Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins, Paleo, GF
Nothing beats a good cup of coffee with a fresh baked muffin for breakfast. Well, nothing except for Paleo muffins because who wouldn’t prefer putting all-natural non-processed ingredients in their body?
We've been on a mission to develop as many “non-processed only” baked goods recipes as possible lately. Which is how these Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins came about. Moist, sweet, and full of warm spices, these muffins are a pleasantly satisfying addition to any morning… or anytime for that matter. Try our gluten-free coffee cake muffins for another breakfast option.
As per usual, we had some friends try these muffins out before posting the recipe to make sure that they were as good as we hoped… and they really loved them!
When it comes to Paleo recipes, we want to make sure that what we are making isn’t just “good for Paleo”, but that it’s a genuinely good recipe that anyone would enjoy.
One of our friends recently asked us when we would be posting this recipe so that she could make them for breakfast, so here they are! 🙂
We just can’t get over how refreshing, light, and satisfying these are!
Sometimes carrot cake can be overly sweet, but these Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins are just right. Like little bites of airy cinnamon cake with carrots wonderfully immersed throughout.
Cinnamon + baked goods are truly a match made in heaven.
We bet raisins would be satisfying in these muffins. Yum!! And maybe walnuts too? We may not have mentioned this before, but we are allergic to all nuts except for almonds.
So, we don’t really know what walnuts taste like, but since they are in many carrot cake recipes, we assume they must compliment the flavor nicely.
We like having lots of satisfying breakfast options. We've already made our Honey Banana Cake like six times and we are happy to have another great breakfast option now. 🙂
It really does make a difference to have lighter non-processed baked goods for breakfast. Whether you are sitting down and enjoying the quietness of the day or are on the go, these Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins are a satisfying breakfast treat.
They also are just right as snacks or dessert.
Let us know if there are any muffins, cakes or scone flavors that you want to see!
Prep 10 minutesCook 30 minutesTotal 40 minutesMakes 12
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup coconut flour, (we like Nutiva Organic Coconut Flour)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 2 Tbs coconut oil, (melted)
- 1 mashed banana
- 1 1/2 cups shredded carrots, ( this was about 5 large carrots grated for us)
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 12 cupcake pan with muffin tins.
- Grate 5 large carrots. This should equal 1 1/2 cup of packed shredded carrots. Put this amount in a small bowl and set it aside.
- In bowl 1, mix the almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, cloves, and nutmeg with a fork. Set the bowl aside.
- In bowl 2, mix the eggs, honey, vanilla, and coconut milk with an electric mixer until well mixed. Add the melted coconut oil to the bowl and mix with the electric mixer until well blended. Add the mashed banana to the bowl and mix with the electric mixer until well blended.
- Put bowl 1 into bowl 2 and mix with an electric mixer.
- Fold in the shredded carrots.
- Bake for 30 minutes- switching the direction of the tray half way through.
