This cherry almond breakfast bake is made with almond and buckwheat flours and stuffed with more cherries and almond butter.
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.
Cherry Almond Breakfast Bake
Ingredients
- 1/2 banana, mashed
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 5 tablespoons buckwheat flour, ground buckwheat groats
- 2 tablespoons almond flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup frozen cherries, chopped + 5 more
- 1 tablespoon almond butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a small 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.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I admit, I actually like the morning cold pizza slice. BUT this recipe does look a bit better :)
This makes me want to run out and buy a cute baking dish like this one. Sounds good, as always :)
This sounds so good. I have been on a breakfast cake kick lately. I’ll take any excuse to eat cake for breakfast!
That looks amazing! It’s always nice getting an amazing night’s sleep.
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!
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 :)
Yum! That looks fabulous!!!! If I wasn’t baking bread right now I’d be making your breakfast!! Yum!!
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!
Can I come over for breakfast?
This looks really good! I have to eat breakfast first thing in the morning too. I cannot just skip over to lunch!