Mocha Oatmeal Cake Food

MOCHA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with coffee and sour cream, beating well after each addition. , Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Beat in the chocolate, coffee and vanilla until blended. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

DATE OATMEAL CAKE WITH MOCHA FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F & prepare your baking dish (I like using a bundt pan for the shape, but a 9" square baking pan is what's recommended).
• In a small bowl, combine oats and boiling water; let stand until cool (note: this takes a while. You might want to combine the oats and water and brew the coffee, take a break and come back to do the rest to allow time for the liquids to cool).
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together margarine and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in vanilla, oat mixture and flour mixture. Stir in dates & walnuts.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean. Set aside to cool.
• Prepare the frosting: in a bowl, blend together all frosting ingredients until fluffy. If icing is too thick, add a little more coffee to thin it. If too thin, add icing sugar. Spread icing over cooled cake.

MOCHA OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• reheat oven to 350.
• Mix coffee and water. Reserve 2 tablespoons for icing.
• Pour over oats and stir.
• Cover and let stand for 20 minutes.
• Beat butter until creamy and add sugars.
• Beat till fluffy.
• Add vanilla and eggs.
• Add oat mixture and blend well.
• Sift together flour, soda, salt and cocoa. Add to other bowl.
• Turn batter into silpat 9 inch equivalent pan (or grease & flour pan).
• Bake 50-55 minutes.
• FROSTING:.
• Cream butter and sugar. Add salt, vanilla and coffee.
• Beat until smooth.
• Frost the cooled cake.

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Steps:

• 1 Pour hot coffee over oats; cover and let stand for 20 minutes. 2 Meanwhile, cream butter and add sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix well. 3 Mix together the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa. 4 Alternate adding small amounts of the dry ingredients with the oats/coffee mixture, mixing well with each addition. 5 Pour into greased bundt pan and bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes.

LIGHT & FLUFFY CHOCOLATE MOCHA CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lightly butter and line the bases of 2 x 18cm sandwich tins with baking paper. Whisk the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 mins with a tabletop mixer or 10 mins using an electric hand whisk. The mixture will have increased greatly in volume and be thick enough to leave a trail on the surface when the whisk blades are lifted.
• Sift the flour, cornflour, cocoa and baking powder over the surface and fold in gently using a large metal spoon. Divide between the tins, gently spreading the mixture to the edges, then bake for 15-20 mins until the cakes are well risen, have begun to shrink away from the sides of the tins and spring back when gently pressed. Leave to cool in the tins for 5 mins, then turn out onto a rack.
• To decorate, microwave the chocolate and coffee together on Medium for 20-30 secs until the chocolate has melted. Gently stir until smooth, then cool slightly. Beat the soft cheese with the yogurt and icing sugar until smooth, then spoon half the mixture into a small bowl stir in the melted chocolate and set aside. Place one cake on a serving plate and spread with the yogurt mixture. Cover with the other cake, then spread the chocolate yogurt mixture over the top.
• To finish, microwave the 15g chocolate on Medium for about 20 secs until melted. Stir gently until smooth, then drizzle all over the cake.