Cottage Cheese Breakfast Cake

My partner found the original version of this recipe on Tiktok and asked me to take a try at it. He is always looking for ways to increase his protein intake beyond eggs for breakfast. They original was ok, but needed a bit more flavor for us,  so I tinkered around with it some, and this was the latest result.

Unadorned its great, but go ahead and “gild the lily” and dress it up once cooled

Ingredients:

Serves 2:

• 1 cup of cottage cheese
• 1/4 cup of vanilla protein powder
• 1/4 cup greek yoghurt
• 4 tbsp almond flour (the original recipe used 1 tbsp coconut flour)
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 pinch of salt
• lemon zest

Directions:

1. Grease or spray the bottom and sides of a baking pan and cover the bottom with a parchment liner
2. Preheat the over to 350 f
3. Add all the ingredients to a food processor or blender.
4. Blend until smooth.
5. Pour into the prepared pan. Place on a cookie sheet and place in the oven.
6. Bake at 350 F (180 C) for 35-40 minutes.

This will make a thin cake, enough for two servings from an 8” cake pan. For a thicker cake, double the recipe and bake an additional 15 -20 minutes.

Let the “cake” cool, plate and serve with stewed fresh berries or topped with warmed strawberry preserves with a splash of vanilla or almond extract, and slivered almonds or sprinkled with confectionary sugar or sugar replacement.

Refrigerate any leftovers.

Adapted from Tiktok’s @marinawrightwellness Cottage Cheesecake