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Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)

January 23, 2017 By Hana 15 Comments

Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)

I always feel like some comfort baking when it’s cold, with the oven on I get this lovely cozy feeling, homely and warm. One of those things that fills me within and I know they’re plenty of you who feel the same.

Last week I’ve baked these Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins, nothing too fancy, just perfect for breakfast or a quick snack.

Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)

These muffins are quite high in protein, I’ve used sunflower seeds ground into flour mixed with ground almonds, buckwheat flour and coconut for the gluten-free mix. They have lovely carrot cake flavour coming from carrot, orange zest and warming spices of cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and cloves. They are very lightly sweetened with maple syrup and have very wholesome taste.

A little warning, the ground sunflower seeds might turn the muffins green the next day, it’s perfectly ok, it’s caused by the reaction of the sunflower seeds with the soda in the recipe. It won’t affect the flavour in any way. Enjoy:)

Much Love Hxx

Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)

Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)
 
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Author: Hana, Nirvana Cakery
Serves: 12 muffins
Ingredients
  • 200g carrots, grated (1½ cup)
  • ½ orange, zest
  • 95g buckwheat flour (3/4 cup)
  • 50g ground almonds (1/2 cup)
  • 60g sunflower seeds, ground into flour (1/2 cup)
  • 50g desiccated coconut (1/2 cup)
  • 1tsp baking powder
  • 1tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 2tsp cinnamon
  • ½tsp cardamom
  • ½tsp ground ginger
  • ¼tsp ground cloves
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 2tbsp ground flaxseed + 6tbsp water
  • 80ml olive oil (1/3 cup)
  • 60ml maple syrup (1/4 cup)
  • 60ml almond milk (1/4 cup)
  • 60ml orange juice (1/4 cup)
  • 2tsp apple cider vinegar

  • Topping:
  • chopped walnuts
  • sunflower seeds
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350F)
  2. Prepare 12 hole cupcake size tin with cases. I use 5" square cut out from baking paper.
  3. Peel and roughly grate carrots, stir in orange zest and set aside.
  4. Mix 2tbsp of ground flaxseed with 6tbsp of water and set aside to thicken.
  5. Use a food processor or high speed blender to ground sunflower seeds into flour consistency.
  6. In a large bowl whisk together buckwheat flour, ground almonds, ground sunflower seeds, desiccated coconut, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, cloves and salt. Set aside.
  7. In a small bowl whisk together olive oil, maple syrup, almond milk, orange juice, apple cider vinegar and flax eggs. Set aside.
  8. Stir the carrot mix to the dry mix and now add the wet mix and mix until combined. You should have muffin consistency batter.
  9. Evenly divide the mixture into prepared cases and sprinkle with chopped walnuts and sunflower seeds.
  10. Bake for about 35min or until a cocktail stick comes out clean and it's toasted on top.
  11. Remove from the oven once ready and leave to cool down for 10 min before carefully moving onto a wire rack.
  12. Enjoy!
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Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)Carrot Cake Breakfast Muffins (gluten-free & vegan)

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Comments

  1. Sarah | Well and Full says

    January 23, 2017 at 5:33 pm

    I love baking when it’s cold too!! It’s so cozy and comforting :)

    Reply
    • Hana says

      January 23, 2017 at 6:53 pm

      So it is! Makes the house feel all warm and cozy right away :)

      Reply
  2. Michelle @ The Last Food Blog says

    January 25, 2017 at 10:54 am

    I just want to eat when it’s really cold :-) These sound lovely Hana, I’d be happy with a breakfast like this x

    Reply
    • Hana says

      January 26, 2017 at 9:43 am

      Thank you Michelle! That me too! :) xx

      Reply
  3. Ellen says

    January 27, 2017 at 8:00 pm

    Is it possible to bake these without the maple syrup ?

    Reply
    • Hana says

      January 27, 2017 at 11:34 pm

      Hi Ellen, it should be fine, but you will have to increase the wet ingredients to get the right consistency.

      Reply
  4. Bethany @ athletic avocado says

    January 29, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    Baking is by far my favorite hobby when its cold out too! These muffins look amazing and would definitely get me out of bed sooner! Love that they are high in protein without the use of powder!

    Reply
    • Hana says

      February 1, 2017 at 11:08 am

      Thank you so much Bethany for your lovely comment! Baking is a meditation for me, unless it’s not working, then it’s a good challenge :)

      Reply
  5. Sasha @ Eat Love Eat says

    January 30, 2017 at 9:55 am

    Yum! I love that you’ve used ground up sunflower seeds – that’s so cool! These sound some wholesome and filling too :) xx

    Reply
    • Hana says

      February 1, 2017 at 11:11 am

      Thank you so much Sasha! You can ground the sunflower seeds really fine and easily substitute some of the flour in recipes. xx

      Reply
  6. Ashley @ The Naked Food Life says

    April 30, 2017 at 8:02 pm

    So wholesome and delicious. It’s cold and rainy here today, and I could definitely go for one of these with a steamy cup of tea!

    Reply
    • Hana says

      May 12, 2017 at 9:11 pm

      Thank you so much Ashley! It’s been the same over here, I’m only craving comfort food so far this Spring :)

      Reply
  7. Monisha says

    July 20, 2017 at 6:40 am

    Hi, this recipe sounds delicious! Can I use the same amount of batter and make it into a bread loaf instead.. .?

    Reply
    • Hana says

      July 21, 2017 at 7:52 pm

      Thank you Monisha! Yes, you definitely can, but it will need longer time in the oven.

      Reply
      • Monisha says

        July 24, 2017 at 5:44 am

        Ok , thanks will try it out:)

        Reply

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