Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal

4.81 from 21 votes

My Carrot Cake Baked Oatmeal is a wholesome, batch prep breakfast made with whole grains, raisins, walnuts and warm spices. Topped with a high protein frosting, it's just like cake.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Total Time45

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Breakfast, meal prep, Oats

Servings:

Ingredients

1 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 eggs
2.5 tablespoon honey
1 cup milk
1.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups oats quick, minute or rolled will all work
½ cup unflavoured collagen powder see notes below for swaps
2 teaspoon baking powder
2.5 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
1.5 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
⅛ teaspoon all spice (optional)
¾ cup shredded carrots about 1 large carrot

Optional:

½ cup raisins
½ cup walnuts chopped
½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut

Yogurt frosting:

½ cup plain Greek yogurt
3 tablespoon cream cheese softened
2 tablespoon honey
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a 8.5x8.5" square baking dish.
To your dish, whisk together applesauce and eggs. Add honey, milk and vanilla extract and whisk until smooth.
Add Oats, collagen, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and ground ginger. Mix well.
Fold in shredded carrots and raisins, walnuts and shredded coconut (if using). Bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until the top begins to turn golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the oats comes out clean.
To make the yogurt topping, in a small bowl whisk together yogurt, cream cheese, honey and vanilla extract.
Once baked oats are cool, top with yogurt frosting and slice into 6 equal sized pieces.

Notes

If you would like to substitute the collagen powder you may utilize ½ cup of vanilla protein powder or ½ cup of oat flour!

*I have included the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget both your body and soul need nourishment!

Nutrition

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