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[Akeem Luperon]

Christmasis coming in a couple of weeks and I wanted to upload a delightful Gluten Free Gingerbread Cake Roll that would be keto and sugar-free! My goal with this recipe was to make a cake roll that was extremely fluffy and light, that was somewhat dark in colour, and tasted amazing!

Today's recipe was a little tricky to make. This past week I made the sponge a total of six times before finally succeeding making this fluffy and spongy one. My 4 first versions all used erythritol as the sweetener and they ALL cracked no matter what I did.

I tried powdered erythritol and granulated erythritol, increased and decreased the amount of eggs and almond flour I used, but to no avail. Every single time I used erythritol to sweeten the cake, it would crack and completely fall apart when cooled.

The last two versions I made, well I completely gave up on erythritol and used stevia instead. They finally didn't crack! My fifth version didn't use any whey protein or cream cheese, but it wasn't as fluffy as my 6th, which is why I decided to stick with this recipe here.

The Low Carb Christmas Roll Cake that I made last year was also sweetened with stevia which is why I had never experienced a fail using erythritol before. I'd love to know your experiences with erythritol! Have your cake rolls ever cracked with it? This gluten free gingerbread cake roll was proving to be quite the hardship!

I would roll up the cake in a towel and it would literally fall apart in the towel, break apart when unrolled, or break into a million pieces when touched. Maybe the brand of erythritol I used was bad, but for this recipe erythritol just did not work. Finally, my cream cheese and whey protein version worked and was wonderful!

For the cream cheese filling, I wasn't sure whether to do a simple whipped cream or add cream cheese. I decided to go for a cream cheese one because I was craving something cheesy. I added some heavy cream to it and it was the perfect frosting!

I'll be making this Christmas roll cake along with my Paleo Tourtiere and a Mushroom-Stuffed Roast Chicken this Christmas because those two recipes for me are what a Christmas dinner should look like!

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This cake doesn't look good in the picture provided, but I decided to try it anyway as it just looked like an inexperienced baker made it and didn't know how to roll it. I tried the recipe and was able to roll it, but it tastes so artificial (I don't know if it's the stevia?). Not a fan - I might try it again using actual sugar or maybe agave.

A self-taught home cook, originally from Montreal, Canada, that was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) as a teenager. Realizing the only way to thrive with PCOS was to change her lifestyle, Ashley decided to go on a culinary journey to heal herself.

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