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).
