Cheesecake for Breakfast!
If the Cheesecake Factory and IHOP ever had a baby, it might look something like this:
My dad likes pancakes
And he absolutely loves my Blueberry Pie Pancakes.
So I knew that’s what I wanted to make for him on Fathers’ Day. (Yes, I still make him breakfast on Fathers’ Day. Even though I’m an adult, I’ll always be my father’s child. Therefore, every Fathers’ Day I’m lucky enough to spend with Dad, I’ll treat him to breakfast in bed.) Seeing as this was a special occasion, I didn’t want to make just any old blueberry pancakes…
And so, I created cheesecake-topped Blueberry Pie Pancakes.
This breakfast came together in about ten minutes flat! I even squeezed in an 8-mile run and still got breakfast made before Dad woke up. (I mixed the dry ingredients for the pancakes the night before.)
Cheesecake Sauce
(Also known as “Cinnamon Roll Frosting”)
- 1/4 cup mori-nu silken-firm tofu (50g)
- 3-4 tbsp cream cheese style spread (such as Tofutti non-hydrogenated)
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2-3 tbsp milk of choice (depending on desired thickness)
- sweetener to taste (such as sugar, stevia, agave, etc.)
- optional: feel free to blend in 1/4 cup berries
Combine all ingredients in your blender or food processor and blend until smooth. I used the Magic Bullet short cup. (If you have a larger food processor, you might want to double the recipe for better blending.) Makes about 2/3 cup. This pretty much tastes like cream cheese frosting in liquid form. You might even try doubling the recipe and maybe even adding a 1/2 cup of fruit and extra milk for a fruit-cheesecake milkshake!
This sauce would also go well on my Healthy Red Velvet Pancakes.
Have you ever been to The Cheesecake Factory?
I’ve actually never eaten at The Cheesecake Factory. And I’ve only been to IHOP once (many years ago). I ordered crepes and excitedly dug into the mound of whipped cream on top… except it wasn’t whipped cream at all; it was sour cream!
I think I am one of those very few people in the world that DON’T like cheesecake!! GASP! I know right? I’ve just never been a fan 🙁 But I do loooove pancakes so I am willing to try anything once!
LOL it seems like you’re in good company, judging by these comments!
Who DOESNT like cheesecake?! haha! Well..I can handle a bite or two before it gets too sweet for me unless it’s homemade and I can control the sweetness factor. In that case there’s no control. 😉
ZOMG they look so good!
As someone who does not LOVE cheese cake, you sure make this look yummy!
I will try it out. 🙂
As far as IHOP, haha, I use to go there every day in HighSchool! oh memeories. 🙂
I’ve been to Cheesecake factory once….all I can remember was that it was dark and loud, and the only thing I could remember seeing on the menu was pasta? And it was expensive? I don’t know, really…haven’t been there in so long!
Beautiful pancakes and i love the topping!!!!!!!! YUM!! Glad that everyone’s prodding in yesterday’s comments made these the big reveal!
Do you like cheesecake? = ooooh yeah! Real cheesecake, raw vegan GF cheezecake, it’s all good.
And have you ever been to The Cheesecake Factory? = a zillion times and there’s one 5 mins from my house and it’s always PACKED. I have to walk past it on my way into the mall. I skip the C.Factory and head straight for Anthropologie, mac store, Sephora, etc. 🙂
You always have such pretty pictures!
Do you ever just eat plain breakfast?
LOL yes! That is why I switched away from ever doing those “what I eat” posts. Well, that and the fact that I just hate doing those posts! I don’t bother to make my meals look pretty at all. When I’m hungry, I just wanna eat. I want food, not art ;).
I love cheesecake, but I think I’ve only had it a couple of times. And weirdly enough, I’ve never had the cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory, but I have been there! Their food is deliciously the most unhealthy thing you could ever eat, so I don’t go there more than once a year.
These pancakes look amazing! Do you think the cheesecake topping could be used to make mini cheesecake bites?
I bet you could! Just maybe double the recipe and leave out the nondairy milk… and then maybe freeze or put in the fridge? Or bake?
OMG that look so good! I think I would have that for dessert any day!!
There goes my egg-white omlette for breakfast tomorrow! haha