I slept until 12pm yesterday. Minus the 25 minutes I was up at 1:30 in the morning to let Ginger out, that equates to just about 13 hours of sleep. That’s what happens when you get that same amount of sleep except over the past 3 days. It was glorious.
Despite it being lunchtime, I wandered downstairs, threw on a pot of coffee and decided on a breakfast bake. No matter what time it is, I’m not the kind of person who can skip straight to lunch foods. I need my glass of OJ and something resembling breakfast before being able to stomach veggies (unless in an omelet) and other non-breakfasty foods. You have no idea how much that whole cold pizza in the morning thing people rave about grosses me out. The thought of it literally makes me want to gag. Besides it not being an acceptable breakfast item, pizza should just never be cold.
I made a smoothie the other day using frozen cherries (that I had completely forgotten were hiding in the freezer) which inspired this mid-afternoon breakfast.
Cherries + almonds are one of my favorite combinations. So in addition to using almond flour and sticking some cherries on top, there’s a hidden surprise of chopped cherries and almond butter in the middle.
See that gooey, uncooked looking middle? It’s not uncooked, just a perfect spot of drippy almond butter.
Eat it at 7am or 1pm, delicious at any hour.
- ½ banana, mashed
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons milk
- ½ tablespoon coconut oil, melted
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 5 tablespoons buckwheat flour (ground buckwheat groats)
- 2 tablespoons almond flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- ¼ cup frozen cherries, chopped + 5 more
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a samll ramekin or oven safe bowl.
- Combine wet ingredients (first 7) in a small bowl and whisk together.
- Add dry ingredients and combine until incorporated.
- In another small bowl combine chopped cherries and almond butter until somewhat mixed together (microwaving for 15-20 seconds will help combine if the almond butter isn’t drippy enough), set aside.
- Pour half the batter into the greased ramekin. Next pour the cherries and almond butter combination on top of the batter. Pour remaining batter on top of that.
- Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until fully set.
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This looks really good! I have to eat breakfast first thing in the morning too. I cannot just skip over to lunch!
Can I come over for breakfast?
I know some people would be turned off by “gooey, uncooked middles” but those are the words that convinced me I need to make this for breakfasts tomorrow morning! Yum. And I’m the same way – I must start my day with breakfast food – eating anything savory in the morning (even omelets) is just not appealing to me!
Yum! That looks fabulous!!!! If I wasn’t baking bread right now I’d be making your breakfast!! Yum!!
yum! i’m not usually a big fan of cherry stuff, but the gooey almond center instantly makes me a fan of this! i suppose i could swap the cherries for another fruit too. or maybe i should just suck it up and try the cherries. i’ll probably surprise myself and like it. i’m the same way though… definitely can’t skip my breakfast and coffee. that’s one of my favorite parts of the day!
I bet blueberries or strawberries would be equally delicious
the perfect spot of drippy almond butter is perfect…now THAT is the Choice Bite of the entire bake
Love the looks of it. I made a strawberry “bake” in the microwave last week…LOL. I need to try your bake. Nice job keeping it GF and GREAT pics!
ha, I didn’t even realize it was GF. I’m so bad with that stuff. I seriously have no idea what gluten is in and what it’s not!
That looks amazing! It’s always nice getting an amazing night’s sleep.
This sounds so good. I have been on a breakfast cake kick lately. I’ll take any excuse to eat cake for breakfast!
This makes me want to run out and buy a cute baking dish like this one. Sounds good, as always
I admit, I actually like the morning cold pizza slice. BUT this recipe does look a bit better
Oh yum! I think I need to make a bfast bake this morning. I’m just catching up on a punch of your posts. Seriously drooling over here.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Yay, you are home! My favorite meal is breakfast and on days when I find it so hard to get up, thinking of breakfast is the only thing that makes me start moving. Love all the ingredients in this bake!
You need to offer a food photog course. I always love your photos. And thank you for the recipe. Pinned.
I slept 13 hours the past 2 nights each! I couldn’t believe it but it felt SO good to not move my body for so long haha. I can personally do just about anything at breakfast, savory, veggies, meat… I’ve done tuna before too haha.
oh my gosh, I just gagged thinking about tuna for breakfast. haha!
Glad I am not the only one. I just had tuna avocado toast for breakfast on Friday. Doesn’t happen often, though. I needed to use over tuna and I had all other meals for planned through Sunday.
I haven’t had cherries since summer time….this looks amazing! I’ll admit, I am a cold pizza person if I’m starving (depends what kind, though!) but never in the morning. Usually veggies for breakfast makes my stomach turn. I need fruit & a little bit of sugar in the AM!
If I haven’t just made carrot pancakes, I would be making this bake right now. The photo with the whole bake out of the pan and sitting on a plate is cute as a button. That and the rest of the pictures make me want to forget the pancakes and get the cherries out of the freezer right now.
I think the last time you made a breakfast bake I said this, but… I totally need to get back into breakfast bakes. Yummy!! Love the flavor combo of this one
I love breakfast bakes, and this one looks wonderful! I’ve been making the same 2 or 3 bakes over and over again, so it’s great to have a new recipe to try.
I totally agree. It doesn’t matter what time I get up. I have to have breakfast food!
I love the sound of this…beautiful photos!
I love having something that reminds me of cake for breakfast. It feels like a treat!
I’d happy with just 8 hours of sleep…I will definitely need a filling and a delicious breakfast to keep me going for the day. This is just perfect! Yum!
You lost me at “pizza should never be cold.”
Could I sub whole wheat flour for the two flours in the recipe?
I haven’t tried it that way so I’m not sure. If you do, I’d use whole wheat pastry for at least half as regular whole wheat is a bit grainier, or you might have to increase the milk. Not sure if you have an aversion to almond flour or just don’t have it on hand but it’s just ground up almonds so you could make it pretty easily. Spelt is probably a decent substitute for the buckwheat too.
I will definitely be trying this recipe, you had me ar cherries & almonds!
Ooo I like the idea of the almond butter and cherry combination baked into the middle of the bake! Sounds like a giant breakfast cookie with a creamy center : )
I totally agree about the cold pizza in the morning. So gross. This looks delicious. Definitely want to try it.
Food versatile enough to be a delicious breakfast, lunch or dessert? Definitely my style!
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