This oatmeal carrot cake is perfectly wholesome, delicious, and nutritious! Made with wholesome ingredients such as oats, carrots, walnuts, greek yogurt, and spices. Make this for a special occasion or simply for breakfast.
Oatmeal Carrot Cake for Breakfast OR Dessert
Carrot cake is one of my favorite springtime desserts. It reminds me of easter, springtime celebrations and fun. I’m excited to announce that I have created a healthy version of carrot cake that you can have for BREAKFAST. Yes — you heard that right!
This oatmeal carrot cake is a delicious and nutritious breakfast that you can prep ahead of time to have 3-5 days a week. This breakfast oat recipe is a complete and balanced breakfast made up of fiber, protein, healthy fat and veggies. This recipe is so delicious that you can even serve it as dessert and you family won’t have a clue how healthy it is!
Tips & Substitutes:
Oats
I highly recommend using rolled oats for this recipe to get the best results. Quick oats create a mushy result.
I have been using Bakery on Main for a long time now and they have the best oats and oat-products that are high quality and gluten-free certified. Click here to check them out!
If you want to get a more “bread-like” product.. blend your oats! Before adding to the mix, blend your rolled oats in a blender to create oat flour. You can also choose to blend half to still enjoy the texture of the rolled oats.
Here is an example of how the whole rolled oats turn out:
Here is an example of how the blended rolled oats turn out:
As you can see, the blended rolled oats turn out more cake-like or bread-like.
Sweetener
I love using maple syrup for this recipe but you can also use agave syrup, brown sugar or date syrup. You can also add some dried fruit in for extra sweetness!
Add-ins + other tips!
Raisins are a great addition to this recipe! They add a nice texture and extra sweetness.
If you’re allergic to nuts, feel free to sub with pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds. I personally love adding sunflower seeds to this recipe!
Make it a yummy dessert by adding cream cheese frosting in-between a few slices of baked oats and then topping it off with a bit of vanilla ice cream, coconut whipped cream and dash of cinnamon like the photo above!
More Healthy Vegan Desserts:
Vegan Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oatmeal Carrot Cake
- Total Time: 1 hour
Description
This oatmeal carrot cake is perfectly wholesome, delicious, and nutritious! Made with wholesome ingredients such as oats, carrots, walnuts, greek yogurt, and spices. Make this for a special occasion or simply for breakfast.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/2 cups Bakery on Main rolled oats
- 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 cup walnuts or walnuts, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 2 tablespoons vegan butter
- 1 1/2 cup non-dairy milk
- 1 1/2 cup carrot grated
Glazed cream cheese:
- 8 oz vegan cream cheese
- 1/2 cup vegan Greek yogurt*
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease an 8×8 baking dish with 1 tablespoon vegan butter.
- Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter and add to a large mixing bowl along with the non-dairy milk, maple syrup, ground flaxseed and let it sit for a few minutes.
- Meanwhile, grate the carrots.
- Add oatmeal, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, walnuts, grated carrots, and salt to the wet ingredients and combine well.
- Pour into a baking dish and bake for 40 minutes until golden, crisp on the edges and soft on the inside.
- Serve hot and top with cream cheese frosting if desired.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 40
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6-8 servings
