bigger/best chocolate oatmeal cake
This recipe uses more oats and boiling water than most oatmeal cake recipes, and it is more moist and the best I have ever had.
prep time
30 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Bake
yield
Serves 12-15
Ingredients
- CAKE
- 2 1/4 cups boiling water
- 1 1/2 cups quaker oats
- 6 ounces hershey's semi-sweet or milk chocolate morsels - your choice
- 1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 cup chopped nuts - i prefer pecans, walnuts work
- TOPPING
- 10 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup evaporated canned milk or table cream
- 3/4 cup coconut
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts - same kind you used in the cake
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
How To Make bigger/best chocolate oatmeal cake
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Step 1CAKE: Pour boiling water over the oats, add chocolate chips, and let stand until cool. Mix together while cooling.
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Step 2Mix together white sugar, brown sugar, eggs and butter.
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Step 3Add to the sugar, butter, egg mixture (step 2) baking powder, vanilla, flour, and nuts. Add the cooled oatmeal mixture to batter and stir until well blended.
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Step 4Bake cake batter at 350' in a 9"x13" greased pan, about 40-45 minutes. Test to see if done.
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Step 5While cake is baking, mix together the Topping ingredients. Boil these ingredients in a saucepan for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour Topping over the cake when cake is done and has had a chance to cool a little. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream. It is delicious.
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