Image: Low Carb Cream Cheese Pancakes

I originally made these low-carb cream cheese pancakes as a little birthday treat for myself.

I'd been searching online for a low-carb birthday cake, but most of the recipes I found used artificial sweeteners. At the time, I was avoiding them, so I kept looking and came across a simple low-carb pancake recipe instead.

Birthday pancakes? Why not? 😂

Mine didn't turn out nearly as pretty as the ones I'd seen online, but they still tasted good! I adapted the recipe by adding a little palm sugar and cinnamon because I wasn't using sugar-free syrup.

Pancakes ingredients

Recipe details

Makes: 4 pancakes
Prep Time: About 5 minutes
Cook Time: About 12 minutes
Net Carbs: Approximately 2g per pancake
Contains: Egg and dairy

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup cream cheese
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp coconut palm sugar or preferred sweetener, optional
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon, optional
  • 1 tbsp butter, for cooking
Pour 1/4 of the batter into a hot panDirections:
  • Add the cream cheese, eggs, sweetener, and cinnamon to a blender. Blend until smooth.
  • Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat.
  • Pour approximately one-quarter of the batter into the pan for each pancake.
  • Cook for about 2 minutes, or until the bottom is golden and the pancake is set enough to flip.
  • Carefully flip and cook for approximately 1 minute on the other side.
  • Repeat with the remaining batter.
  • Serve with butter, berries, or your favorite pancake topping.

    • MY ORIGINAL TOPPING

    Because I wasn't using artificially sweetened syrup, I added a little palm sugar and cinnamon directly to my pancake batter. Sometimes I just added a dollop of butter on top, or put a little cinnamon spread on my plate and picked up some with each bite.


    Original calculated nutrition per pancake:
    Approximately 122 calories | 11.2g fat | 2.3g carbohydrates | 0.3g fiber | 4.1g protein | 2g net carbs

    Nutrition is an estimate based on the ingredients I originally used and will vary depending on ingredients, toppings, and serving size.

    Photo credit: Catherine McDiarmid-Watt
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    Shopping List:
  • Eggs
  • Cream cheese
  • Cinnamon
  • Coconut palm sugar or preferred sweetener
  • Butter
  • Optional berries/toppings

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