The perfect Single Serve Protein Carrot Cake made in a mug for a healthy and macro friendly dessert! This mini protein carrot mug cake for one uses vanilla and unflavored protein powder as well as sugar free maple syrup!

Because so many people tried and loved the full size Protein Carrot Cake Loaf I made, I decided to go for a single serving version of that.

This is pretty much a mini carrot cake recipe with the same set of ingredients, so you have the perfect macro friendly dessert for one!

Make it in a mug and top it it with a simple Greek yogurt icing and all those cravings will be gone.

Ingredients for Single Serve Protein Carrot Cake

This healthy high protein single serve carrot cake is made with clean and simple ingredients like protein powder, applesauce and non-fat greek yogurt and only a bit of oil; Quite a low fat and low calorie carrot cake too.

for the dry ingredients:

1:1 Gluten Free All Purpose Flour
Unflavored Protein Powder to replace some of the flour (and carbs) in the recipe for a slightly low carb high protein carrot cake. I used a whey-caesin blend from Quest Nutrition
Vanilla Protein Powder to add some sweetness. This is the replacement for sugar and also some of the flour. Quest again here.
Spices – feel free to make your own using a blend of ground cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger
Baking Powder

For the wet ingredients:

Shredded Carrots
Unsweetened Applesauce; as a replacement for most oil in other recipes
Sugar-free Maple Syrup for low calorie recipe with no sugar! I use the monk fruit maple syrup from Lakanto (code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount)
Non-fat Greek Yogurt a high protein carrot cake
Almond Milk
A bit of Coconut Oil

A high protein yogurt frosting for carrot cake:

For the perfect high protein single serving carrot cake, I topped the cake with a greek yogurt and protein powder frosting.

Simple ingredients here too:

Non-fat Greek Yogurt
Vanilla Protein Powder; Quest again here
Almond Milk or your milk of choice

How to make Single Serving Carrot Cake with Protein Powder

This mini protein carrot cake recipe is really easy to make – just 5 minutes of effort and then bake!

Start with preheating your oven to at 350°F, and line a ramekin or oven-safe mug with parchment paper; Or just lightly grease.

Mix all the dry ingredients – flour, unflavored protein powder, vanilla protein powder, , cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and baking powder in a bowl.

Whisk the wet ingredients in another large bowl – unsweetened applesauce, almond milk, Greek yogurt, coconut oil and maple syrup

Add dry mix to wet and stir to form the carrot cake protein mug cake batter. It will be smooth, but thick. Don’t over-mix the batter.

Pour batter into the ramekin and bake for 30 minutes

Let cool for about 5 minutes and move to a plate to cool completely

For the Protein Icing

The protein powder greek yogurt frosting is probably the easiest part of this carrot cake recipe.
All you need to do here is whisk together the ingredients – greek yogurt, protein powder and almond milk – in a bowl!

Tips for the perfect Easy Protein Carrot Cake Mug Cake Recipe

Use melted coconut
You want to be able to whisk it completely into the wet ingredients; If hard, microwave it for about 10 seconds.

Use room temperature Yogurt and Milk
Microwave these too for about 5 seconds if you took them out of the fridge, otherwise they will make the coconut oil harden.

Don’t over-mix the batter!
Make sure you gently fold the dry mix into the wet to combine them.
If you over-mix it, the protein powder will make it tough, dense and gummy.

Line ramekin with parchment paper or grease the inside so the carrot cake protein mug cake to comes out easily when cooked

Let the cake cool completely before frosting
Or the frosting will melt on the cake!

Alternatives for Healthy Protein Carrot Cake for One

This carrot cake protein mug cake works best with the ingredients I used, but here’s some other healthy options you could try as well:

1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour: All purpose flour or Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, with the same amount by weight, not cups.
Unflavored Protein Powder: More flour, and reduce milk to about 1½ tablespoons
Vanilla Protein Powder: Needed, but you can use a regular whey instead of whey-caesin
Alternatively, Lakanto 1:1 Zero Calorie Monkfruit sweetener to keep it sugar free. (code HAYLSKITCHEN gets you a discount).
Greek Yogurt: Applesauce, Banana or Pumpkin Puree
Or Coconut yogurt for a dairy free recipe
Milk: Any other milk
Coconut Oil: Melted butter
Sugar-free Maple Syrup: Regular maple syrup or honey

To make Vegan Protein Carrot Mug Cake

Use a plant based protein powder and coconut yogurt to make a Vegan single serve protein carrot cake There’s no cream, no butter and no eggs in here already 🙂

ProteinWorld has a Vegan protein blend as well (HAYLSKITCHEN for the discount here too) which would be great for single serve cake.

More Macro Friendly Carrot Cake Recipes to Try

More Single Serve Protein Cake Recipes:

Or just Macro Friendly Desserts to Try: