Healthy Carrot Cake

Healthy Carrot Cake

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Ingredients  

  • 1 ripe banana (100–110g)
  • 50g carrot (finely grated for smooth OR coarsely grated for chunky)
  • 1 egg
  • 30g Coco Earth Oat Flour or finely blended
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • Optional: chopped pecans or walnuts

       Topping (optional)

  • 1/3 cup vanilla protein yoghurt or Greek yoghurt
  • 10g vanilla vegan protein powder (optional)

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Smooth version: Blend banana, finely grated carrot, egg, oat flour, and cinnamon until smooth. Fold through baking powder.
  3. Chunky version: Mash banana with a fork, then add coarsely grated carrot and egg. Add oat flour, baking powder, and cinnamon, and mix until combined.
  4. Pour into a lined ramekin or baking dish.
  5. Top with nuts if using. Bake for ~20 minutes, until just set. Cool.
  6. Mix yoghurt and protein powder, then spread on top.

Special Thanks to Jade(Insta Handle:jroguljnutrition) for inspiring this post with their amazing content.

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