Carrot Cake Crumble Bread

This bakery-style carrot cake crumble bread is soft, perfectly spiced, and topped with the most delicious crumble and light cream cheese drizzle—perfect for spring weekends, coffee breaks, or a simple Easter-inspired treat.

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Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Serves: approximately 12

Serving Size: 1 slice

• Ingredients

  Bread Ingredients:

  • 1 ¾ cups finely grated carrots

  • 2 eggs

  • 2 tbsp melted butter

  • 2 tbsp avocado oil (or light olive oil)

  • ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce

  • ¼ cup non-fat plain Greek yogurt

  • 2 tbsp almond milk

  • 1–2 tbsp orange juice

  • 1½ tsp vanilla

  • ½ cup brown sugar

  • 1½ cups + 1 tbsp gluten-free 1:1 flour

  • 1½ tsp baking powder

  • ¼ tsp baking soda

  • ½ tsp salt

  • 2 tsp cinnamon

  • ¼ tsp nutmeg

  • ⅛ tsp ground ginger

  • ¼ tsp allspice

  Cinnamon Crumble Topping:

  • 3 tbsp brown sugar

  • 2 tbsp gluten-free flour

  • 1 tbsp melted butter

  • ¼ tsp cinnamon

  Light Cream Cheese Drizzle:

  • 2 oz cream cheese

  • 2 tbsp powdered sugar

  • 1–2 tbsp almond milk

  • ½ tsp vanilla

• Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a silicone 9×5 loaf pan.

  2. Wash, peel and shred the carrots. Use the fine shredding option with your food processor. Pat them dry. 

  3. Whisk together: carrots, eggs, butter, oil, applesauce, yogurt, milk, vanilla, orange juice and brown sugar.

  4. Stir in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice. Mix just until combined.

  5. Let the batter rest 15–20 minutes.

  6. While it’s resting, mix together the cinnamon crumble topping ingredients. Don’t overmix. You want it crumbly. 

  7. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and add cinnamon crumble topping.

  8. Bake for 40–45 minutes, until a toothpick or knife comes out clean.

  9. While it’s baking, combine the cream cheese drizzle ingredients. Mix well. 

  10. Cool for 15 minutes, then remove from pan.

  11. Once cooled, drizzle with the light cream cheese glaze.

• Macros per slice (12 slices, with crumble and glaze)

  Calories - 194

  Carbs - 30g

  Protein - 3g

  Fat - 8g

  Fiber - 2g

If you try this recipe, I’d love to hear how it turned out!