Oatmeal Cake… for One!
It’s like eating a giant oatmeal cookie, all by yourself!
You might worry that oatmeal cake won’t keep you full like a big bowl of hot oats, but guess what: This cake is so dense and so filling!
For Thanksgiving, I posted this recipe: Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal.
Afterwards, I made a mental note to try out other flavor variations. And since St. Patrick’s Day is not Thanksgiving (What? Really?), yesterday was the perfect time to try the following:
With St. Paddy recipes zooming through my mind, thoughts of boatmeal crashed into thoughts of Irish Soda Bread. Thus, the birth of Irish Soda Boatmeal! (Boatmeal = baked oatmeal.)
“Irish Soda” Oatmeal Cake
(Single-Serving!)
- 1/2 cup oats (50g)
- sweetener, such as 1 and 1/2T agave or 1 pack stevia (I omitted, but I’ve cautioned y’all before about my lack of sweet tooth.)
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce (50-60g)
- 1/4 cup milk, creamer, juice, or water (I used 60g water)
- heaping 1/16th tsp salt (or less, if you add vegan butter)
- a bit over 1/8 tsp baking soda (This is just for the “Irish soda” flavor)
- handful raisins (I used 1T)
- Optional: 1/4 tsp caraway seeds (I did use them.)
- Unless you enjoy the taste of fat-free baked goods, you can add 1-2T vegan butter (or oil or even nut butter!). If you use oil, scale liquid back to 3T.
Preheat oven to 385 degrees. Combine dry ingredients, then add wet. Pour into a small baking pan, loaf pan, or 1-cup ramekin. Or you can use two 1/2-cup ramekins for baby oatmeal cakes.
Cook for 20 minutes, or until firm. Finally, set your oven to “high broil” for 3 more minutes, or until desired crispy-ness is reached (or simply just bake longer, but broiling gives it a nice crust).
I also have a non-baked version of Irish Soda Oats, but I don’t think I’ll have time to post it before St. Patrick’s Day. So if you want it beforehand, just let me know in the comment section and I’ll give you a quick outline of the recipe.
Pancakes, cookies, granola…
Do you ever eat oats in ways other than hot cereal?
If you like baked oatmeal, be sure to check out: Oatmeal Cake Flavors.
This just came across my RSS feed and I thought, “I’ve got all those ingredients,” so I ran into the kitchen, baked it, and am eating it as I type this. YUM. I found your blog through Heather Eats Almond Butter. Love your posts. This is the first recipe of yours I’ve made, but I’ve got your easy mushroom straganoff printed out and ready to go.
Cheers!
Aw Dena, I am so glad you found me… and even more excited that you liked the oatmeal! Happy Friday, sweetie! 🙂
This sounds awesome! And I’m all for the “giant oatmeal cookie all to myself” part. 😉
This looks delicious! I love your blog because you have so many inventive and creative recipes and ideas 🙂
Aww, thanks Alex!
Yum! I’ve never had irish soda bread, but it sounds tasty!
Cookies, waffles, cakes, pancakes, bakes, you name it…I put oats in it! This looks delicious.
I love oatmeal in any form! I just got some packets of oats in the mail yesterday and I am SO excited to use them!
Okay, so I’ve never had Irish Soda Bread (I’m sorry my lovely Irish friend!!) but anything that looks that good, and tastes like a GIANT OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIE sounds right up my street!! 😀
Oats in ANYTHING. Makes any food better. Cookies are my fave though obviously! 😉
these look like something out of a magazine!! 🙂 i need to try these- i love all of the recipes made for one! it guarantees that leftovers aren’t wasted and they are so CUTE-looking!!
Awwwwww! Thank you!
Do you ever eat oats in ways other than hot cereal? =
YES!
I have an entire post devoted to about 30 oats-based recipes…cookies, pancakes, raw desserts, cooked desserts, granola bars, microwave snacks and bars, you name it, yes, I have it, make it, do it. Oats are sooooo versatile.
I love the looks of this baked oat recipe. Anything called Irish Soda Bread that’s GF and vegan…oh I am all over this!
I have been making lots of microwave banana oatmeal cakes and variations on that theme lately. I need to try actually firing up my oven and baking 🙂
LOL Averie, a lot of people seem to be mentioning you in these comments! 😉
I eat oats in tons of things – bars, cookies, balls similar to your Fudge Babies, waffles, muffins. I think of them as vanilla cake or pudding with TEXTURE. Happy mouth! I have a couple questions for you. One, do you keep your Chocolate Butter in the fridge? (and how long does it stay fresh?) Two, I was trying to get the Skinny Fudge Babies and Brownie Batter Pudding recipes. You asked if I wanted the soy or non soy version. Probably non- soy, and you may have posted/responded somewhere, but I can’t find it. Can you help? 🙂
Hey Angel! For the skinny babies… I have been wanting to post this for-evah! Annoyingly, though, I misplaced the recipe! But if I remember correctly, it’s basically just the peanut butter babies’ recipe with pb2 (which, I think, is just peanut flour?) subbed for the peanut butter. If I find the actual recipe, I’ll definitely letcha know. And let me know if you make them! Sorry I can’t give a more specific detailed recipe at the moment!
For the brownie batter pudding (soy-free version), use the following recipe and add 2T Hershey’s special dark cocoa powder. (It MUST be special dark, not regular.)
https://lett-trim.today/2010/11/18/whipped-creams-healthy-makeover/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Oh, and for the chocolate butter, do you mean the banana version? Or the Homemade Cacao Bliss?)
I use oats in smoothies, in burgers and veggie meatloaf… I love savory oats too.. and I make lots of oaty cakey things in the microwave.. oh and one of my favorite ways to use oats is in my Smoky Pimento Cheese Spread:
http://melomeals.blogspot.com/2010/11/smoked-cheesy-potato-soup-and-smoky.html
I desperately need new breakfast ideas. I’ve been getting SO bored with breakfast lately, and that’s a BIG problem, because I love breakfast. I’m definitely going to make baked oatmeal one day next week! I don’t know why I didn’t come to your blog for breakfast ideas sooner. You always post great breakfasts.
You are gonna get so many linkbacks on st. patty’s day, including one from me! I planned on making irish soda bread and completely forgot, so I made muffins that probably won’t be gone by then. This saved me! Thank you so much! I gotta go buy some caraway for the real flavor.
Haha I’m kinda getting into this holiday thing, huh? But there are still so many recipes I wanna post, and I don’t have enough time! Irish Soda Bread for One, Irish Soda Oatmeal (not baked), mint chocolate chip ice cream, thin mint parfait…
Teacher, can I have an extension??? 😉
I just posted about rye caraway muffins on my blog, and so this baked oatmeal with caraway sounds sounds right up my current flavour alley 😀
I love oats in monster cookies!!!
Girl, I love this!!! I love every single one of your recipes!!! YAY for SINGLE LADY Oatmeal Cakes! 😀
xoxo
Kathleen