Pumpkin Protein Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (2024)

Happy Thanksgiving week! I couldn’t resist making at least one more pumpkin recipe before everything turns to peppermint and chocolate 🙂 Here’s a great alternative to pumpkin pie if you’re feeling wild this year. Not to mention that one slice has 17 grams of protein!

I won’t get into details because I don’t want to make anyone feel guilty on this (my favorite) holiday…but a slice of this has less calories and about 3 times more protein than a slice of your typical pumpkin pie. And that’s before you add the whipped cream. Just saying…there’s still plenty of time to get to the grocery store 😉

So you may have noticed that something looks slightly off in these pictures. Well. Turns out that I bought a crooked cake stand at Bed, Bath & Beyond! I didn’t even think to check it out in the store and didn’t notice until after the cakes were in the oven and I had already washed the cake stand. I kept the sticker and I’m going to return it after this deliciousness has disappeared. So don’t mind the crookedness of the pictures, just focus on the pretty cake.

If you’ve never worked with oat flour before, it’s really easy…you can either buy it in the package already ground up or you can grind it up yourself. Just be sure to use rolled oats, notquick oats to make the flour. I use aNutriBullet with the milling blade attached but you could also use a regular food processor. You need 1 1/2 cups of oat flour so grind up 1 1/2 cups of rolled oats – they end up pretty much equal before and after grinding.

Hmmm look at that golden brown! This is the bottom of the cakes, I just flipped them out onto a cooling rack which kind of helped to flatten out the tops a bit. Anything to make it easier to frost!

I normally use fat free cream cheese but splurged on the next one up the line. A bit more fat means creamier frosting and fewer additives. I mix up the Greek yogurt with the protein powder before adding the cream cheese. If you do it the other way you’ll end up with lots of lumps!

I’m always wondering if I’m eating the best non-plain Greek yogurt for me…I need some flavor but don’t want all the sugar that comes with most flavored yogurts. DannonLight & Fit is my favorite so far with only 7 grams of sugar plus 12 grams of protein per single serve container and I love the taste! Check out some other low sugar options on Eat This. A close runner up is Chobani Simply 100 – it might even behealthier but the flavor is not as good as Dannon in my opinion. Any other suggestions?

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