Dylan loves his lunch cakes!

It seems like the pancakes have been a big hit during our group meets so I figured I would post them to make sure you all had them!

There are a few versions but all basically the same. He loves them all!

Yummy lunch cakes

Sweet potato version

 1 sweet potato cooked and mashed

1 banana

2 eggs

3 tsp cinnamon

1 tbsp Greek yogurt

1/2 cup old fashioned oatmeal

Place all in the blender and purée. 

Make sure griddle is warm enough for it not to stick, medium low heat

Melt a little butter and then put about two tablespoons per pancake

Make sure you don't flip them until the bottom is nice and dry and the spatula can slide under!

If you are interested in a baby cereal pancake ( because I had bought and had tons leftover) I have a great one! 

Our favorite breakfast, Gluten free blueberry Oat Flour Cake

This is the simple recipe that you can swap with the listed tested versions. 

We cut out the raw sugar, And use one one cup of brown if this is for the kids for breakfast. 

Blueberry Oat Flour Breakfast Cake

by Batter to Bake

Ingredients:

3 cups of gluten free oat flour ( if you are not gf then just three cups of oats processed to flour)

1 1/2 cup of raw brown sugar ( we make our own with raw sugar and molasses)

1/2 cup raw sugar ( optional)

1 stick of unsalted softened butter OR 1/2 cup of coconut butter (this recipe used coconut)

1 medium puréed Banana

2 single  serve containers of blueberry Greek yogurt

1/4 cup of plain Greek yogurt

5 eggs

2 tsp gf vanilla extract

1 cup blueberries

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 pinch of salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Butter or oil a bundt pan and set aside.

3. In a small bowl rinse blueberries and set aside in paper towel. 

4. In a large mixing bowl begin to beat your five eggs until a light yellow. 

5. Add in your sugar and begin to beat. 

6. Add your butter and vanilla and mix until creamy.

7. Add your banana and yogurt and beat about three to five minutes. 

 8. Add the salt, baking soda and baking powder to your oat flour mixture and begin to add to your wet mix one cup at a time. 

9. Add your blueberries and stir gently. 

10. Pour into your pan and bake 1 hour on center rack  ( or until toothpick inserted comes out clean) 

11. Allow to cool completely before removing it from pan. 

Tested versions of our oat flour cake!

I know some of the family keeps asking for this recipe, sorry I keep forgetting. 

This is the simplest form of the recipe.

You can use any of the following tested combinations:

2 containers of strawberry Greek yogurt

1 cup sliced strawberries

Or

2 containers blueberry Greek yogurt 

1 cup blueberries

Or

2 containers peach Greek yogurt

1/2 cup diced peaches

Or

2 containers pineapple yogurt

1/2 cup drained pineapple

Or

2 containers honey yogurt

1 cup shredded zucchini

Or

2 cups vanilla Greek yogurt

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Or

2 cups lemon yogurt 

Replace vanilla extract with lemon

Rhind  of one large lemon

Poppyseed, about a table spoon,optional

Or

2 cups vanilla yogurt

1/2 cup white chocolate chips

1/2 cup macadamian nuts

The apple recipe given

The carrot cake recipe given

Oat flour pan bread

We attempted to make a versatile bread that I could cook in a small square pan so that the slices would be like bread, and after a couple of... Failed...attempts, I've come up with this

Oat Flour Pan Bread

by Batter to Bake

1 3/4 cup of ground oat flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup buttermilk( we have used almond and coconut with the same results)

1 1/2 tbsp olive oil

3 eggs

Season of choice ( I did cooked onion in the bread last time and it was amazing)

Mix all dry ingredients in  sad separate bowl. 

Mix wet ingredients. 

Mix into dry, try not to over whip. 

Pour about 1/4 cup into small square skillet, or on your griddle in a square shape 

Flip once bubbles start to form. 

Make sure the bread is thick enough to flip. 

Enjoy

Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

The best gluten free chocolate chip or raisin cookies!

1 1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2  tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
4 tbsp brown sugar
2 1/2 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp raisins or chocolate chips
2 tbsp Greek yogurt or melted butter
4 tbsp milk, begin with 2

Place rolled oats in food processor to make oat flour
Add all ingredients together
Bake 375 for 7 minutes, and done!

Egg free, dairy free, gluten free...Free Cake... Because I've done it!

I had it with using all my eggs for a gluten free cake. 

I had it with having to be a scientist and having to try to use all these different gum pastes to try to get the cake, to taste like cake.

And then one day, I remembered a cake we used to call Empty Pantry cake. Many call it dump cake, or depression cake since it uses barely any ingredients. My mom used to make a similar one, when we had a friend with an egg allergy. So, I figured I would do something silly. 

My mom sent me over a package of Bob's gluten free flour and away I went. Now, I've made this cake close to twenty times already and I've alternated between butter and bananas.  So I'll post the recipe with both and you decide which you rather based on taste preferences. You really don't taste the banana.

Empty Pantry Cake

1 1/2 cups flour ( oat, wheat etc)

3 tbsp dark unsweetened cocoa

1 cup raw sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp white vinegar

1 tsp vanilla

5 tbsp coconut oil, or margarine

1 cup water

Preheat 350

Mix first 5 dry ingredients in bowl

In a smaller bowl mix all ingredients except water. 

Add to dry mixture along with water. 

Pour into 8 inch pan

Bake on middle rack 35 minutes. 

Ingredients

The stages of oat flour cake for gigi

Here is a run down of what the cake should look like while making it. Hope it helps!