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Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup

Perfect Fluffy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup Recipe (Gluten Free & Vegan Options!)We’re serving up ultra fluffy Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup just in time for Easter brunch! 

Fluffy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup Recipe (Gluten Free & Vegan Options!)
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Raise your hand if you are a carrot cake lover!

ME!!!!

Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup Recipe (Gluten Free & Vegan Options!)

If you do not enjoy a moist chunky slice of carrot cake, I firmly believe you haven’t had good carrot cake… Ahem, maybe you should try my recipe.

Yet if you are craving carrot cake, and consider it an integral part of spring, today’s recipe is just for you. Carrot cake haters, beware, this “quickie” carrot cake recipe might just convert you.

Making Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup Recipe (Gluten Free & Vegan Options!)

Lt. Dan and I love to go on breakfast dates. Once the kids are safely dropped off at school, we head to a favorite breakfast spot and catch up on life over pancakes and mimosas.

Usually we order one savory dish and one sweet breakfast item, sharing both, so we don’t overdose on sugar. Dan considers himself a french toast and pancakes connoisseur, so he selects the sweet breakfast.

How to Make Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup Recipe (Gluten Free & Vegan Options!)

I love all the fun and unique pancake variations our local diners provide. Have you noticed this trend where you live?

Purple sweet potato pancakes, espresso pancakes, fresh peach pancakes, zucchini pancakes, whiskey pancakes, and more. It seems like every time we stop for breakfast there is a new variety to enjoy.

However easy carrot cake pancakes, have to be my personal favorite. So much so, that after tasting them at the local restaurant, I recreated their recipe at home, with a few tweaks.

Best Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup Recipe (Gluten Free & Vegan Options!)

Why You Should Make Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes

These glorious fluffy Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup are moist and decadent with lots of chunky goodness.

Making the batter with fresh shredded carrots, crushed pineapple, and coconut provides the texture and contrast found in a quality carrot cake. Then pour a sweet creamy syrup over the top to emulate cream cheese frosting!

Perfect Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup Recipe (Gluten Free & Vegan Options!)

Our Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup can be cooked in a hurry. In fact, you make the special syrup with only two ingredients, cream cheese and pure maple syrup, pureed in the blender.

However, these carrot pancakes are not just quick to prepare, they can also be adjusted to make healthy vegan carrot cake pancakes, and gluten free carrot pancakes as well!

Fluffy Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup Recipe (Gluten Free & Vegan Options!)
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Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes
Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup - This fluffy and tender carrot pancake recipe is a marvelous Easter breakfast, with healthy adaptations for gluten-free and vegan diets!
Servings: 14 pancakes

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat a griddle (or a large non-stick skillet) to medium heat. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir well.
  • Add the crushed pineapple and juices, shredded carrots, shredded coconut, butter, and egg. Mix well until smooth and thick.
  • Let the batter rest while you make the cream cheese maple syrup. Place the cream cheese and maple syrup in the blender. Puree until smooth.
  • Butter (or oil) the griddle. Use a 1/4-cup scoop to portion the batter onto the griddle, leaving plenty of space between each portion. Use the bottom of the scoop to spread the batter into 4-inch circles. Cook for 2-3 minutes, until bubbles start to form on the top. Then flip the pancakes and cook another 2-3 minutes, until fluffy in the center.
  • Re-butter the griddle and repeat with remaining batter. Once all the pancakes are cooked, stack them on plates and drizzle with cream cheese maple syrup.

Nutrition

Serving: 2pancakes, Calories: 195kcal, Carbohydrates: 31g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 26mg, Sodium: 517mg, Potassium: 186mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 18g, Vitamin A: 3255IU, Vitamin C: 4mg, Calcium: 52mg, Iron: 1mg
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Author: Sommer Collier

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25 comments on “Easy Carrot Cake Pancakes with Cream Cheese Maple Syrup”

  1. Would almond flour work in place of the all purpose?

  2. I am always up for trying a good pancake recipe and this one sounds like it will be a keeper among my favorites. Thank you!

  3. Wow! I made this sauce with French toast tonight and it was fantastic! I’m making the pancakes this weekend for sure.

  4. Can I substitute for Whole wheat flour? Thank you

    • Hi Becky,

      You sure can, yet the pancakes will feel much heavier. For the sake of the texture, it would be best to go with 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour.

  5. Such a delicious twist on pancakes! Definitely making these again!

  6. These are so perfect for Easter brunch! The whole family loves them!

  7. I love this! Taking pancakes to a whole new level! And that syrup! Yum! 

  8. These are the perfect Easter breakfast!

  9. This is such a faaantastic idea!! I LOVE this!!

  10. any way to leave out the pinapple? Thanks!

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  12. These would be so perfect for Easter morning! Love surprising the family with new flavors. 

  13. These are on our Easter brunch menu! YUM!

  14. These are seriously so best. They turned out perfect!

  15. Mmm, these are amazing! Love the cream cheese “syrup”.

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  17. Can this be made without the coconut?

    Thanks!

  18. These were delicious! My husband and youngest son both commented on the syrup and said it was the best they had ever tasted. High praise from two picky eaters. :)
    I only made one altertation to the recipe in that I reduced the salt to 1/2 teaspoon. I will do the same when I make these again. Thank you Sommer.

  19. Ok so Cream Cheese Maple Syrup is absolute GENIUS.