Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But sometimes it’s hard to get everyone to eat as they start their busy day, and that’s where my Peaches and Cream Cottage Cheese Breakfast Cake can help out.
Making breakfast easy for your family is key to making sure that they start the day off and making a delicious and much healthier breakfast cake is easier than you might think.
What ingredients do I need to make a Cottage cheese Breakfast Cake?
Let’s start by gathering the ingredients we need to make my Peaches and Cream Cottage Cheese Breakfast Cake. In Chef Speak this is called the “Mise en Place” which translates to “Everything in its Place”.
Not only does setting your ingredients up ahead of time speed up the cooking process, it also helps ensure you have everything you need to make the dish.
How do I make a Peaches and Cream Cottage Cheese Breakfast Cake?
- Beat together the eggs and sugar until smooth.
- Add the melted butter, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt and vanilla, beating until well combined.
- Add the flour, salt, and baking powder, stirring or beating gently to combine.
*Don’t overmix once you add the flour.
Fold the peaches into the batter and pour the batter into your prepared cake pan.
Bake the cake for about 50 minutes until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
**You can also use a regular 9-inch cake pan, just make sure to use a parchment cake circle in the bottom of the pan or the cake may be difficult to get out of the pan.
Can I use any other fruit to make my Cottage cheese breakfast cake?
You sure can. I love using nectarines or blueberries to make this cake. You could try just about any berry or combination of berries in this light and delicious cake.
In no time at all your peaches and cream breakfast cake will be out of the oven and ready to serve.
You can also make it the night before so it’s ready for the early risers in your household.
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Peaches & Cream Cottage Cheese Breakfast Cake
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
- 6 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 cup small curd cottage cheese
- 1 cup low-fat greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ cups sliced peaches fresh or frozen
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8" or 9" springform panYou can also use a regular 9-inch cake pan, just make sure to use a parchment cake circle in the bottom of the pan or the cake may be difficult to get out of the pan.
- Beat together the eggs and sugar until smooth.
- Add the melted butter, cottage cheese, yogurt and vanilla, beating until well combined.
- Add the flour, salt, and baking powder, stirring or beating gently to combine.
- Gently fold the peaches into the batter, then pour the batter into the prepared cake pan
- Bake the cake for about 50 minutes until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and let it rest at room temperature for 30 minutes, to firm up.
- Serve warm
Nutrition
Sheila
This looks delicious… Any recommendation for adding pecans?
Chef Dennis Littley
you could add some to the batter, or to the top of the cake.
Sheila
Thank you, Chef! I will let you know how it turns out ….
Lara
Cake for breakfast! My kids love this one and I like how easy it is… and healthy too.
Mihaela | https://theworldisanoyster.com/
Who wouldn’t like a slice of cheesecake for coffee at breakfast? This one looks amazing!
Elizabeth
Can’t get over how delicious this was! Thanks for the recipe!
Pam Greer
Sounds like the perfect breakfast!
Sue
This cake looks so moist and delicious. Cake for breakfast? Count me in!
Anaiah
This was such a delicious and perfect combination of flavors in this breakfast cake. The peaches and cottage cheese paired beautifully! It was the perfect start to my day.
Amy
You had me breakfast cake! Yum!
Alexandra
This cake is perfect to enjoy with my morning coffee!
Kayla DiMaggio
Yum! I made this this past weekend and my husband couldn’t stop raving about it! It was so good!
Teresa
Hi,
Can you use ricotta cheese instead of cottage cheese? This recipe looks delicious but would love to use ricotta. What do you think?
Chef Dennis Littley
yes you can, ricotta will work well
Ursula
Melted butter,and cold butter, recipes states to mix the melted butter, what about the solid butter, I am confused
Chef Dennis Littley
there is no mention of cold butter that I can find. Where did you see it?
Katrina
I just made this for breakfast this morning…yummilicious! I substituted 1/4” pineapple slices for the peaches and topped it with a white chocolate ganache from another of Chef Dennis’ recipes. I even substituted a milk/mayonnaise combo for the heavy cream in ganache and it still all turned out absolutely perfect. I can’t wait to try more of Chef Dennis’ recipes. Thank you!
Renee Tanner
I was looking for recipes with cottage cheese to use up my Costco size tub. (Pandemic shopping)
Holy cow, this is delicious!!! I didn’t have peaches so I used frozen mangos. Now I wish I had more Costco size yogurt! Thank you!
Chef Dennis Littley
I’m happy to hear you enjoyed the cake. Mangos sound like a good substitute and hanks for the great review!
Barbara
Excellent, I will be making this for my family for years to come, everyone loved it!!
Mia Voss
It’s Palisade Peach time here in Colorado ….. can’t wait to make this recipe again!!!
Nancy at Whispered Inspirations
Oh my word, this looks so delicious. I bet it’s a treat to have in the mornings. I’m going to send it to Hubby so he can make it for me.
NYC Single Mom
This looks absolutely delicious. And I love that you can make it the night before!!
Judy in ohio
This looks and sounds incredible! It even has yogurt! And it has 9 gems of protein!alright! I can’t wait to try it!
Ruth I
Breakfast cake, yum! Yes it looks easy to make and oh so good! I need to taste this.
Freya
This was such a great start to the day, I loved the burst of fresh fruit and it was such a moist cake!
Chubskulit Rose
I love peaches but I never had it in a pastry form. This looks super delicious especially that it is homemade, yum!
Catalina
This is a piece of heaven! I wish I had a piece of cake with my morning coffee! A must try recipe!!!
Beth
I love coffee cake, but try to avoid it because it has so many calories. This recipe looks a lot healthier than the one we have.
Terri Steffes
Ooo, I cannot wait to make this! I am starting a little coffee club in the mornings on Saturday, just a get together with some of my favorite women friends. This will be my first treat for them.
Lynndee
That cake looks divine and it’s really making me hungry. And it reminds me of my late mom. She loved to bake cakes. I will save your recipe and try it soon.
Marysa
This looks delicious! I love peaches, but I don’t cook with them much. This would be perfect for a brunch. I like to have some unique ideas for when we have guests over.
ricci
I LOVE peaches and I haven’t had them in forever! I may need to try this recipe ASAP because now that’s all I can’ think about…LOL!!
Cathy Mini
This is awesome recipe to try looks so delicious and tempting! I want to make this one for my breakfast.
Sarah Bailey
Oh my goodness this sounds really interesting! I have to admit I don’t think I’ve ever had a breakfast cake before, I need to change this!
Heather
What an interesting idea! I haven’t had cottage cheese since I was a kid and definitely never thought to put it in cake. I’ll have to try it out.
Jenn@Engineermommy
This cake looks so fresh and light. I love the idea of baking with cottage cheese. And the peaches and cream combo is classic and perfect.
Amber Myers
I’m pretty sure I’d love to have this for breakfast. What a great flavor. I’ve always been a huge fan of peaches.
Melissa Chapman
I would love to wake up to such a great breakfast cake. I am not a regular baker but I know my family will appreciate the efort and the cake.
candy
If you call it cake they think they are getting a treat for breakfast. This sounds and looks delicious for starting out the day.
Alli Smith
This is my kind of breakfast! I’m going to grab the ingredients this weekend and make it because it looks scrumptious.
Denise
This is a wonderful recipe and would not last long in our home. I will have to try it as I am looking for new things to make.
Gina
Yumm!
I’ve been looking at this recipe forever.
I finally made it because it’s cold outside and wanted to have something delicious for when my daughter came home from school .
Superb recipe!
I used cake flour, because it was all that I had.so had to add a little more flour to the mix.
Piled in frozen peaches and went crazy with some blueberries too! Thank you ! My kid thanks you!
Chef Dennis Littley
Thank you for the great review Gina, and I’m happy to hear you and your kids enjoyed the cake!
Mary
Thank you so much for creating this recipe combining two of my favorites… Cottage cheese and peaches. I made this for our church group and got rave reviews. I used strawberry Greek yogurt for added flavor. It’s a creamy consistency wrapped in a textured cake. Next time I might add a little more peach juice and a lot more peaches as they sink so nicely into the batter as it cooks so you have a peach in every piece.!
Chef Dennis Littley
Thank you for such a nice comment and review Mary. I love to hear success stories from my readers.
Bec @ Cook Love Eat
That is great for breakfast – I am the worst culprit – so I would definitely have to make it the evening before – do you know if it freezes well? I could make a few ahead!
thank you!
Chef Dennis Littley
The cake didn’t last long enough to freeze but it should be okay frozen. It is a moister cake so it may get a little moister and looser when it thaws. It certainly would be worth a try to have them ready in the freezer.