Keto Turtle Cheesecake

This is such an easy cheesecake recipe! Do not be intimidated! I had always thought that cheesecakes were too hard to make, but not this one. Yes, my cheesecake was too brown after I baked it, but it was still so good! Yes, it did fall some after baking, but that didn’t matter, because it was still good! So, do not be intimidated, because this recipe is too easy and even a beginner cook can make a beautiful Keto Turtle Cheesecake like this one!

This Keto Turtle Cheesecake recipe came about the day before Thanksgiving. Usually on Thanksgiving and Christmas I make a variety of desserts and they are mostly real sugar. I will cheat those days and then regret eating so much sugar! LOL. But, this year the day before Thanksgiving I was talking to my mom, who is a diabetic, she tries to eat no sugar at all and she was wanting a no sugar or keto dessert for Thanksgiving.

In the past I had made my mom plain keto cheesecakes, but this was Thanksgiving and I wanted to make a different kind of cheesecake. So, I got to thinking about what ingredients that I had on hand (the evening before Thanksgiving) and I realized that I had pecans, sugar free chocolate syrup and sugar free caramel syrup. Now, I know that these sauces can be handmade and I’ve made them in the past. So, this recipe can be made with store bought sauces or you can may make your chocolate and caramel sauce.

The supermarket sells the sugar free sauces, however to make your own you can buy chocolate chips (any flavor) melt the bag with 1/2 Tablespoon of butter in the microwave and drizzle over the top of the cheesecake. However, here is the sugar free caramel syrup that I had on hand from Smuckers, I had purchased it from Wal-mart.

Artificial Sweeteners:

There are a variety of artificial sweeteners on the market. I have tried some good, bad and ugly ones, lol. As far as granular artificial sweeteners, I like a sweetener called Pyure. It is a Stevia blend of Erythritol and stevia. It has a grainy texture like real sugar, however too much of it leaves a vanilla taste in your mouth.

Variety of Artificial Sweeteners

1. Pyure
2. Stevia
3. Splenda
4. Truvia
5. Sweet & Low
6. Equal

TIPS!

• Do not cook crust before adding the cheesecake filling
• Spray the springform pan, bottom AND SIDES
• Remove cheesecake from oven when it slightly jiggles and is browning. Mine actually browned quite a bit, but that was ok because I covered it up with toppings!
• While still hot remove the springform sides, BUT before you do this take a butter knife and run it around the edges to loosen any cake that could be sticking. VERY slowly remove the sides.
• Wait until the cheesecake completely cools before adding toppings, I actually placed mine (after it slightly cooled) into the freezer, because I was in a hurry, lol!
• Cheesecake leftovers can be frozen and at a later time!

My Secret Ingredient!

I’m going to let y’all in on my secret ingredient. It is very hard to find, but so worth the hunt. The first time that I had tasted this secret ingredient was about 20 years ago when my mother went to old Mexico and came back with it. What is really surprising is that we baked with one bottle for a good 20 years and it never did spoil. I have never seen it in any of my local supermarkets and everything written on the bottle is in Spanish, but I’ll always recognize the bottle.

So, this past Spring I was at a small greenhouse nursery buying plants for my garden, a nursery, in a town of less than 2K people and there it set for sale on their shelf, the BEST VANILLA ever! I couldn’t believe it! I figured that I would have to go to old Mexico to find it. Amazing!

Keto Turtle Cheesecake Ingredients (scroll down for a printable recipe)

Crust:

• Almond flour
• Butter

Cheesecake:

• Cream cheese
• Pyure (granular)
• Vanilla
• Sour Cream
• Eggs

Toppings:

• Pecans
• Sugar free chocolate syrup
• Sugar Free caramel syrup

Almond Flour Crust Ingredients:

Gather your ingredients: almond flour, butter and a 9 inch springform pan.

Add butter to a glass microwavable bowl and microwave until completely melted.

Add almond flour to the melted butter.

Mix almond flour and butter.

Press almond flour mixture into a greased springform pan. Be sure to spray the bottom AND sides of the pan with oil. Then, set aside to make the cheesecake filling.

Cheesecake Ingredients:

Cream Cheese, Pyure (granular), vanilla, sour cream and eggs.

Beat cream cheese for about 3 minutes.

Add Pyure, sour cream, vanilla and eggs. Beat with a mixer until creamy.

Pour cheesecake filling over the almond flour crust. Cook in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for approx. 40 minutes until center is a little jiggly and the cheesecake is beginning to brown.

Once, the cheesecake is finished baking remove the springform while the cake is hot. Before removing the sides of the pan run a butter knife around the edge to unstick any of the cake from the sides of the pan.

Plain Cheesecake

Try Some of our Other Keto Desserts!

• Easy Keto Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
• Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Easy Keto Coconut Pie
• Keto Peanut Butter Pie Cupcakes
• Keto Chocolate Caramel Pecan Clusters