Best Keto Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe (2024)

Last Updated September 30, 2022. Published September 30, 2022 By Davinah Cenou Montezuma

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This gluten-free keto strawberry cheesecake recipe is one of my favorite low carb desserts. It features a creamy vanilla cheesecake base topped with my quick keto strawberry sauce. Learn how to make delicious sugar-free strawberry cheesecake with an almond flour crust using this recipe.

Why Make This?

• Sugar-free, Low-carb: I love the challenge of eliminating added sugar and cutting carbs while preserving flavor, and this cheesecake recipe does it all. It uses a keto sweetener and other keto-friendly ingredients like xanthan gum.
• Gluten-free: Being able to make a gluten-free crust using almond flour is great because I wouldn’t enjoy a crustless cake.

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Ingredients Needed

Almond Flour Cheesecake Crust

• Almond flour: For a keto and gluten-free crust
• Butter: Melted
• Granular Monk Fruit Erythritol: Zero calories, zero net carbs sweetener. You can use any keto sweetener that you prefer
• Vanilla Extract

Sugar-Free Vanilla Cheesecake

• Cream Cheese: Full-fat, softened
• Sour Cream: Full-fat
• Lemon Juice
• Granular Monk Fruit Erythritol: Keto sweetener
• Eggs
• Vanilla Extract

Keto Strawberry Topping

• Strawberries: I used frozen whole strawberries
• Granular Monk Fruit Erythritol
• Lemon Juice
• Xanthan Gum: For keto and gluten-free thickening

How To Make Low Carb Strawberry Cheesecake

1. Make the crust by mixing all the crust ingredients in a food processor or a large mixing bowl. Add the crust to a foil-wrapped springform pan and use a rubber spatula to press the crust in the pan evenly. Bake the crust for 7 minutes.
2. Make the cheesecake batter by adding all the batter ingredients (except the eggs) to a stand mixer. Mix on medium and add one egg at a time.
3. Place the cheesecake in the water bath: Add water to the bottom of a baking sheet or a large round baking dish — this is the water bath for the cheesecake and bake until the outside of the cheesecake is firm and the center wobbles as if it were a custard.
4. Make the strawberry sauce by adding the strawberries, lemon juice, and sweetener to a saucepan. Cook on medium until the strawberries defrost. Add the xanthan gum to the pan and continue cooking until a syrup forms (Xanthan cooks fast, so keep an eye on it). Remove the pan from the heat and allow the sauce to cool. Remove the cheesecake from the pan and top it with the strawberry sauce.

Recipe Tips & FAQs

• Wrap the springform pan: Wrapping the pan with foil before baking is optional, but it helps to prevent leaks.You can line the inside of the pan or the outside of the pan. I find that it is easier to line the outside of the pan, but both ways work.
• Pre-cook the crust: This keto strawberry cheesecake recipe includes pre-cooking the crust for 7 minutes to prevent it from becoming soggy.
• Use a water bath for the cake batter: Placing the cake mixture pan in a water bath instead of direct baking keeps the cheesecake from drying.
• Check for doneness after 45 minutes: Check whether the cake is ready from the 45-minute mark to avoid overcooking it.
• Refrigerate the cake overnight: Keeping the gluten-free strawberry cheesecake in the fridge will help it set fully.
• Add neutral oil to the Xanthan gum: Mix the xantham gum with about two drops of olive oil or avocado oil to keep the gum from clumping.

Storage

You can store these in the refrigerator or in the freezer.

If you choose to store these in the freezer, then do not top the cheesecakes with sauce. The sauce is easy enough to make so simply make it when you are ready to have cheesecake. You can also freeze these in individual portions.

To thaw, refrigerate overnight.

Make Keto Strawberry Cheesecake Bites:

The bake time for cheesecake bites is shorter. You would simply do two things differently:

1. Add the crust to muffin tins and bake for 3-5 minutes
2. Bake the bites for 15-20 minutes

More Keto Cheesecake Recipes

• Healthy Pumpkin Cheesecake
• Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bites
• Keto Peanut Butter Cheesecake

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