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Cottage Cheese Protein Cake
Ingredients
- ▢2 small ripe bananas mashed
- ▢4 eggs
- ▢1/2 cup cottage cheese
- ▢2 tbsp maple syrup optional
- ▢2 tsp vanilla extract
- ▢2 1/2 cups almond flour
- ▢1 tsp baking soda
- ▢2 tsp cinnamon
- ▢1 cup blueberries
Topping
- ▢2 tbsp chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F, line a loaf pan with parchment paper and spray with oil.
- In a large bowl, mash bananas, crack in the eggs, add in the cottage cheese, maple syrup (if using) and vanilla extract. Whisk all of the ingredients together.
- Add in almond flour, baking soda, cinnamon and combine all of the ingredients well to form thick batter. Fold in the blueberries.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan, level it out, sprinkle with chocolate chips and press them in. Bake in the oven uncovered for 30 minutes. Then, cover with foil, bring back to the oven, and bake for another 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and check with a toothpick that it’s cooked. Let it cool down before serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 slice (4 oz) | Calories: 246kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 2.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9.8g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 196mg | Potassium: 351.4mg | Fiber: 4.8g | Sugar: 7.1g | Calcium: 107mg | Iron: 1.6mg