Sweet Breakfast Grits Cake

Sweet Breakfast Grits Cake, loaded with cranberries and almonds, is a great way to have grits for breakfast! It might just turn out to be one of your new breakfast specials!

I’m always looking for new ways to have breakfast. After all it is supposed to be the most important meal of the day. Grits are a Southern food and Manservant loves them. For a special breakfast he loves creamy grits loaded with cheese, but generally he sticks to more healthy oatmeal. However after a bit of research I am finding that grits are lower in fat and higher in carbs, but oatmeal has double the fiber. Long and short of it…as long as you don’t load your grits with a ton of butter and sugar, it seems to me to be almost a toss up!

This grits cake is as simple to make as making grits…because that is what you do. Basically you use milk, a little sugar and bring it to a boil. Stir in your grits and whisk until they’ve thickened. Add in some eggs, which also add some protein, and then stir in the fruit and nuts of your choice. Feeling still in the holiday mood, I added cranberries and slivered almonds but stir in your favorites.

There are many recipes for grit cakes out there but I haven’t found one for a sweet grits cake. By baking your grits mixture in a baking dish you end up with a tasty breakfast cake that is perfect cut into wedges and served with a dollop of yogurt or perhaps a drizzle of cream. Either way you may not have fried grits but you do have somewhat healthy grits for breakfast that I’m sure will delight even the pickiest eaters. The amazing thing is that Manservant didn’t even know this sweet breakfast grits cake contained grits! And he calls himself a good Southern boy!

There are many variations one can make with this cake. It can be made with Cream of Wheat or Cream of Rice but since I had quick grits that needed a home I chose this version. It truly is breakfast in a dish.

Need some more breakfast inspiration? Though it may not have grits, this Raspberry and Ricotta Breakfast Cake from my friend Tricia at Saving Room for dessert sounds heavenly. Needing something in a bowl? This vanilla and brown sugar breakfast polenta  from Brown Eyed Baker sounds so comforting!

Want the more traditional shrimp and grits? Shrimp and Grits with tomatoes is fabulous!

This corn and grits puddin’ with green chiles and cheese is so yummy!

And there’s always Amana Hoppelpoppel. Check it out. It isn’t pretty but these scrambled eggs are great!

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