This yummy strawberry banana cottage cheese breakfast bake is protein-packed due to blended cottage cheese and eggs, evenly sweetened from mashed banana and maple syrup, and completely good for meal prep. It’s really easy, scrumptious, and even my toddler gobbles it proper up!

A square baked banana bread topped with sliced strawberries and bananas, surrounded by fresh strawberries and a knife on parchment paper.
  • Protein-packed however tastes like fluffy pancakes
  • Nice for serving a crowd or meal prepping for the week’s breakfasts
  • Tremendous customizable

Hero Components

  • Blended cottage cheese: My go-to protein powerhouse! Mixing it makes for a creamy and protein-packed base for this bake.
  • Bananas: You’ll mash banana for the batter, after which slice bananas for the highest!
  • Strawberries: I wish to slice strawberries for the highest of this breakfast bake, however be happy to fold them into the batter as nicely.
  • Eggs: You’ll want each an egg and an egg white for this breakfast bake.

For the total listing of components and quantities, please see the recipe card under.

The way to Make a Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bake

  1. Add the dry components, apart from strawberries, to a bowl and whisk to mix.
  2. Add the entire moist components collectively in a separate bowl, and whisk collectively. Then, add the dry components to the moist components and stir till simply mixed.
  3. Switch the batter to the lined 8×8-inch baking pan, and high with sliced strawberries and banana slices.
  4. Cowl and bake for 20 minutes at 350ºF. Uncover and bake for a further 15-20 minutes. I like to make use of the toothpick trick to verify it’s cooked by means of. 
  5. Serve with butter and maple syrup. Get pleasure from!

Ideas for Finest Outcomes

Be certain to mix your cottage cheese for a brilliant easy, creamy texture. In the event you don’t mix the cottage cheese, the breakfast bake can have small seen curds from the cottage cheese.

Bake time can differ by oven, so I like to recommend utilizing a toothpick to poke the center of the breakfast bake to verify it’s totally cooked. If the toothpick comes out clear, the batter is totally cooked.

Fold within the strawberries and bananas: As a substitute of simply topping this breakfast bake with sliced strawberries and bananas, you may completely fold them into the batter earlier than baking. I’ve examined this, and it really works nice.

Swap the berries: You should use another sliced berries rather than the strawberries, equivalent to blueberries, raspberries or blackberries. You may as well use a mixture of berries for a mixed-berry breakfast bake. 

Add nuts: Add some chopped nuts, equivalent to walnuts or pecans, for added crunch and taste.  

High with chocolate chips: Mini chocolate chips are at all times a great add for the highest! Merely sprinkle the chocolate chips on high earlier than baking.

The way to Serve

I really like serving this breakfast bake heat, and topped with somewhat pad of butter and maple syrup. It’s additionally nice sliced and served chilly, should you’re consuming this on the go.

This cottage cheese breakfast cake may be saved in an hermetic container for 2-3 days at room temperature or within the fridge for as much as every week.

A sponge cake topped with sliced strawberries and bananas sits on parchment paper, with a slice cut out and whole strawberries around it.

Extra of My Favourite Breakfast Recipes

  • Preheat the oven to 350ºF and line an 8×8-inch pan with parchment paper.

  • Add the dry components, apart from strawberries, to a bowl and whisk to mix. Put aside.

  • Add the entire moist components collectively and whisk collectively till nicely mixed. Add the dry components to the moist components and stir till simply mixed.

  • Switch the batter to the lined baking pan. High with sliced strawberries and banana slices. Cowl and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake for a further 15-20 minutes or till cooked by means of.

  • Take away from the oven and let the bake relaxation for 10 minutes. Switch the bake to a cooling rack. Serve with butter and maple syrup.

  • Choice to fold contemporary strawberry chunks into the batter earlier than baking.
  • The bake time might differ by oven.
  • Possibility so as to add chocolate chips to the highest of the breakfast bake.

Energy: 349 kcal, Carbohydrates: 64 g, Protein: 13 g, Fats: 4 g, Fiber: 2 g, Sugar: 22 g

Diet data is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

Images by: The Picket Skillet