Breakfast never tasted so good! Old fashioned Caramel Coconut Pecan Oatmeal Cake made with just a handful of ingredients you already have on hand!
You know that saying “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” ? I not one to agree with it unless we’re talking cake for breakfast! I’m always up for that!
And if we’re talking an easy peasy old fashioned oatmeal cake packed with warm spices and topped with a caramel nutty frosting, well, that’s my love language!
Oatmeal is by far my favorite breakfast. May it be topped with fresh or dried fruit, packed with nuts and a few chocolate shavings for good measure, 5 out of 7 days that’s how I start my day.
The rest of the week, well, it’s cake or cookie time!
This oatmeal cake has been in my family for a couple of years. I found it on one of those recipe cards that has the writing barely noticeable. You can tell it’s been handed down for many generations and made lots of people happy. Yes, a bite of this cake can make you grin from ear to ear.
You know what makes me smile even more? Telling myself this is a healthy cake (don’t burst my bubble) I mean it’s packed with oatmeal. Oatmeal is good for you, right? And it calls for whole wheat flour. Totally healthy!
In addition to the oats, you’ll also need a couple of ingredients i can guarantee you already have in your fridge/pantry – butter, eggs, brown sugar, whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cinnamon and nutmeg.
The warm spices can be replaced with your favorite – I’ve used ground ginger, cloves, allspice. Or add vanilla extract. You can’t go wrong!
The process is very easy! You don’t even need to bring out the stand mixer! Soak the oats, mix it with the egg and sugar. Stir in the flour and spices and dump the cake into a baking pan. Doesn’t that sound easy?
The caramel sauce on top is my favorite! I could eat it with a spoon and call it breakfast! Butter is mixed with brown sugar for that caramel flavor and with a spatula fold in coconut flakes and pecans. Spread it over the cake.
The hardest part? Waiting for the Caramel Coconut Pecan Oatmeal Cake to cool down!
Oatmeal cake
Ingredients
Cake
Sauce
Instructions
While the cake is baking, make the sauce.
This is calling my name!
Can “quick cooking” oats be used? That is all we use in our house.
Yes, you can use quick cooking oats.
Can I just use all-purpose flour instead of the whole wheat flour?
If one doesn’t have whole wheat flour, can all purpose flour just be used? Also, what about unsweetened coconut? Heavy cream in lieu of half-and-half? Thanks, this looks delicious.