Carrot Cake Pancakes are a crazy good breakfast that tastes like dessert! These spiced pancakes topped with a cream cheese spread are the best!

My husband has this thing with homemade carrot cake. It’s probably his favorite dessert ever, right next to Samoas cookies. While he’s generally a traditionalist about his carrot cake, I’ve whipped up a few recipes with the same flavors and he’s gotten on board every time. These carrot cake pancakes are a fun way to bring dessert flavors to breakfast, and the kids love them too.

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These pancakes are super easy to make. I buy the bags of pre-shredded carrots from the store, but you can grate and squeeze dry whole carrots instead if you prefer. Sometimes convenience products are nice though. If you love nuts, put them in the batter too, but if you only want a little crunch and pecan flavor you can just sprinkle them on top. I’ve also made these pancakes with a few different cream cheese spreads. One has maple syrup for a more traditional pancakes flavor. The other is a sweet, super cream cheese-y spread that’s more reminiscent of carrot cake. Either way, you can’t go wrong. These pancakes are perfect for Easter morning!

This month for feast & devour we’re cooking with carrots! From sweet to savory there are recipes for every-bunny. Ha! See what I did there. #nerd You can grab the full, printable recipes by clicking the links below.

Homemade Carrot Cake from Bread Booze Bacon
Carrot Cake Pancakes from Bread Booze Bacon
Blue Ribbon Carrot Sheet Cake from I Heart Eating
Paleo Maple Carrot Cupcakes from Cooking with Curls
Carrot Orzo from Home.Made.Interest.
Carrot Orange Punch from Sugar & Soul
Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies from Celebrating Sweets
Maple Butter Carrots from The Two Bite Club
Mini Carrot Cake Loaves from It Bakes Me Happy

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Julie Kotzbach

Carrot Cake Pancakes

5 from 2 votes

Carrot Cake Pancakes are a crazy good breakfast that tastes like dessert! These spiced pancakes topped with a cream cheese spread are the best!

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 5

Total Time 15

Servings: 12 pancakes

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Calories:

Ingredients Instructions Nutrition Notes

Ingredients

Pancakes:

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups milk
2 eggs
3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups pre-shredded carrots
¼ cup chopped pecans

Cream Cheese Spread:

4 ounces whipped cream cheese
¼ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Toppings:

Chopped pecan if desired

Instructions

Pancakes:

In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt.
In another medium mixing bowl, whisk together the milk eggs, melted butter, and vanilla.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth.
Add the carrots and chopped pecans to the pancake batter and stir to combine.
Heat a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Portion 1/4 cup of the batter into the skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes per side, or until golden brown and cooked through. Repeat with remaining batter.
Cream Cheese Spread:
In a medium mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese, butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, and milk until smooth.
Spread a little of the cream cheese mixture over each pancake as you stack them up.
Sprinkle the top of each pancake stack with a few more chopped pecans. Serve immediately.

Notes

You can also make a maple cream cheese spread with 8 ounces softened cream cheese, 1/4 cup unsalted butter at room temp, and 1/2 cup maple syrup. Beat together until smooth and spread on the pancakes.