Healthy Oatmeal Carrot Cake Bread
If you’re ever in the mood for carrot cake but not in the mood for the all the extra sugar, you need to try this recipe. We also subbed in half the cream cheese for yogurt to keep it healthier!
I love adding bananas to any recipe for the added flavor and sweetness. The recipe calls for 1/4 cup maple syrup which does not produce a sweet bread. Add in more maple syrup for a sweeter outcome. You can also use honey or agave in place of the maple syrup.
If you like this recipe you will love my 5 Ingredient Oatmeal Banana Bread which is the base of which I was inspired to create this bread. I also have a more traditional Carrot Cake Loaf on the site too which is absolutely delicious as well!
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Healthy Oatmeal Carrot Cake Loaf
Equipment
Ingredients
Carrot Cake Bread:
- 3 bananas
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 medium carrot, finely shredded
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Frosting:
- 4 oz cream cheese, room temp.
- 2 tbs vanilla yogurt
- 1 tbs powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350℉. Line an 8×4 inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
- To a blender or food processor, add the ingredients of the bread – EXCEPT the shredded carrot and walnuts. Pulse this until mostly smooth. Then stir in the carrot and walnuts with a spatula. Pour this mixture into your pan and bake for 35-40 minutes. Or until toothpick comes out clean. Let the bread set in the pan for 20 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely for the frosting.
Frosting:
- Add all frosting ingredients to a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Spread the mixture on top of the cool loaf atop with some crushed walnuts.
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The bread is great and I added raisins because it’s my husbands preference. I am trying to make more healthy options since he buys garbage muffins from the store. I had trouble with the frosting. I could not get the cream cheese to blend. It was lumpy. It was at room temp for over 4 hrs. I added more powders sugar and some milk and I beat it with hand mixer. Oh well the flavors are all good! Thanks!
HI Lisa, that’s strange at 4 hours cream cheese should be soft. I’m not sure what happened there. Glad you enjoyed the recipe otherwise! Cheers!
Most of your receipes are amazing and genius but this one was tastless, maybe I didn t add enough sweetener and the glazing was too runny
Hi AMina, so sorry this recipe didn’t work for you..
Made it this morning and it turned out very good! Didn’t have walnuts so used pecans and ground up regular sugar in my mortar and pestle to make the powdered sugar as I was out. Haven’t made any of your recipes that I didn’t love. This was delicious! Thank you so much!
I have made this twice in the last week! My teen requested it again today! It is so easy and so good.
Hi Valerie, glad your family enjoyed it and thanks for the kind review!
Could you substitute something else for the powdered sugar?
Hi! Sure maple syrup!
Can I use Oat Flour, instead of blending the Oats?
Hi Robin, yes but less than two cups – more like 1.5 cups oat flour
Hi, have you ever added raisins to this carrot cake and if so, what quantity? Thanks
Hi Nathalie, great idea – i would add 1/4 heaping cup
Not a fan of the texture, it came out very gritty. Taste was ok but a little bland. I may try again but blend the oats first to make them finer, and also add a little more sweetener.
Hi Mandy so sorry the recipe didn’t work for you and please keep in mind that this is a healthier for you oatmeal base recipe and will not taste like traditional carrot cake. Mine also has less sweetener than a traditional recipe for the same reason… hope this helps!
Use oat flour
delicious!
Hi Ermonela, thank so much – glad you liked it!
Delicious!
HI Jan, I agree yes!
Delicious! We really enjoyed this and will be making it again for sure. I added a little maple syrup to the frosting but that’s just a personal preference.
Hi Sherri, glad you liked it! Thanks for sharing your feedback!
Very good my children love it.
Thank you
Hi Tatiana, thanks for trying it and I’m so glad the kids enjoyed too!
Hi Stella!
Would love to try this receipt but I have an egg allergy. What can I sub the eggs with?
Hi Lily! I believe flax eggs should work here but I cant say for sure since i haven’t tried it myself..
Also possibly apple sauce. Let me know if you try it please!
It’s soooo good! Made this for my toddler and was skeptical about how it would taste, but it was so yummy (even without the icing)!
I don’t have a big blender, so only blended the oats to make oat flour, then just did everything else by hand. I also added honey instead of maple syrup and used a bit less so it wasn’t too sweet for my toddler.
I love that it’s dairy free too because we have allergies.
If I sub pumpkin or sweet potato for the 3 bananas, what measurement do you recommend? About one cup?
Hi Maggie, about 1 cup yes…
Is the nutritional information for one piece or the whole loaf?
Ooooo good call!! I don’t always have bananas and I forgot about squash or pumpkin for a sub. 😀
can I use frozen bananas?
Hi Marlene, should work but I’m just concerned with the extra moisture they might contain. But should work…
This looks incredible, especially for the pre-diabetic people in my family! Question: can I simply mix all of the ingredients by hand without processing or blending and of them?
Hi AC, glad you like the recipe! You could try hand mixing and baking but maybe add in some sort of flour to help everything bind. Should work without it but I can’t say for sure since I’ve only tried it this way. Enjoy!