Red Velvet Baked Oats

Heya,

The debate of "is red velvet just chocolate?" has been going on for a while and the honest answer is actually "no they are different." Red velvet consists of chocolate, buttermilk and a chemical reaction between white wine vinegar and baking soda in order to ensure that real velvety flavour and texture so when it comes to cake, red velvet isn't chocolate. However, when it comes to red velvet flavoured things such cookies, ice cream or waffles, it is mostly unfortunately red food colouring and cocoa powder! I have always been a massive fan of red velvet so when it came to experimenting with new baked oats flavours, red velvet was an obvious choice. Although I like chocolate (I am human after all!) I have already made multiple chocolate based baked oats (Including the Cosmic Brownie Baked Oats which are on my blog already) so I wanted to try and recreate the flavour. I didn't want to risk the bitter vinegar and baking soda taste so opted to leave that out but thought I would recreate the buttermilk texture and flavour. This recipe is the perfect way to start the morning and can be made the night before and left in the fridge ready to bake if you are short for time. I hope you love this recipe as much as I do!

Here is my recipe for Red Velvet Baked Oats:

Ingredients: (Serves 1)

• 30ml Egg Whites
• 1/2tsp Baking Powder
• 80ml Milk (I use Hazelnut)
• 1tsp Lemon Juice
• 40g Unsweetened Yoghurt
• 1tsp Almond/Vanilla Extract
• 40g Porrige Oats
• 15g Chocolate Protein Powder (this can be substituted for Hot Chocolate Powder)
• a Handful of White Chocolate Chips

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 175’c, gas mark 4
2. In a measuring jug, mix the milk and lemon juice and leave to curdle (this well essentially make buttermilk, but not as strong!)
3. In a hand blender, add your egg whites, baking powder, yoghurt, almond extract, oats and protein powder and blend until a smooth cake batter texture forms
4. Add in you "buttermilk" and continue to blend.
5. Pour into an oven-safe ramekin and add your chocolate chips
6. Bake for 15 minutes (I like mine slightly undercooked so don't be disheartened if it looks slightly underdone!)
7. Enjoy!!