Well that’s a mouth full, isn’t it?
This cake is probably my most favorite cake I’ve ever made. Which is silly because it’s so so simple. Simple and delicious. That’s my favorite kinds of food.
I’m watching ‘Sixteen Candles’ right now. What a classic. I miss movies like that. The ones that were produced before I was born.
Oh sh*t, I’m watching ‘The Breakfast Club’ now. BEST NIGHT EVER.
So I’m heading to South Dakota today. Got a sweet little wedding reception to go to. We’re staying at a cabin, going to a lake, drinking some ice cold beverages, and probably eating a lot of food. The bride likes to eat, which is why I really like her, among other reasons, so we will be chowing down on a regular basis. Let’s talk about what I’m packing in my cooler to share with the other lovely people going.
- A sweet potato and chorizo egg casserole
- A potato and breakfast sausage egg casserole
- This delicious carrot breakfast protein cake
- Chocolate zucchini muffins from my zucchini bread recipe
- Bacon wrapped cream cheese stuffed jalapeños
- Food Should Taste Good sweet potato chips
- Chili Lime plantain chips from Sprouts
- Sandwiches for the lake made with gluten free bread, kerrygold cheddar cheese, turkey and ham (wish me luck that this bread doesn’t taste like balls)
- Larabars
- Quest Bars
- Fruit and nut trail mix – almonds, pecans, cashews, dried mango, and raisins
- Chocolate and nut trail mix – almonds, pecans, cashews, dark chocolate drops (fancy m&m’s), and dark chocolate peanuts
- Coconut water
- Strawberry flavored soda water
- Lime flavored soda water
That’s all I got. I think. I’m sure a few other snacks made it in there. No, not all of these foods are paleo. Neither are my friends. And I like making them happy. That’s the point of spending hours in the kitchen getting ready for a 3 day trip.
Moving on. I’m actually really excited about this trip now, mainly because now I get to take a couple rest days. I did CrossFit and ran every day for 6 days in a row, and I’m slightly miserable. When I was competing in CrossFit, it was normal to feel this miserable. But now I don’t really like that feeling. I like feeling sore. I like feeling like a worked hard. But I don’t like feeling like my limbs may snap if I step on a crack wrong. And that’s how I’m feeling right about now. My ankles, my wrists, my shoulders. They are all about to break. Is the age of 25 when I start to break down? My friend Kam said it was. What a bummer.
kloveyoubye!
Carrot Breakfast Protein Cake
- Yield: 8 1x
Ingredients
- 2 large carrots, finely shredded
- 2/3 cup almond butter
- 2 eggs
- 3 tablespoons raw honey
- 35 grams (or 1 heaping scoop) Vanilla Primal Fuel (or 2 tablespoons coconut flour if you do not eat use protein powder)
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup raisins
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Shred carrots as thin as possible. Place in large bowl.
- Add almond butter and eggs and mix well.
- Then add honey, protein powder, cinnamon, baking powder and salt and mix well.
- Fold in raisins.
- Grease an 8×8 glass baking dish with coconut oil, pour batter into the dish and place in oven. Bake for 35 minutes or until the top of the cake has a nice crust to it.
- Let cool before cutting.
Notes
Makes 8 pieces of cake
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More Ways to Use Protein Powder:
Protein Banana Bread Breakfast Bars
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Made these yesterday. didn’t have almond butter so used Nikki’s coconut butter, one of the chocolate ones. They are YUMMY!! Thank you!
I made these the other day and used homemade almond butter (so no fillers!), coconut flour as suggested instead of protein powder and I didn’t have any honey so I used Birch sourced Xylitol. They turned out wonderful, moist and delish but I have to say, the cinnamon taste was a bit overwhelming for me – and I love cinnamon! Not sure if it is a type-o at 1 TBSP but I am going to try 1 tsp next go around. Also, I simply shredded 2 full size carrots – more would add moisture to the texture for those wondering. Two was fine for my batch though!
Juli – I would love a carrot and zuchinni combination, so I was wondering if you could work your genius paleo brain to help alter this recipe to paleo standards… it used to be a fav of mine.
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=2136029
Thanks for rocking out so many awesome paleo recipes, keep ’em coming!
It looked and sounded great but a TABLESPOON of cinnamon is WAY too much. I found it overpowering and gritty. I like the idea, but I’ll have to adjust some things if I ever make it again.
This was the first recipe of yours that I tried. There are a lot of others that I look forward to testing.
Thanks for sharing!!
About to make these! I want to use my Cellucor cinnamon swirl protein powder as well as coconut flour, so do you think it would work to use 1/2 scoop protein powder and 1 tablespoon coconut flour?
I think so!
I just made this, tastes great!
These are Awesome!!… such a good, healthy snack 🙂
I love this recipe! I make it once a week for a quick snack or dessert. I’m not a whey fan, so I always go the coconut flour route. I also add chopped pecans and top the bars with a raw vegan coconut butter frosting. Amazingly delicious!
This is kind of a silly question but what do you use to mix your recipes? By hand? Hand mixer? Stand alone mixer?
Thanks
I mixed by hand but you can use whatever is easiest for you!!
Can I get a hell yes for this recipe? I’m going to Coachella this weekend and wanted a good way to start my mornings before destroying my body. This is delicious!!! Thanks Juli! Also making your jambalaya tonight. Cute puppy btw!!