Baked oats are a trend on social media at the moment.
Not only is the dish a simple, healthy breakfast, but it tastes just like cake.
Here are five of my favorite recipes, from carrot cake to raspberry brownie batter.
Baked oats are having a moment on social media, but they've been my go-to breakfast for years.
The dish is one of various protein-packed breakfasts that have helped me lose build muscle, lose fat, and keep it off over the years. As registered nutritionist Kimberley Neve previously told Insider, baked oats are a brilliant breakfast choice because they're full of fiber and are satiating, particularly if you add protein powder like I do.
While I love regular oatmeal, the magic of baked oats is that it transforms into something resembling cake in the oven, and it's probably as close as you can get to eating cake for breakfast without, well, actually eating cake for breakfast.
I make my baked oats in a single-serve 15cm x 10cm ovenproof dish, and with all my recipes, if you don't use protein powder you may want to add some vanilla extract and sweetener (honey, agave, maple syrup), and serve the dish with some Greek yogurt to give you a protein boost.
Similarly, if you can't eat banana or don't like it, you can substitute apple sauce or just leave it out. The joy of baked oats is that unlike actual cake baking, you don't need to stress about specific measurements.
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease an ovenproof dish.
2. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, saving some of the raspberries and chocolate chunks to sprinkle on top.
3. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes until firm on top — I like to bake this one for slightly less than the others to get the slightly underbaked, gooey brownie batter effect.
4. Dig in!
Spiced apple cake
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Ingredients:
1/2 banana, mashed
40 grams dry oats (about a 1/2 cup)
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 tsp baking powder
Sprinkle cinnamon
Pinch of salt
1/2 apple, chopped small
1/2 cup almond milk
Peanut butter for drizzling
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease an ovenproof dish.
2. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, saving some of the chopped apple to sprinkle on top.
3. Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes until golden on top (bear in mind it will firm up more once you remove it).
4. Drizzle with peanut butter (or your nut butter of choice) and dig in!
Carrot cake
Carrot cake baked oats
Rachel Hosie
Ingredients:
1/2 banana, mashed
40 grams dry oats (about a 1/2 cup)
1/2 small carrot, grated
1 scoop vanilla protein
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of ground ginger/nutmeg/mixed spice
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup almond milk
Handful chopped walnuts/pecans
Handful raisins
For the "frosting":
40g Greek yogurt (about 1 tbsp)
15g cream cheese (about 1/8 cup)
Dash sweetener (eg. maple syrup)
Splash of almond milk
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease an ovenproof dish.
2. Mix all the carrot cake ingredients together in a bowl.
3. Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes until golden on top (bear in mind it will firm up more once you remove it).
4. Mix the "frosting" ingredients together, drizzle over the top, and dig in.
Blueberry muffin
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Ingredients:
1/2 banana, mashed
40 grams dry oats (about a 1/2 cup)
1 scoop vanilla protein
1 tsp baking powder
Pinch of cinnamon
Pinch of mixed spice
Dash of vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
Handful blueberries
Handful pecan nuts, chopped
1/2 cup almond milk
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease an ovenproof dish.
2. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, saving a few blueberries and pecan halves to go on top.
3. Bake in the oven for about 20-25 minutes until golden on top (bear in mind it will firm up more once you remove it).