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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This looks great!! I can’t wait to try it out! Thanks for the share!!
I made this today, and it was FABULOUS! It reminds me of a scone, and I totally enjoyed it with some tea! My mother and daughter enjoyed it, too! It tastes like Christmas and fills the house with fabulous aromas of spice! I’ve been on Paleo for about 8 weeks, and I’m so happy I found your site! Thank you so much for the bounty of recipes, all of which I will try, will rate, and share with my friends and family and on my Pinterest.
BTW: all the cake is gone. I will double the recipe the next time so I can have some the next morning for breakfast!
I was wondering if this would be something I could make, slice and freeze to eliminate over eating. Plus I love the idea of my kids eating something like this with breakfast in the morning.
absolutely!
Made these again. This time I used grated sweet potatoes. I also added some chia seeds. Pretty yum! Though green again due to the hemp protein powder. LOL
have these bad boys in the oven……a few adjustments will post an update if it works!
I made this yesterday and used a cheese grater to shred the carrots – I thought they were “finely” shredded but there are like slivers of carrots in the cake .. Is that how it’s supposed to be? Or it’s supposed to be more fine? Thanks!
yes, that’s just fine!
OMG indeed!! I just recently found your website and this is the first recipe I try…except I used cashew butter and a mix of carrots and beets. Holy crap those are good!! Thanx so much for your recipes! 🙂
This is amazing! I’ve made it twice since reading the recipe! Thanks for sharing.
I have one question…
I tried this one other way and need a suggestion. I have a coconut protein powder so I thought I would use unsweetened coconut flakes and dark chocolate chips sweetened with stevia…delish. I found that it was a little too dry. Everything else was exactly the same minus the carrots. Is there anything that I can use to make it more moist? Maybe unsweetened applesauce or something? The way I made them turned out more like a scone..and I will still eat it, but just curious.
Thanks again!
these areso good i want to make them again….wonder if I could use gelatin instead of protein powder? I’m all out of coconut flour 🙁
i’ve never actually used gelatin
Made this today for the first time – omg it’s divine!
I used coconut flour, and subbed crunchy peanut butter for almond butter (it’s not easy to find locally) – I also couldn’t get hold of any organic raw honey, so I substituted maple syrup. The crunchy peanut butter actually made it even more like regular carrot cake as over here in the UK, it tends to have chopped walnuts in it. Lovely!
Thanks for yet another great recipe, this has been shared in my cooking group on Facebook, where a few of us are trying out Paleo (and loving it!).
Gill xx