Taste of Home: Chocolate Oatmeal Cake Recipe
Chocolate Oatmeal Cake
Dense and pleasantly moist, this oatmeal infused chocolate cake made the top five family loved baked goods. Oatmeal always presents a healthy illusion while relieving a certain amount of guilt.
The Taste of Home recipes have proved a reliable, enjoyable baking experience. These irresistible chocolate muffins are based on a Taste of Home recipe. Now that I’m thinking about it, holy cow I baked so many sweet and delicious desserts, like these Apple Pumpkin Muffins and these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins, I can’t even remember them all!
Getting back to the chocolate oatmeal cake, I used regular oatmeal rather than quick cooking oats. Not being fond of frosting, it was omitted completely. Besides this is a healthy cake and we truly do not need the extra sugar. Ummm, yes healthy wink, wink :)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup stick margarine, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Coffee Frosting:
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules
- 1/4 cup half-and-half cream, warmed
- 1/2 cup stick margarine, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions
In a bowl, combine the water and oats. Sprinkle with chocolate chips (do not stir); let stand for 20 minutes. In a mixing bowl, cream margarine and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in oat mixture.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
For frosting, dissolve coffee granules in cream; set aside. In a small mixing bowl, cream margarine; add vanilla and salt. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat in enough of the coffee mixture to achieve spreading consistency. Frost the cake.
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