Pumpkin Gingerbread Protein Cake

Here's a healthy spin on traditional gingerbread cake. You can enjoy the warm spices of the season without having to ruin your healthy eating plans. Bring this cake to your holiday party to surprise your friends and family. They will not believe that something this tasty contains no flour, sugar, questionable ingredients, and is only around 50 calories a serving!

Recipe

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Put all the ingredients (except the pumpkin seeds and chocolate chips) into a high speed blender and mix until smooth. Pour into a pan that is lightly greased with coconut oil. Sprinkle chocolate chips and/or pumpkin seeds on top if you wish.

Place in a large rectangular pan that is lightly greased with coconut oil. Bake for about 25 minutes. Bake longer if you want a firmer cake, and shorter for an even creamier, softer cake. For a softer cake, take it out of the oven when only the edges of the cake are starting to firm and crack, and the middle is still pudding-like.

Store in the fridge. Enjoy this cake cold, room temperature, or heated up.

Ingredients

2 sweet apples, chopped

1 cup of oats

3 scoops of vanilla whey protein powder or cinnamon swirl whey protein powder

1 1/2 cup pumpkin puree

1 cup of plain Greek yogurt

1 egg

1 tbsp coconut oil

1-2 tsp powdered stevia or 20-30 liquid stevia drops

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking soda

5 twists sea salt

1/2 tbsp - 1 tbsp fresh grated ginger

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

chocolate chips (optional)

roasted pumpkin seeds (optional)

Nutrition Information

Whole Recipe

Here's the nutrition information for the whole recipe, not including pumpkin seeds or chocolate chips:

Calories: 1275.5



Fat: 22.9g

Carbohydrates: 121.5g

Protein: 144.3g

24 Servings

Here's the nutrition information when divided into 24 servings, not including pumpkin seeds or chocolate chips:

Calories: 53

Fat: 0.95g

Carbohydrates: 5.1g

Protein: 6g

12 Servings

Here's the nutrition information when divided into 12 servings, not including pumpkin seeds or chocolate chips: