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This carrot cake paleo breakfast bake is like eating carrot cake for breakfast! With pineapple, golden raisins, coconut, cinnamon, walnuts, and a paleo cream cheese glaze, this paleo breakfast bake is easy but delicious. Destined to become a regular on your paleo breakfast bake roster! This cast-iron skillet makes it so easy.
This is one of those recipes that, from the moment I take the first bite, I just cannot wait to share with you.
Sure – days will pass as other recipes on the editorial calendar go live. Sometimes they’re dishes like my Whole30 breakfast sandwiches (Whole30 McGriddles!), and I forget all about my carrot cake paleo breakfast bake! I’m absorbed in the buttery sweet potato rounds, the savory breakfast sausage patties, the quick chipotle aioli, and…
Wait, what were we talking about again?
Oh, oh yes. I’ll forget about my carrot cake paleo breakfast bake (even with the cream cheese glaze!), until I scan my Instagram feed and see my teaser photo, watch its day crawl up on the editorial calendar, or find a carrot cake on a menu when we’re out celebrating a win or anniversary or birthday or whatever. And then I remember:
The juicy pineapple and the sweet raisins, the crunchy yet creamy walnuts, the heady, warming cinnamon, and the freaking inclusion of carrots at the breakfast table. The slightly tart, lightly sweet, and perfectly creamy “cream cheese” glaze. Oh, oh, oh. I cannot wait to share this with them.
I was inspired during Easter, when the Internet was positively coated in carrot cake cookies and carrot cake cupcakes and carrot cake muffins; it seemed like anything that could be carrot caked was! But for a paleo breakfast? It’s worth waiting for this carrot cake paleo breakfast bake until it’s unfashionably late.
Trust me.
This paleo breakfast bake has all of our favorite carrot cake elements: pineapple, golden raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, carrots, and cream cheese. It’s moist and tender and doesn’t take like you’re eating veggies for breakfast! The cinnamon warms things up, with the cream cheese glaze to cool it back down. It’s a delicious balance, and I hope you love it as much as we do.
The carrot cake paleo breakfast bake comes together pretty easily and is amazing as leftovers. It’s a fab recipe to make on the weekend as part of your meal prep and eat all week! Both the bake and the cream cheese glaze taste great, even after days. And you know what? Forget Easter; it’d be perfect for Mother’s Day brunch.
Slash Tuesday morning breakfast at work.
Slash dinner on Thursday in front of the TV (no judgment here, sister).
Carrot Cake Paleo Breakfast Bake
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 2 cups shredded carrots
- ¾ cup golden raisins
- ½ cup walnuts
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple , in juice (no sugar added)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup , optional (I prefer it without, but the syrup adds a nice sweetness)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 eggs
- ½ cup coconut cream
- dash salt
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 1 cup coconut cream
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup coconut milk yogurt , plain
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil , melted and cooled
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º F. In a large cast-iron skillet over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon coconut oil. Add carrots and sauté until beginning to soften, about 2-3 minutes. Add raisins and cook until carrots are soft and raisins are softening, another 2-3 minutes. Add in walnuts, cinnamon, coconut, and pineapple. Stir to combine and remove from heat. pour eggs + cream over. 375 for 20 m and then broil.
- In a medium bowl, combine 1 tablespoon maple syrup (if using), 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, eggs, 1/2 cup coconut cream, and pinch of salt. Whisk until smooth. Pour over carrot-raisin mixture and smooth with a spatula. Bake at 375º F for 20 minutes or until a knife, inserted in the center, comes out clean. If desired, broil for a couple minutes to brown the top, but watch very carefully! The top will burn easily. Let cool 5 minutes before serving.
Make the Cream Cheese Glaze
- While bake is in the oven, make your cream cheese glaze. Combine all cream cheese glaze ingredients and whisk until smooth. Taste, and add a bit more maple syrup, to suit how sweet you like it. Spoon over wedges over carrot cake bake, or drizzle from a pastry bag or plastic bag with corner cut out.
Approximate Information for One Serving
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This was really good! I used regular raisins since I already had them in the pantry and used a little maple syrup in the frosting but not in the cake. I also used plain Greek yogurt in the frosting since I’m not strictly dairy free, worked very well.
The only problem I had was my end product had a lot of baked egg sitting on top, and it to a good 10 minutes longer to cook due to that. It still tastes great, just looks a little off putting. I used large eggs, maybe that’s the difference? Next time I make it I may either reduce the eggs by 1 or try to gently stir the egg mixture into the base instead of pouring it on top. Any suggestions?
Ooh, yum! Your additions sound delish! Hmm, we haven’t encountered this issue with the eggs before. When smoothing the eggs on top, you could stir the mixture a bit more if there seems to be too much egg on top. You could definitely try one less egg, too! Be sure to let us know how it turns out!
Is there a dairy free substitution for the coconut milk yogurt in the glaze? I cannot find it in my area.
Hi Michelle! Almond milk yogurt should work fine! 😊