Keto Cloud Bread Loaf

Trying to go keto, but having a craving for bread, or need a quick sandwich for lunch? This keto cloud bread loaf is a keto bread recipe made using egg whites and protein powder and tastes just like real white bread.

Make Low Carb Bread Using Egg Whites

I have been working with clients wanting to lose weight using a low carb/keto approach. During this time, I’ve found that my almond flour keto bread has too much fat to be helpful to my clients anymore.

In my opinion, being able to add butter, mayonnaise, butter or cheese to a sandwich makes it a little more interesting, keeping keto sustainable long term.

This made me think, maybe I could take my cloud bread recipe and just make a loaf from that recipe. I wanted to keep it simple, using ingredients you can purchase from your grocery store. Always using ingredients you have to purchase online just makes everyone frustrated.

There are a few similar recipes around which utilise different ingredients. Everything from sour cream (sugarfreemom) to Alulose (Maria Emmerich).

Whilst these recipes are great (and you should definitely follow both Brenda and Maria as they are fantastic recipe developers) adding sour cream means you can’t add other delicious fats.

Also, allulose is what’s called a “rare sugar”, and when made commercially, manufacturers use enzymes to convert fructose from corn and other plants into allulose. Not exactly what I call health food.

This bread is made with only 3 ingredients. Egg whites, whey protein powder and cream of Tartar. All available at your local grocery store.

Does this bread taste eggy?

You’d think that so much egg white would make the whole house smell like eggs… I’ve made this recipe a lot recently, and there is no eggy smell whatsoever.

The only time you might encounter an eggy smell when baking this recipe is if you have the oven turned up too high (causing a burning smell) – which also happens in the toaster if the bread gets too close to the heating elements.

Where do you buy egg whites?

You can purchase egg whites in the egg section at your grocery store. Thanks to all the low-fat diets, buying plain egg whites is actually pretty easy.

This brand is available at both Coles and Woolworths. There is also a free-range version of the same product which is in a green coloured container.

Where do you buy protein powder?

You can use any whey protein powder you like, but I find this one works the best. It is unflavoured, and it’s in the health food section at coles.

How to make keto cloud bread loaf

1. Preheat your fan forced oven to 160C (320F).
2. In a large clean dry bowl, whisk the egg whites on medium speed until stiff peaks form (about 5-8 minutes). This can be done in a stand mixer or using a hand held electric mixer.
3. Add in the whey protein powder and Cream of Tartar, and mix on low until all the ingredients are combined and uniform in colour.
4. Grease a bread loaf tin, and line with partchment paper (quick tip, scrunching the partchment paper into a ball, then unfolding will help the paper mould to the shape of the tin).
5. Spoon the egg white mixture into the bread loaf tin until the mixture goes above the top of the tin. Use the back of your spoon to shape into a bread loaf, and bake in the oven for 30 minutes
6. Once 30 minutes is up, turn the oven off and place a kitchen towel into the door of the oven to keep it slightly adjar. Keep it like this for 20-30 minutes, as this will allow the oven to cool slowly and help avoid the loaf from deflating.
7. Remove the loaf from the oven, and slice into 10 thick slices. Nutritional information is per slice.
8. These slices will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days, or frozen with partchment paper bewteen the slices for up to 2 weeks.

What to do with egg yolks if using separated whole eggs?

If you are just using regular eggs, keep the egg yolks! They work really well when making recipes such as:

• Keto Mayonnaise – Homemade Keto Recipes
• Keto Custard
• Low Carb Eggnog

What is Cream Of Tartar (and do I have to use it?)

When whipped, egg whites (also known as albumen) can swell up to eight times their initial volume. The acidity of cream of tartar helps egg whites achieve their full volume potential, and stabilizes them by helping hold in water and air.

What are the macros for this keto cloud bread loaf recipe?

Per slice, this bread has a total of:

• 50cals
• 10g protein
• 1g fat
• 1g total carbs

Compared to my keto almond flour bread, this has substantially less fat, which means you can add fats on top, like nut butter, mayonnaise, avocado or butter.

Other Keto-Friendly Bread Recipes

• Keto Bread
• Keto Coconut Bread
• Nut Free Keto Bread
• Keto Cloud Bread (Oopsie Bread Rolls)