use a 9×13 pan as I didn’t have a 9×12, but I can’t imagine it making THAT much of a difference.
                Thanks!

                Reply
                1. Laura_Hickman August 30, 2017 at 12:21 PM

                  It does fall when it comes out of the oven, much like it’s carby cousin, but it should still be a bit fluffy. Hopefully, it will stay puffier for you next time!

                  Reply
                  1. Colleen November 4, 2019 at 5:41 AM

                    Does anyone know the WW Freestyle point value is of this pancake recipe?

                  2. Laura Hickman November 5, 2019 at 1:26 PM

                    I’m so sorry, I’m unfamiliar with that WOE.

              4. Dianne October 16, 2017 at 8:10 PM

                5 stars
                This recipe is awesome. I have made this as thin pancakes but also in a deeper dish as both savoury and sweet. Today I divided the base recipe in half. For one half I sauteed red onion in the butter; added garluc salt and some pepper to the batter before pouring into a deeper smaller dish. Topped with chopped ham and cheese and it came out looking like a savoury foccacia. Served it with side salad. The other half I added the sweetener and some vanilla and topped with cinnamon and dropped in slice banana. Also in a smaller but deeper dish. Neither of these deflated and bith looked and tasted the absolute best. This is a go to recipe for me. Thanks.

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                1. Laura_Hickman October 16, 2017 at 8:38 PM

                  Wow! Those are great meal ideas! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

                  Reply
              5. Chrissy Poo November 5, 2017 at 6:07 PM

                5 stars
                Very good. Stuck to my pan so will use parchment next time. Thanks for the great recipe.

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              6. Tammie Kelly November 16, 2017 at 5:47 PM

                5 stars
                Oh my yum!!! It smelled like Christmas cookies cooking and kind of tasted like it to!! I did add a little vanilla.

                Thank you so much!

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              7. Maria Guerra November 19, 2017 at 10:28 AM

                Made this for breakfast. Finally, a yummy low carb pancake! I read the comments and added vanilla and cinnamon. I think it would have been to eggy Without that. But this recipe is a keeper. Thanks.

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              8. Dianne November 22, 2017 at 8:40 PM

                5 stars
                So easy. Delicious as a breakfast pancake with sugar free maple or with strawberries and cream but also great cold spread with butter. Planning to make several batches and freeze to be used as required.

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              9. L November 25, 2017 at 8:58 PM

                Can I use Greek yogurt instead of sour cream?

                Reply
                1. Laura_Hickman November 26, 2017 at 7:57 PM

                  I havent tried it yet, but I often find it to be a good sour recplacement. So I think itmight work. Please let us know if you try it.

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              10. Kc December 14, 2017 at 6:45 PM

                Can almond meal be used I stead?

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              11. Pat Katz December 30, 2017 at 11:04 AM

                5 stars
                Thank you for an easy easy peasy breakfast staple!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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              12. DDawn C. February 3, 2018 at 9:03 AM

                5 stars
                This has been a LIFESAVER! This is probably the 10th low carb pancake I have tried and it is by far the easiest and best. I make a blueberry sauce with it and it is ahhhhmazing! It keeps nicely in the frig in between sheets of wax paper for at least a couple days. I make a couple pans of them and send them to work with hubby for breakfast. It is so nice not to have eggs every single day. Thank you thank you thank you!

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              13. Mary February 20, 2018 at 8:08 PM

                5 stars
                Im preparing to begin the keto life in the beginning of March and collecting recipes. I have been having trouble because I recently moved to mountains (6500 ft) and many keto recipes are flat out of the oven. Can you suggest a general adjustment I might try? Missing my IL puffy food! Lol. Your recipe looks like it will be a go to for me too! Thank you.

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                1. Laura_Hickman February 21, 2018 at 2:12 AM

                  This recipe puffs in the oven, but like its carby cousin, flattens out as it cools. :/. Sorry to have no real answers here. I used to live in The mountains and baking is simply trckier at high altitude. You might try adding a bit of extra baking powder to baked good. Keto/ low carb items tend to be denser in texture han their grain-made counterparts.

                  Reply
              14. Susan March 16, 2018 at 9:26 PM

                Very good. I put sugar free preserves and sugar free peanut butter on it. But next time I will use a different sugar free substitute

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              15. Brook March 25, 2018 at 9:21 AM

                This recipe was delish. Probably the best one I have made so far!

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              16. Bbclark March 25, 2018 at 8:11 PM

                I am allergic to almonds can I use coconut flour?

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                1. Laura_Hickman March 26, 2018 at 9:51 PM

                  You could try it. Use less because coconut flour thickens up a lot. Best wishes for pancakr success!

                  Reply
              17. JJjJean April 1, 2018 at 1:36 PM

                Am confused about the splenda…….do you mean granular or must the sweetener be a liquid?

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                1. Laura_Hickman April 2, 2018 at 8:18 AM

                  I use the granular ‘cup for cup’ Splenda

                  Reply
              18. Sylvia April 2, 2018 at 7:38 AM

                5 stars
                Laura, I can’t wait to make this!! It sounds like a real go to recipe for me, as well!!
                Thanks so much for sharing it with us!
                I want to try Dianne’s versions, too!

                Reply
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              20. Susan Gavigan April 6, 2018 at 6:27 AM

                5 stars
                Excellent taste and texture. Thank you for sharing.

                Reply
              21. Ali April 6, 2018 at 2:01 PM

                5 stars
                BEST keto food I had by far! Wow! I made so many keto recipe and followed every little step but was either a fail or taste horrible and some I had to throw away and others I had to force myself to eat them as I didn’t want to waste it! For this one, I added a dash of cinnamon and a teaspoon of vanilla as I read it may masked the “eggy” taste and yes I can’t stand any “eggy” taste and only been doing keto for 2 weeks! I also ate this Aliwith whipped cream, butter and sugar free maple syrup! Soo good! However mine did not puff it look like crepe but I didn’t mind it was so good 💯! Planning to make this again and eat it everyday (lol) thank you!

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              22. Venus Childress January 4, 2020 at 1:11 PM

                5 stars
                Thank you so much for this recipe Laura.

                As all the commenters have stated, this is an excellent keto pancake recipe! I’ve been making it for a year or two.

                I also add cinnamon and vanilla extract. I will add a dash of salt next time as salt just makes all things taste better. 😉

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              23. Kgroot March 3, 2020 at 3:51 PM

                This is a terrific recipe… so versitle…
                Followed one reader’s suggestion and made it savory….was perfect!!
                Added sliced strawberries to other half…
                Wow…dinner and breakfast all at once!!!

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              25. Shannon April 1, 2023 at 10:58 AM

                So easy and quick and good!! Thank you I will be making this again.

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              26. Eve June 14, 2023 at 10:57 AM

                5 stars
                Made this several times and my kids loved it and didn’t realize it was low carb. Getting ready to make it for company but would like to make batter a day or two before to have it ready. Think it’ll work?

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                1. Laura June 21, 2023 at 7:51 PM

                  The baking powder will loose it’s strength once added to the batter. I haven’t tried it but, you could possibley add it the day you use it, stirring it in thoroughly.

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              27. pam September 3, 2023 at 6:14 AM

                5 stars
                followed the recipe until I added one mashed ripe banana, a tablespoon of vanilla then sprinkled fresh blueberries to the top. delish. I will be trying some savory versions.

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              28. Mayer Susan January 1, 2024 at 11:47 AM

                5 stars
                Mmmmmm mmmm good! My husband and I recently started a ketovore diet and this was a great treat. We both loved this recipe. It’s a keeper!

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              29. Nic January 2, 2024 at 6:55 PM

                When I cooked mine it was still bit runny in middle so I put back in for longer. Should it be still a bit gooey in the middle ?

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                1. Laura February 24, 2024 at 10:31 AM

                  I’m so sorry. I’ve never had this happen. You many want to check your oven temp with an oven thermometer.

                  Reply

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