No Flour, No Sugar Oat Cake

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No Flour, No Sugar Oat Cake

Naturally sweetened with banana and apple, soft, hearty, and perfect for breakfast or snack.

Ingredients

Batter

  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 2 tbsp raisins
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup oats (about 90g)
  • 5 tbsp yogurt or sour cream
  • 1 apple, grated or finely chopped
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Topping / Mix-ins

  • 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
  • 2 tbsp chopped walnuts

For Pan

  • Olive oil (for greasing)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven
    Set oven to 180°C (350°F).
  2. Prepare pan
    Lightly grease a loaf pan, cake pan, or small baking dish with olive oil.
  3. Mash bananas
    In a large bowl, mash bananas until smooth.
  4. Mix wet ingredients
    Add eggs and yogurt (or sour cream). Mix well.
  5. Add dry ingredients
    Stir in oats, cocoa powder, baking powder, cinnamon, and raisins.
  6. Add apple
    Fold in grated or chopped apple.
  7. Pour into pan
    Spread mixture evenly in prepared pan.
  8. Top it
    Sprinkle pumpkin seeds and walnuts on top.
  9. Bake
    Bake for 30–40 minutes, or until firm in center and a toothpick comes out mostly clean.
  10. Cool & serve
    Let cool 10 minutes before slicing.

Serving Ideas

  • Warm with Greek yogurt
  • With peanut butter or almond butter
  • Coffee-side breakfast slice
  • Healthy dessert

Pro Tip

Blend the oats first into oat flour for a smoother cake texture.

Storage

Keep refrigerated up to 4 days, or freeze slices.

If you’d like, I can also turn this into a  high-protein version,  air fryer version, or  chocolate brownie oat cake next.

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