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This Carrot Cake Banana Bread Has a Clean Twist You’ll Crave.

This Carrot Cake Banana Bread Has a Clean Twist You’ll Crave.

It’s spiced, sweet, and secretly full of veggies. And yes, there’s frosting—clean frosting.

Apr 19, 2025
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🥕 This Banana Bread Has a Secret…

Most banana breads are sugar bombs in disguise. And don’t even get me started on store-bought carrot cakes—loaded with refined flour, inflammatory oils, gums, and mystery frosting ingredients.

But what if you could have the cozy flavors of both, without the crash, bloat, or label-reading anxiety?

Enter: Carrot Cake Banana Bread.

This one is gut-friendly, gluten-free, dairy-optional, and made with simple, real ingredients. It’s warm, spiced, subtly sweet, and perfect for spring brunches or meal-prepped snacks that feel like dessert.

Oh, and there’s frosting. Clean frosting. Because you deserve that.


🍞 Why This Version Is Healthier Than Traditional Carrot Cake Banana Bread

  1. No Refined Wheat or Gluten
    Traditional carrot cake or banana bread uses whole wheat or all-purpose flour, which can irritate the gut, spike blood sugar, and often contains glyphosate (a pesticide linked to inflammation).
    👉 Our recipe below uses almond flour, coconut flour, and tapioca, which are naturally gluten-free, grain-free, and easier to digest.

  2. No Pasteurized Cream Cheese or Dairy Bloat
    Philadelphia cream cheese contains pasteurized milk, stabilizers, and gums, which many people struggle to digest and you end up eating the cows GMO diet which changes gut microbiome leading to inflammation and risk of cancer.
    👉 Our recipe skips the dairy or uses clean frosting —free from grains, additives, nightshades, gluten, soy, tree and peanuts, eggs and dairy. IT’S REAL FROSTING

  3. Naturally Sweetened
    Most banana breads and carrot cakes use cups of cane sugar, spiking your blood sugar and energy. You get more hungry and more tired. It’s cyclical.
    👉 Ours is lightly sweetened with maple syrup and a ripe banana, offering minerals and a gentler glycemic impact.

  4. No Inflammatory Oils
    Conventional recipes use canola or vegetable oils, which are highly processed and inflammatory.
    👉 We use ghee, a clarified butter that’s rich in butyrate (great for gut health) and anti-inflammatory fats.

  5. Boosted with Veggies & Fiber
    Most store-bought breads barely contain any real veggies.
    👉 This recipe has 2 full cups of grated carrots, delivering beta-carotene, fiber, and real plant nutrition in every slice.

  6. No Artificial Ingredients
    Philadelphia cream cheese and boxed mixes contain preservatives, gums, and “natural flavors.”
    👉 This recipe is made with clean, real ingredients—everything you can pronounce and feel good about.

  7. More Satiety, Less Cravings
    Thanks to almond flour, eggs, and healthy fats, this recipe keeps you full and satisfied—not crashing or craving more sweets an hour later.


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🥕 Carrot Cake Banana Bread (Your Way)

Ingredients

  • 1 ripe banana, mashed (adds sweetness + binds without needing more syrup)

  • 1½ cups almond flour

  • ¼ cup coconut flour

  • ⅓ cup tapioca or arrowroot flour

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 1 tbsp coconut sugar

  • 2 tsp cinnamon

  • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

  • Pinch of nutmeg

  • ¼ tsp sea salt

  • 4 eggs, room temp

  • 4 tbsp ghee, softened

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