oat bake birthday breakfast cake!
August 26, 2011 Let’s go backwards a little bit.
To the start of the birthday celebration.
Breakfast.
If you live 4 blocks away from me.
And it is your birthday.
I will make you breakfast.
Apparently I’m obsessed with sprinkles. I feel like I just discovered their existence. It seems like I’ve been putting them in + on everything, but really it happened all in 1 day.
So how do you make birthday breakfast extra special, while still staying super healthy?
OAT BAKE BIRTHDAY BAKES
In 2 varieties.
Because, well, I like variety and I know the birthday girl does too.
So what do we have here?
BAKE #1 – Vanilla “funfetti” Oat Bake
My favorite cake for years, was the Pillsbury Funfetti vanilla cake. Right mom? I’ve always been obsessed with all things vanilla. That’s not going to change.
Bake #2 – Lemon Oat Bake
The oat flour gives the bakes a little softer + sweet texture in comparison to the buckwheat bakes. I thought it would make a much better “cake” texture, while still being super healthy. It worked! Very cake-like!
Vanilla “Funfetti” Oat Bake [serves 1]
- 1/4c oat flour [freshly ground from whole oat groats or steel cut, in a blender]
- 1T chia seeds
- 2T unsweetened applesauce
- 3T unsweetened almond milk
- 1T raw buckwheat groats
- 1 large egg
- 1/4t baking powder
- 1t vanilla extract
- 1.5t sucanat [opt]
- 1T sprinkles [opt]
- pinch of salt
- Preheat oven to 350* + grease a small baking dish. [~4-5” diameter 1-2” deep, or 3 muffin tins, or 2-3 ramekins]
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg.
- Whisk in applesauce, vanilla + almond milk.
- Mix in oat flour, groats, chia seeds, sucanat, salt + baking powder until just combined.
- Stir in sprinkles, if using.
- Pour into well-greased or parchment lined baking dish, spread evenly, and bake for 32-36min, until a toothpick comes out almost clean.
- Slide a knife around the edge and flip out onto a plate.
Lemon Oat Bake [serves 1]
- 1/4c oat flour [freshly ground from whole oat groats or steel cut, in a blender]
- 1T chia seeds
- 1/2 banana
- 3T unsweetened almond milk
- 1T raw buckwheat groats
- 1 large egg
- 1/4t baking powder
- 1/2t vanilla extract
- 1/2t lemon extract
- 1.5t lemon zest
- pinch of salt
- Preheat oven to 350* + grease a small baking dish. [~4-5” diameter 1-2” deep, or 3 muffin tins, or 2-3 ramekins]
- In a small bowl, mash the banana with a fork, until egg-like.
- Whisk in the egg.
- Whisk in vanilla, lemon extract, lemon zest + almond milk.
- Mix in oat flour, groats, chia seeds, salt + baking powder until just combined.
- Pour into well-greased or parchment lined baking dish, spread evenly, and bake for 32-37min, until a toothpick comes out almost clean.
- Slide a knife around the edge and flip out onto a plate.
*For high altitude set your oven to 375*
*I didn’t add any extra sweetener in the lemon version because the banana helped sweeten, without leaving much, if any, banana flavor.
*Feel free to sub raw buckwheat flour instead of oat flour, but add 1T extra almond milk.
The next question was, what to top them with?
Local + organic peaches? Yes!
Banana? Yes again.
Cake Batter Cashew Butter? Ohhh yes.
And probably a little coconut butter as well.
Sinful looking.
Sinful tasting.
Filled with healthy, gluten-free, birthday goodness.
Funfetti lives on!!
Birthday breakfast has never been better.
Here’s how Kelsey enjoyed hers!
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Happy Saturday!
Go eat something delicious.
Ashley
Family + Friends, Recipes, buckwheat, lemon, oat flour, vanilla in breakfast, gluten free 
Reader Comments (65)
That looks so delicious! I would love that as a birthday breakfast, no, as an any day breakfast!
Oh yay! I always see your buckwheat cakes but don't have buckwheat! My birthday is Monday, so I think I might have to make this for myself and top with the cake batter cashew butter I made!
Wow! What a great birthday breakfast! The sprinkles are so much fun! I haven't used them in years, but after seeing this and your cashew butter, I may have to go and get some.
Both of these cakes look wonderful! I've never tried oat flour in a breakfast bake before, but it sounds delicious! I LOVE your buckwheat bakes, and I'm sure I'll love these too.
I want to live 4 blocks from you too!
What a great breakfast idea! :-) Love it!
My birthday is in 6 days, and I am SO making this!! :D
Perfect bday breakfast haha! Actually, it would make a great anytime breakfast, those sprinkles are great :)
i too wish i lived near by. what kind of sprinkles do you use? the only ones i have seen have scary ingreds, but your desserts (errr...breakfasts) look so fun and i would love to make mine as pretty and joyful!
that looks soooo good! the sprinkles just make me wanna dive in!!!
NOW! :)
Funfetti was my favorite! The boyfriend still requests it on his birthday.
What a good friend! I would love to live 4 blocks away from you and have this for my birthday breakfast. :-)
Hey -- I lied -- my birthday is actually next wednesday [and the wednesday after that... and the wednesday after that...] -- So see you next week same time same place! Cheers!
These look fun and delicious! What a great way to start a birthday!
I think I am going to print this off and put it somewhere my husband can "find" it so I get this made for my birthday breakfast in a few weeks! hehe
Incredible looking! It seriously looks exactly like a funfetti birthday cake, which are my all time favorite. I'd take boxed funfetti over a gourmet wedding cake just about any day hah!
I need to move 4 blocks from you apparently :)
I did just eat something delicious, your banana cornbread bake. Absolutely love that one, it's my go-to Saturday morning bfast b/c it's so easy but still tastes delicious. I actually subbed in 1 tbsp. oats for the buckwheat this time since I was too lazy to grind more groats. Still came out great!
[...] made her cake batter cashew butter last night and fell in luuuuurve. I was dreaming of ways to use it in breakfast this morning. I was [...]
Haha, that's awesome! So glad you like that one...it's one of my fav's too! :)
Funfetti wedding cake would be HILARIOUS!
What's his email? I'll make sure he "finds" it. ;)
I wish you lived 4 blocks away!
Hmmm, I think I see a pattern...
I think I've bought sprinkles once in the past 5 years. They're definitely the cheapies...just Wilton brand. Scary I'm sure, but one container won't kill me..hopefully!
Perfect timing...enjoy!
Definitely a good anytime bfast!!
The oat flour is a nice change of pace. A little bit lighter + sweeter. I'm glad you love the buckwheat bakes!
You can sub out oat flour + 1T rolled oats, instead of buckwheat flour + 1T raw buckwheat groats for any of the buckwheat bake recipes! :) Hope you like this recipe!
Definitely an any-day breakfast. :)
Funfetti Cake will always hold a special place in my heart! That was my birthday cake of choice up until age 12 when I started baking my own cakes from scratch!
That oat bake looks fabulous, too! I'll definitely try that! :-D
Love Kelsey's plate - that's exactly how I would've done it - too hard to choose between those two beauties :)
Also? I REALLY want to be your neighbor come my birthday...haha
Yes, I want cake. And I want it for breakfast. I don't even want to wait for my birthday in December.
Also, sprinkles really do make EVERYTHING better.
That's quite possibly the cutest birthday breakfast I've ever seen. You outdid yourself my dear!
Super cute breakfast ideas!! :)
Oh my gooooooooodness!!!! Some major drooling going on here ;) I think I'm going to pick up some buckwheat groats at the store today and just maybe the funfetti bake will make it into my breakfast tomorrow :P
I made your cake batter cashew butter (pictures on my blog), and WOW O WOW it was amazing!!!! You have some of THE most amazing recipes!! :D
<3 <3
my birthday's coming up, i am DEFINITELY making the funfetti cake. and sorry for all the comments, i'm just a little obsessed with your blog right now
Mmmmm - what a childhood favortite!
So cute, very creative!
I just found your blog & am so glad that I did! I'm always looking for new breakfast ideas (especially wheat-free ones) so this is a jackpot in my eyes.
These remind me of a funfetti cookie recipe I invented about a month ago. Definitely a life changer ;)
These look AMAZING!! Where did you get the dishes you cooked them in?
I loved funfetti as a kid, too!! I would just take a spoon to a tub of funfetti icing, ha!
hmmmm I may just have to call you on my birthday...
Can't wait to make these!!
I got a set of 4 mini crock pots at Bed, Bath + Beyond. I know they also have them at World Market and Crate + Barrel also has similar mini crocks too.
I'm so glad you did too! Thanks for saying hi. :) Enjoy the breakfast creations...they're my favorite and delicious for non-GF peeps too!
Comment away my dear. :)
Oooh, I hope you like it!! I'm so so glad you liked the cashew butter!! I'll have to check it out on your bloggo. :) And I really appreciate your sweet comment about my recipes. That means a lot!
Thanks Ang ;) Wish I could make you breakfast!
Haha, of course you want cake. ;)
Come on overrrr!!
This is genius. Some people have birthday weeks...I'ma make mine a bday year! MUST TRY!
These look super yummy! I love the funfetti cake, too. Chocolate is my flavor, not vanilla, but there's something about white cake that's just too perfect.