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.
LOLZ u dont kno ntil u tri
YUM! thats all I have to say
Katie, this is a genius recipe! I made it this morning and have honestly not tasted such a delicious breakfast in ages! I like it even better than the cookie-dough flavour (which I made yesterday). It’s the caraway seeds that do it. I also didn’t add any sweetener, and used pear sauce instead of apple sauce. I used a tbsp of melted butter for the fat. Absolutely yummy – like a cross between a cake and a cookie! I didn’t even add anything on top – just ate it straight-up! Perfect. I will definitely be making this again!
Aww yay! I’m so excited you tried it!
I am a HUGE fan of oatmeal so I just had to make these right away when I saw them. They are baking in the oven right this moment! Going to be a delicious breakfast 🙂
Oh wow, I hope you like them!
The Nutrition Info hyperlink takes you to another page where you have to follow another link to get to the info. Could you directly link the nutrition info page on this one? Just a suggestion. (:
Ooh sorry about that! This is an old post, and I changed the pumpkin post where the nutrition info used to be. I didn’t mean to make it so convoluted lol. Thanks for letting me know. I’m changing it now :).
T nut butter? What is it? And can I use just simple butter instead?
I am HOOKED on your boatmeals!! I love them! Breakfast, snack or dinner!
Gee whiz! Now I have one MORE thing to try!
I make baked blueberry oatmeal…..and then blueberry sauce to make the temptation of eating it all in one day even worse! Don’t oats go with everything?!? I find myself using them where others would use breadcrumbs…..ground to “whatever is required” for the recipe.
AND I made gluten-free Irish Soda Bread…and had to slice it all up and freeze it! Again, the temptation of eating it all in one day was too much!
I need five life-times to be able to get to all the saved recipes….. 🙁
Blueberry sauce over blueberry oatmeal? Mmm that sounds good! 🙂
Best recipe ever! I added 1 tb walnuts for extra omega-3s and cinnamon because I add cinnamon to anything with oats so so so good!!!
I love oatmeal as a bedtime snack instead of breakfast….little weird but it’s such a warm cozy treat at night
Hi Katie!
I just finished eating this oatmeal cake…it is FANTASTIC!!! I quadrupled the recipe, so I would have some for later meals. I eat gluten-free, and this helped me not miss my St. Paddy’s Day soda bread! Thanks for the great recipe, and the GREAT website! I can’t wait to try more of your creations!