Bundt Cake Breakfast
This Bundt Cake Breakfast is more than a breakfast. It’s a breakFEAST. A savory dough is packed full of bacon, cheese, and fresh herbs, then baked until soft and delicious. It’s the perfect weekend breakfast!
If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, why do we ignore it so often? At our house, we think breakfast should get just as much love as any other meal, which is why we love making hearty dishes like this overnight croissant breakfast casserole bake with gravy to start the day on a delicious, filling note.
Not only are breakfasts like slow cooker breakfast casserole with sausage hearty and filling, but they’re also easy to tweak to your personal preference. That’s how we ended up adding this bundt cake breakfast to our rotation. It’s packed with bacon and cheese, but it’s so easy to add other ingredients to make it your own. It’s also easy, which is a nice bonus!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Simple Ingredients: This recipe uses ingredients you probably have in your kitchen right this second.
- Easy: This recipe uses a simple dough and basic ingredients, so it’s a recipe that even beginners can easily make
- Hearty and Delicious: The herbed dough, bacon, and cheese come together to create a hearty breakfast loaded with classic flavor.
- Great for Meal Prep: This is a recipe you can enjoy for several days. It’s also freezer-friendly, so you can make more than one and save it for later.
Ingredients
We’ve made this list to help you save time on your next trip to the grocery store. You can find the full amounts needed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.
These simple ingredients make this recipe a great pantry buster, in addition to being easy to find.
Variations
- Add Different Meats: Bacon, breakfast sausage, and ham all work very well in this recipe.
- More Veggies: Classic breakfast veggies like mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers add more flavor to the cake.
- Cheddar Cheese: Any bold cheese, like sharp or mild cheddar, Colby Jack, Cheddar Jack, Monterey Jack, or Pepper Jack, will work in this recipe.
- Add Some Heat: Add a little red pepper flakes or cayenne for a kick of heat.
- Hashbrowns: Top the cake with shredded hashbrowns before baking for a crispy, golden top.
How to Make a Bundt Cake Breakfast
This is a quick overview of the steps needed to make this recipe. You can find the full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Whisk the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Beat wet ingredients in another bowl.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients until combined.
- Fold in the cheese, bacon, chives, and parsley.
- Pour the batter into a prepared bundt pan and bake at 350 degrees until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Then, turn the cake out onto a wire rack to cool until warm. Enjoy.
Expert Tips
- Be sure every nook and cranny of your bundt pan is coated in butter or nonstick spray to avoid sticking. Bundt pans can be tricky!
- Mix the batter until just combined. Overmixing it can make the cake dense and tough.
- Be sure your baking powder is fresh, or the cake won’t rise properly.
- If you choose to add breakfast sausage, cook it first and drain it thoroughly.
- If adding vegetables, cook them briefly in a skillet to sweat out excess liquid. Then, press them between two layers of paper towels to remove as much liquid as possible. This avoids a watery batter.
FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Your bundt cake should still be quite warm when you remove it from the pan. Give it about 10 minutes in the pan, then turn it out onto a wire cooling rack.
The usual reason a bundt cake falls apart is sticking. The textured ridges in a bundt pan make it easy for the batter to stick to it. It’s imperative that every interior surface of the pan is thoroughly coated with butter, butter and flour, or nonstick coating.
A tough breakfast cake is usually the result of either using too much flour or overmixing the batter. Measure your flour by loosely spooning it into your measuring cup and leveling it off with a knife. In addition, mix your cake batter until the ingredients are just combined, meaning everything is moistened. This prevents overmixing and a tough cake.
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📖Recipe
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Bundt Cake Breakfast
Equipment
- bundt cake pan
- large mixing bowl
- Whisk
- medium bowls
- Wire cooling rack
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- 4 large eggs
- 1 ¼ cup whole milk
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup cooked bacon crumbled
- ¼ cup chopped fresh chives
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a bundt cake pan thoroughly with butter or non-stick spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, black pepper, and smoked paprika.
- In another bowl, beat the eggs and then mix in the melted butter and milk until well combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring until just combined.
- Fold in the cheddar cheese, Parmesan cheese, crumbled bacon, chives, and parsley until evenly distributed.
- Pour the batter into the prepared bundt cake pan, spreading it out evenly.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a wire rack to cool completely or serve warm.
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
