Dessert for breakfast
I want to make a statement. Even though it looks like one, this is not a chocolate cake! Ok, not even close. This is actually is a rather healthy, dairy free oatmeal bake, clafoutis style or whatever it means…
My new profound love for breakfast is resulting in an increased number of recipes suited for the start of the day. Now, when I say newly found love, I mean that for years breakfast was something reserved for weekends only, and usually involved plenty of nutella on brioche. Was it incredibly good and delightful? Yes. Healthy? Not at all.
But that’s weekends, on weekdays breakfast came as an enormous Starbucks sponsored cup of latte and that was it. All this changed when after having been struck by a lightning or epiphany, I’ve decide to start the day with exercise… (Yep, even I still can’t believe it) Hence breakfast became eminent, I mean I’ve tried once going without it, but then by 9 am your knees start wobbling and you want to take a bite of your PC. Not a good start to the day.
This summer I started off with a morning ritual of home made chocolate – vanilla granola, which is too easy to like. By autumn, I’ve added cinnamon, orange and apples to it for a change, but even with all the innovation, you’re bound to become a little bored of eating the same thing everyday. Also, currently with the temperatures here going way below zero it’s nice to start morning with something warm.
Over the last weeks I’ve been experimenting with all sorts of breakfast recipes: I’ve made porridge the first time in my life, which was surprisingly good (recipes will come later), but weekends deserve something special, don’t they? Something warm, baked and that looks like a cake, but is much healthier.
I’ve made a cross between regular baked oatmeal and clafoutis, which results in a denser final result than regular clafoutis, but still cake like. You can use here any fruits or berries you like: if you don’t have cherries, add another apple, have blueberries? Through them in. Pears? Welcome anytime, basically all you can think of. You can also replace almond milk by regular milk, coconut oil by butter.
This recipe will result is 4 modest servings or 2 generous ones. Enjoy!
p.s. yes, these are horrid photos, I promise an update with a decent looking ones made with a proper camera as soon as ieva comes to visit.
- 1 cup almond milk (or regular milk)
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 60 grams rolled oats (regular)
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 30 grams almond flour (from making almond milk) (you can also use ¼ cup brown sugar)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons crème de cassis (optional)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 120 grams pitted cherries (I used frozen ones)
- 1 apple, peeled, cored and diced
- coconut oil for greasing tin (or butter)
- Heat the oven to 180C.
- Mix half of almond milk with cocoa powder and oats, let it steep for 10 minutes. During this time beat the eggs with remaining almond milk, honey, vanilla extract and crème de cassis. Stir in almond flour and baking powder, finally stir in chocolate oat mixture.
- Place the baking tin for a few seconds in warm oven, this will make it easier to grease with coconut oil.
- Once the tin is greased scatter cherries and apple dices, pour over the batter and bake for 30-40 minutes.
- Note: ovens differ, so after 30 minutes check with a wooden skewer.
- Once out of the oven let it cool for a 10 minutes. Serve warm with a cup of tea or coffee! Enjoy!
If chocolate is on the menu for breakfast, I’m absolutely in!
Clafouti-like oatmeal sounds good for breakfast, weekdays or weekends. Way to go on your new exercise routine, too!
Thanks Kimby, I would do it for weekdays too, but then I would probably have to kick myself out of bed before 5 am, and that’s a little too cruel even for my standards
I too have been on a breakfast kick lately and this sounds perfect!
I can’t wait to give it a try
Thanks Sawsan, this one is almost completely guilt free indulgence
hey i am all for dessert for breakfast any time any day- you name it! but i know its not actually dessert- that is why i love this so much
Exactly! The very fact it’s not dessert dilutes all the sinful feeling
What a great recipe, it happens that I have all the ingredients required for it. I really like the way it sounds so I will make this for tomorrow morning.
It looks like a great sweet breakfast idea! I am one of those who never take a breakfast, unless I work at home or during the weekend when I can have it about 10 am. My favourite is… a bowl of miso soup with leftovers from the fridge. Good luck with exercises!
Thanks Sissi, I was just thinking, that I don’t remember having savory breakfast for at least 15 years… Desperate sweet-tooth here, I’m even trying to make my breakfast look like dessert. I’d love miso soup for lunch though
Love the sound of an oatmeal/clafoutis combination. The cherries sound like a beautiful addition. I’m off to google crème de cassis now – have never heard of it. Very intriguing!
PS. Nutella on brioche is one of my guilty pleasure too!
Creme de cassis is black currant liquor from France, if you’ve never tried it, I highly recommend it, for spicing up berries in dessert or to make aperitif called “Kir” 1 part creme de cassis and 4 parts white wine or champagne. It’s incredible
had this for breaky this morning… yyyyuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmm.
Very happy to hear it
oh my word that looks delicious. i always eat a big breakfast with some sort of dessert and it usually involves chocolate somehow. i’ll be trying this soon…question…i see you made yours in mugs, but what size “tin” would you suggest ?
Hi Jules, you can bake this in any tin you have from more shallow ones, to those used for bread loafs. I have baked this previously in oval tin of about 6×2 inches. Cheers
This would definitely help wake me up in the morning!
wow, I am ready to wake up an hour earlier any weekend for a breakfast like this
Hi! I saw your post on recipe newz and I had to know how this is healthy….because it looks so sinful! I love it!! I’m pinning and will be making this ASAP. I can’t wait to see the look on my hubby’s face when I tell him this isn’t a dessert.