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Jan 18, 2021

Yellow Cake Baked Oatmeal

This yellow cake baked oatmeal is sure to be a hit at your next breakfast or brunch. It's so good, you could probably almost pass it off as a dessert... like an oatmeal cobbler. 

Yellow cake baked oatmeal with peaches and raspberries

 




This baked oatmeal is a mixture of butter, milk, quick-cooking oats, eggs, and yellow cake mix all topped with peaches and raspberries. Yes, yellow cake mix. Trust me. 

This yellow cake mix baked oatmeal is pretty magical. Take a peek at the photo above and you can just about see in the baking dish that even though everything is mixed together before it's added to the dish, the batter separates into two layers. There is a custardy cake layer on the bottom, and a cakey oatmeal layer on top. 

How to make yellow cake baked oatmeal:

First, you mix some quick cooking oats with milk and heat them in the microwave. Then you let them sit for about 10 minutes to let them thicken up. 

After that, you mix in the cake mix, eggs, melted butter, and salt. You pour the mixture into a greased baking dish and top it with peaches and raspberries. You could also substitute blackberries or strawberries.

Because peaches are out of season, I used frozen peaches, and they worked just fine straight from the freezer. 

Finally, bake the oatmeal for about 30 minutes. Once you pull it from the oven, let it sit for a few minutes to let it set, but definitely serve it warm. 



Yellow cake baked oatmeal from the oven





I used a shallow 3 quart baking pan for baking this yellow cake oatmeal. Mine was Corning, but a Pyrex 3 quart baking dish would work too. Just don't use a deep casserole dish. The area should be plus or minus about 120 square inches. 

You want just the right amount of area so that you can achieve that custardy bottom and oatmeal top. Plus, you want enough area so that you can scatter the fruit across the top. 

I'm posting this oatmeal recipe for #NationalOatmealMonth. Jolene of Jolene's Recipe Journal has organized a slew of food bloggers to assemble recipes featuring oatmeal. 

Yellow cake baked oatmeal with peaches and raspberries



About the yellow cake mix in this recipe... just go with it. Yes, you could analyze all of the ingredients in yellow cake mix and try to recreate it, but this is a special recipe. 

This recipe is adapted from Chrissy Teigen's book Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat. I'm a huge fan and also have her second cookbook,  Cravings: Hungry for More. I've gotten past my cynical envy of all of the gorgeous photos of her sitting in bed eating breakfast with John Legend, or cooking in the sexiest outfits ever to appreciate the deliciousness of her recipes. They are really good. 

You definitely need to try her extra cheesy garlic bread

You can also find this and more of her breakfast recipes on Self Magazine

My husband has been ordered by his physician to add more oatmeal to his diet. Along with this recipe, I've recently made this amazing toasted oats bread and an applesauce oatmeal cake recipe this week. He loved this baked oatmeal, both for breakfast and dessert. 

Be sure to check out the rest of the #NationalOatmealMonth recipes. 



Yellow Cake Baked Oatmeal serving





Yellow Cake Baked Oatmeal

Yellow Cake Baked Oatmeal
Yield: 10 servings
Author: Karen Kerr
This yellow cake baked oatmeal is sure to be a hit at your next breakfast or brunch. It's so good, you could probably almost pass it off as a dessert... like an oatmeal cobbler.

Ingredients

  • Butter or spray oil for greasing your baking casserole
  • 5 cups whole milk
  • 2 cups quick cooking oats
  • 2 cups yellow cake mix (from a box mix)
  • 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 stick (4 ounces) butter, melted
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 6 ounces raspberries
  • About 16 peach slices, fresh or frozen

Instructions

  1. Heat your oven to 350 degrees F. 
  2. Grease a 3 quart shallow baking dish with butter
  3. In a large microwave safe bowl covered with wax paper, combine the milk and oats and microwave on high for three minutes. Stir the mixture and microwave for an additional 3 minutes.
  4. Let the mixture rest for 10 minutes. 
  5. Stir the cake mix into the mixture until smooth. 
  6. Mix in the eggs, melted butter ,and salt.
  7. Scrape the batter into the prepared casserole. 
  8. Sprinkle the berries over the top of the batter. Next, add the peaches. 
  9. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Let sit for 10 minutes. 
  10. Spoon the baked oatmeal into bowls to serve. 

Calories

426.10

Fat (grams)

18.45

Sat. Fat (grams)

9.11

Carbs (grams)

56.56

Fiber (grams)

6.23

Net carbs

50.34

Sugar (grams)

34.38

Protein (grams)

12.03

Sodium (milligrams)

2694.07

Cholesterol (grams)

100.47
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  1. I just love another excuse to justify my cake mix collection! Looks delicious!

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  2. Wow, this really looks delicious. I think I'd have to top my serving with some vanilla ice cream!! I've pinned it and this is definitely a must-try recipe for me :) Thanks for sharing about her cookbooks too, I don't think I would have even bothered to check them out, but now I will.

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    1. Vanilla ice cream works! Definitely check out her cookbooks.

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  3. Oh my goodness!! You make cake for breakfast - I love it!!

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  4. I've never tried baked oatmeal with cake mix. It sounds absolutely fabulous.

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  5. A creative way to use cake mixes and this is cake for breakfast. I love the addition of peaches and raspberries which adds vibrant flavors.

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  6. What a creative recipe, Karen! This looks super delicious!

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  7. Oatmeal made with cake mix! Now this I have to try!

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  8. This looks amazing. What a great surprise for a brunch buffet.

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    1. That would be a disaster! It's teaspoon. Sorry about that =)

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  10. OMG! you are hilarious--i love your review of Chrissy Tiegen's book. :-) hahaha And this recipe does sound magical! i definitely need to try it!!!! I wonder what would happen if you used something like Kodiak cake mix (ya know--extra protein-so kinda healthier)? would it still be magical or too thick? hmmm

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  11. I love dessert inspired baked oatmeal recipes and this takes it to the next level! And too funny about the pictures in Chrissy's books. I may have to add them to my collection.

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    1. The photos are ridiculous. There are bloggers who try to recreate them, lol!

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  12. Cake and oatmeal! I am in! I love the raspberry and peach toppings as well.

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  13. Can you please let me know the cake mix recipe .

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