Recipes

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Main Recipe Index page (/recipes/)

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Every high-protein dessert recipe, in one place.

Welcome to the recipe index — every cake, cookie, brownie, cheesecake, and muffin I’ve published, sorted into rows you can actually scan.

Each recipe lists its macros at the top of the post, suggests the protein powder I tested it with, and tells you which substitutions actually work and which ones break it. (Yes, I tested.)

A few ways to navigate:

  • By category — pick a row below.
  • By ingredient — most-asked ones are linked at the bottom of this page.
  • By search — there’s a search bar in the top nav. Try “cottage cheese” or “no protein powder” and see what comes up.

If you’re brand new and want to start somewhere reliable, grab the Protein Dessert Starter Pack — it’s five of the most-made recipes on this site.

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Category: Protein Cakes (/recipes/cakes/)

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Page title (SEO): High-Protein Cakes — Layer Cakes, Mug Cakes & More | LiftAndBake

Meta description: High-protein cake recipes — layer cakes, sheet cakes, and mug cakes that taste like real cake. 25g+ protein per slice, made with cottage cheese and Greek yogurt.

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High-protein cakes that don’t taste like protein cake.

This category is the heart of the blog. Tall layer cakes for birthdays, soft sheet cakes for after-dinner, single-serve mug cakes for “I want cake right now” Tuesdays.

Every cake here:

  • Hits at least 20g of protein per slice (most are closer to 25–30g)
  • Is built around real ingredients: cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, eggs, real flour, good chocolate
  • Has been tested at least three times before publishing — including frosting variations
  • Tells you which protein powder I used and which ones break the recipe

Don’t see what you’re looking for? Email me — if I get the same request three times, it goes on the to-bake list.

— Remi

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Category: Cookies & Bars (/recipes/cookies-and-bars/)

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Page title (SEO): High-Protein Cookies, Brownies & Bars | LiftAndBake

Meta description: Protein cookies, fudgy brownies, and macro-friendly bars. The kind you actually want at midnight, not the cardboard kind.

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Protein cookies that aren’t cardboard. Brownies that are actually fudgy.

Welcome to the snack drawer.

This is where the brownies live (the fudgy kind, with melted chocolate, not the cocoa-powder-and-prayer kind). It’s also home to the bakery-style protein cookies, the snack bars that don’t taste like a “wellness” product, and the chewy chocolate chip variations I rotate through every two weeks.

Every recipe here aims for 15–25g of protein per piece without sacrificing the texture. If a cookie feels like a meal-replacement bar, it doesn’t get posted.

A few of my reader favorites to start with:

  • (WP: link to your top 3 cookie/bar posts here once published)

— Remi

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Category: No-Bake Desserts (/recipes/no-bake/)

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Page title (SEO): No-Bake High-Protein Desserts | LiftAndBake

Meta description: No-bake protein cheesecakes, puddings, freezer fudge, and chilled treats. Oven-free desserts with serious macros.

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Oven-off, protein-on.

Summer kitchens. Tiny apartment kitchens. “I don’t feel like washing six bowls” kitchens. This is the no-bake category.

Cottage-cheese cheesecakes that set in the fridge. Protein puddings that come together in a blender. Freezer fudge that hits 8g of protein per square. Yogurt bowls dressed up enough to count as dessert.

Most of these recipes:

  • Take under 15 minutes of active time (not counting the chill)
  • Use ingredients you probably already have in the fridge
  • Pack 20g+ of protein per serving

If you’ve never made a cottage cheese cheesecake, start there. People are stunned that it doesn’t taste like cottage cheese. (It really doesn’t.)

— Remi

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Category: Muffins & Breads (/recipes/muffins-and-breads/)

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Page title (SEO): High-Protein Muffins, Banana Bread & Loaf Cakes | LiftAndBake

Meta description: Protein muffins, banana bread, and loaf cakes that double as breakfast. Soft, tall, and 12–20g of protein each.

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Breakfast. Or dessert. Or both.

This category lives in the gray zone between “this is breakfast” and “this is cake,” and I’m going to be honest with you — I don’t try to keep them separate. A protein banana bread with chocolate chips eaten at 9am is breakfast. The same slice eaten at 9pm is dessert. We’re not doing food rules here.

What you’ll find:

  • Muffins — blueberry, banana, chocolate chip, lemon, pumpkin (in fall)
  • Banana breads & quick loaves — soft, tall, freeze well
  • Protein-packed coffee cakes — for slow weekend mornings

Every recipe is built for make-ahead, freezer-friendly weeks. Bake on Sunday, breakfast all week.

— Remi

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Category: Tips & Macros (/tips-and-macros/)

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Page title (SEO): High-Protein Baking Tips, Macros & Substitutions | LiftAndBake

Meta description: How to bake higher-protein versions of your favorite desserts. Substitutions, ratios, protein powder picks, and the small tricks that make a real difference.

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The stuff behind the recipes.

Every recipe on the site exists because of trial-and-error in my kitchen — and the patterns from that trial-and-error are what live in this category.

This is where you’ll find:

  • Substitution guides — when you can swap protein powders, when you can’t, what cottage cheese actually does in a batter
  • Ratio cheat sheets — how much protein powder you can sneak into a cake before it dries out (the answer is never “a lot”)
  • Brand reviews — which protein powders bake well, which ones don’t, which ones make brownies taste like an old gym towel
  • Macro math — how to estimate the macros in your own bakes without losing your evening
  • Reader Q&A round-ups — the questions that come up over and over again, answered in one place

If you’re trying to make your own desserts higher in protein (rather than just baking my recipes), start here. There’s a method to this — once you see it, you can apply it to almost anything.

— Remi

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