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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Does it have to be that specific vanilla protein? I already have another brand of vanilla protein in me kitchen.
nope, you can use whatever kind you’d like!
I only have baby carrots at the moment… can you tell me approximately how many cups of shredded carrots to include in the recipe? Thanks!!
about 1-1.5 cups
Will egg white protein do weird things to this?
no clue but i wouldn’t think so
Egg white protein worked great. I love the texture! I subbed a third cup of shredded coconut instead of the raisins….I have a thing against raisins. Thank you so much for this fantastic recipe.
Ohhhh sub coconut for the raisins! Good idea!
I didn’t realize whey pp was paleo. Will this work with egg white pp?
it’s not, but a lot of paleo people still use it if it doesn’t upset their stomach. egg white should work just fine
Can I substitute the coconut flour with almond flour?
yes but i would double it
I read this post a few minutes ago and then tried to do my homework but I can’t get my mind off of this carrot cake!!! Holy hell it sounds amazing. Too bad I haven’t had time to hit up the grocery store this week, but this will for sure happen next week.
Your trips/vacays always sound amazing…super jealous but you obviously work very hard so ENJOY your days off!! 🙂
Mmm looks delicious! I want to make these for a trip next week to have something healthy on hand…
Quick question…would it work to put carrots in a food processor so it’s not quite as chunky?
Thanks! 🙂
Sure I don’t know why not
I didn’t have vanilla and couldn’t decide between my chocolate or strawberry protein powder. So I made two! One batch of strawberry protein with dried cranberries (didn’t have raisins) and one batch of chocolate protein with dark chocolate chips. Both are great but I highly reccomend the strawberry! It’s amazing!!!
I *just* watched both Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club with my niece and nephew on Monday night. I was in high school when they came out, which makes me OLD! So old.
It was really fun to share them with my 14-year-old niece. She loves Jake Ryan, too.
I just made these with the coconut flour version and they’re AMAZING. I pretty much ate one right when it came out of the oven with a huge swig of almond milk…fab.