Strawberry Pancakes with Cream Cheese Glaze (low carb + keto)
These Strawberry Pancakes are topped with a sweet vanilla cream cheese glaze! These low carb almond flour pancakes are the perfect keto breakfast!
I love strawberry season. When you walk through the produce section at the grocery and the sweet smell of strawberries envelopes you, means winter is really over.
These strawberry pancakes have been our weekend go-to for the last month. These easy keto pancakes have an almond flour, cream cheese, and egg base. They are light and soft and have a hint of strawberry and vanilla flavor. I serve them with additional strawberries on top and a delicious vanilla cream cheese spread!
Bonus: these reheat very well. They are perfect for keto meal prep or they make a great sweet treat!
Ingredients in Strawberry Pancakes
These strawberry pancakes are not-so-secretly keto pancakes with cream cheese and almond flour in them. I promise these don’t taste healthy at all! Here’s what goes into the pancakes:
- Almond flour
- Cream cheese
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Keto-friendly sweetener (Swerve or Monkfruit)
- Strawberries
- Baking Powder
- Salt
If you would like to make the vanilla cream cheese spread, which I whole heartedly recommend, you will also need heavy cream in addition to the ingredients above.
How to Make Strawberry Pancakes
These keto strawberry cheesecake pancakes are so simple to make and take very little time to prep. Here’s how to make keto almond flour pancakes with cream cheese glaze:
- In a blender or food processor, combine the almond flour, cream cheese, eggs, sweetener, vanilla, strawberries, baking powder and salt. Blend until smooth.
- Heat a greased skillet or griddle to medium heat.
- When the skillet is hot and the butter is completely melted, add the batter to the skillet, about 1/4 cup at a time.
- Do not flip until little bubbles form in the center of the pancakes indicating they are ready to be flipped.
- Repeat until all of the batter has been used, adding butter to the skillet as needed.
- Serve warm with vanilla cream cheese spread and sliced strawberries.
How Many Carbs Are in the Keto Pancakes?
I have included two different sets of nutritional information below. One is for both the pancakes and the glaze, which comes to 2.3 net carbs each. The second is for the pancakes only without any cream cheese spread. The net carb per pancake is 1.3 net carbs each.
Tips for Making Low Carb Pancakes
- I’ve only made this strawberry cheesecake pancakes recipe with almond flour. I can’t speak to how using coconut flour or another grain-free flour alternative would affect the texture.
- Use brick-style cream cheese for best results, not the whipped kind that comes in a tub.
- I used fresh strawberries in this recipe, but I imagine frozen would work too. Just let them thaw and drain them before chopping and adding to the batter.
Other Low-Carb Breakfast Recipes:
I love all sorts of breakfast foods and have tried my best to recreate some traditional breakfast favorites on a keto diet. These Keto Strawberry Shortcakes Waffles are quick, easy, and very versatile. I am also a huge fan of these Sausage Cream Cheese Pinwheels because they taste like the classic sausage cream cheese crescent roll casserole that so many of us grew up loving. Some of my other favorites include:
- Keto Spinach Bacon Egg Muffins
- Sausage Balls
- Strawberry Cream Cheese Chia Seed Pudding Parfaits
- Keto Sausage Egg and Cheese Bites
Get the Recipe: Strawberry Pancakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Glaze
Ingredients
Strawberry Pancakes
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon keto friendly sweetener, Swerve or Monkfruit
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped strawberries
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Cream Cheese Glaze
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 1/2 cup confectioners keto sweetener, Swerve or Monkfruit
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
Pancakes:
- In a blender or food processor combine the almond flour, cream cheese, eggs, sweetener, vanilla, strawberries, baking powder and salt.
- Blend until smooth.
- Heat a greased skillet or griddle to medium heat, when the skillet is hot and the butter is completely melted add the batter to the skillet, about 1/4 cup at a time.
- Do not flip until little bubbles form in the center of the pancakes indicating they are ready to be flipped.
- Repeat until all of the batter has been used, adding butter to the skillet as needed
- Serve warm with vanilla cream cheese spread and sliced strawberries
Cream Cheese Glaze:
- Combine all of the cream cheese glaze ingredients in a blender or food processor, blend until smooth. Add more heavy cream if you want to thin the mixture.
Notes
Total Fat 1.3 grams;
Total Carbs: 1.7 grams;
Fiber: 0.4 grams;
Sugars 0.6 grams;
Protein 1 gram;
Net Carbs: 1.3 grams each
This is so beautiful! Almost too pretty to eat! There’s something about strawberry pancakes that gets me all giddy. Also, they look perfectly browned on the outside and super fluffy -which I can never achieve!
Thank you Allison! I could never ever get the outside of my pancakes just right until I started using coconut oil, I have no idea why but it makes all the difference! 🙂
These pancakes looks delicious! Strawberries make anything better, but especially with this glaze! Beautiful pictures, I wish I would’ve had these for breakfast!
Oh I agree, I had to wipe the bowl clean with my finger to be sure I had enjoyed every last little bite!
These look so amazing, and the perfect way to use up soft strawberries. Yummers!
Yes, the perfect way to use them up!
Erm …. I don’t suppose you have a spare chair at your breakfast table next Sunday, do you? I think I’m going to be dreaming about these pancakes tonight … especially that glaze! 🙂
Our kitchen is always open! 🙂
Um, oh my goodness, YES! They look incredible! Ditto Helen; how about two extra chairs? 😉 These are gorgeous pancakes!
Thank you Mary Frances! 🙂
Oh wow, I wish I had some of these this morning! 🙂 That glaze looks amazing, what a pretty color!
Thank you! I was so pleased they turned out perfectly pink! 🙂
I’ve been craving a big stack of pancakes for a while now and these look like the perfect way to satisfy my craving! I also just saw a huge tub of strawberries on sale at the grocery store the other day! I absolutely love the cream cheese strawberry glaze!!
I have been on such a crazy strawberry kick here lately! It is all I want! 🙂