If this recipe for carrot cake pancakes with a cream cheese drizzle from A Pretty Life in the Suburbs isn’t reason enough to have breakfast for dinner then we don’t know what is.
Seriously.
Carrot. Cake. Pancakes.
The mere fact that carrots are a main ingredient in this breakfast from heaven makes the carrot cake pancakes healthier than the average gussied up pancake. The addition of vitamin rich raisins and walnuts in the batter makes it even better. And Jo-Anna added the nutritious chia seed into the mix too. Just use your portion control skills for the cream cheese drizzle and you are golden!
Get your spice cabinet ready for these flapjacks. Here is what you need:
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp grated fresh ginger
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups finely grated carrots
- ¼ cup raisins (optional)
- 1 tbsp chia seeds (optional)
- chopped nuts (optional)
For the rest of the pancake recipe and the cream cheese topping head on over to A Pretty Life.
Will you be making this recipe? What is your favorite fancy pancake recipe?
Recipe and photo via A Pretty Life
photo credit: patrickkeane via photopin cc
Oooooh, I made a carrot cake pancake recipe from Joy the Baker’s cookbook once and they are tasty!
I don’t know that I have a favorite recipe-sometimes l want plain, sometimes oatmeal, sometimes pumpkin…all served with cold maple syrup and butter.
Anti-maple syrup here, but definitely like to switch up the pancake recipes.
Is it sad that I have never had carrot cake before in my life? Actually last night I thought about it, and I have never had cheesecake or key lime pie or boston cream pie or anything like that before in my life either.
Wow! Maybe these pancakes will be your first introduction to the flavors of a carrot cake.
Yum! Sounds so good!!!!
Hope you get a chance to make it!