I made my mom a cake for her birthday, so I made it no sugar added! I used mostly zero sugar products with a twist.

I’ll share with you my favorite zero sugar products to make this a delicious chocolate cake with caramel for any birthday or holiday. I used Pillsbury zero sugar devils good chocolate cake mix but I changed a few things.

I add a package of zero sugar chocolate pudding mix to my cake mix. Then I added an extra egg, I changed the water to unsweetened almond milk and I did half melted butter, half oil for the oil. I added a couple tbsp of sour cream too. It made the cake that much more moist and decadent.

You don’t need a cake turntable but I highly recommend it. It helps to frost & fill your cake but it also gives height which saves your back. I’ve tried the plastic ones before and they’re pretty terrible, this is worth the investment, even for just a family birthday cake baker.

I used a whipped chocolate amaretti frosting for this cake. You have to make a border on your cake before filling it so it prevents the filling from spilling out, that way you can add so much more cake filling.

This is the zero sugar instant pudding mix I used for the cake but I also used one for the chocolate whipped frosting.

Chocolate Amaretti Whipped Frosting

• 48oz heavy cream
• 8oz mascarpone
• 1.4oz pkg zero sugar chocolate instant pudding mix
• 1/4 cup swerve zero confectioners sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• A couple drops of amaretti di Saronno

Whisk in a stand mixer until it turns into a stabilized whipped cream frosting, use a silicone spatula to wipe down the sides during and at the end to decrease air bubbles before applying to chilled cake

I ended up doing a layer of the whipped frosting before adding the sugar free caramel so it didn’t soak into the cake and disappear.

I actually use this caramel syrup in iced coffees too, it really is delicious.

Then I made a no sugar added chocolate ganache using Ghirardelli dark chocolate chips.

I heated up 135g heavy cream (by weight using a food scale) in the microwave. I use a thermometer to make sure it’s in between 176°-185°F and the pour it over 100g of the dark chocolate chips. Cover and let sit for 5 mins before stirring and then it’s a beautiful ganache!

I let it chill some before adding to the cake so it’s thicker and stays in place better, which means more chocolate ganache in the cake and way less mess.

I do a crumb coat on my cake first, which is just barely icing it and then popping it in the freezer for about 10 mins, then I add the final coat.

The cake turntable actually came with the large offset spatula and this edging tool that makes the sides of the cake look fancy pants.

Then I just used this cheap piping set from Amazon to do some piping with the rest of the chocolate whipped frosting.

Oh and to make that swirl in the top, I just used my offset spatula and turned the cake turntable. It’s like working with clay on a potters wheel vibe.

I had leftover white chocolate whipped frosting from another cake and used that to make a quick purple frosting to write on it. If I didn’t have it, I would probably just use more ganache because it’s a darker chocolate color for a monochromatic chocolate cake vibe.

Then I found these zero sugar chocolate hersheys candy with caramel filling.

They went perfectly with this cake.

This was a 100000/10! My brother hates cake, like literally refuses to even try a cake but this one looked so good, he tried a bite. Then he proceeded to keep sneaking bites the whole day! That’s how you know you’ve nailed it on the flavor.

I got the cake boards and the cake box from Walmart for pretty inexpensive too. I did it less for looks and more for travel. We drove it 2 hours and it made it perfectly.

The links for the other products are from Amazon, which are affiliate codes that get a commission for, at no cost to you. The other products are from Walmart, which I am not an affiliate, I just like those products too.

Be sure to watch my video too for more details and fun.

Ok love you bye

P.S. I made this again but as mini cakes using these mini loaf pans because my mom ended up going to the hospital for her birthday and missed out on the cake so I made these for her when she got home.