Carrot Pancake Cake

Carrot cake pancakes with cream cheese frosting are stacked into a charming cake in this crowd-pleasing breakfast treat.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 569 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 ¼ cups hot water
• ⅓ cup chopped pecans (Optional)
• 1 (21.4 ounce) box carrot cake mix (with carrots and raisins packet)
• ⅓ cup all-purpose flour, or more as needed
• 2 cups cream cheese frosting
• ¼ cup grated carrots (Optional)
• ¼ cup toasted chopped pecans (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Stir carrots and raisins packet and hot water together in a bowl.

Step 2

Stir carrot cake mix, vegetable oil, and eggs together in a bowl until batter is well-combined. Stir carrot-raisin-hot water mixture into batter. Add 1/3 cup chopped pecans to batter; stir in enough flour to reach a pancake-batter consistency.

Step 3

Heat a griddle over medium-high heat and brush with melted butter. Drop batter by 1/3 cupfuls onto griddle and cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry, 3 to 5 minutes. Flip and cook until browned on the other side, 2 to 3 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter. Transfer pancakes to a wire rack to cool.

Step 4

Place 1 pancake on a plate and top with a layer of cream cheese frosting. Place another pancake on top of the frosting and top with another layer of cream cheese frosting. Top with a final pancake and garnish with 1/4 of the shredded carrot and 1/4 of the toasted pecans. Repeat with remaining pancakes, frosting, carrots, and pecans to create 3 more cakes.