Simple Chocolate Oatmeal Cake Food

OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the oats and boiling water. Let stand for 15 minutes or until cooled. , In another large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the oat mixture; mix well. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , Combine the topping ingredients; spoon over top of warm cake; broil about 4 in. from heat for 3-4 minutes, or until top is lightly browned.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 8x8 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together the rolled oats and butter. Mix in boiling water. Set aside to cool.
• Beat together the brown sugar, eggs and vanilla; add to cooled oat mixture and mix well.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cocoa. Add to wet ingredients and mix well. Spread into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 minutes. Remove from oven, allow to cool, and remove pan.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine water and oats. Sprinkle with chocolate chips (do not stir); let stand for 20 minutes. , In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. 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 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., For frosting, dissolve coffee granules in cream; set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter until smooth. Beat in vanilla and salt. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in enough of the coffee mixture to achieve spreading consistency. Frost cake.

KIDS CAN MAKE: OATMEAL-CHOCOLATE SNACK CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line the bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan with a foil strip long enough to overhang on 2 opposite sides. Spray the foil lightly with cooking spray; set aside.
• Whisk together the flour, oats, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Whisk the butter, egg, brown sugar and applesauce in a large bowl until combined. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until barely mixed. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Spread the batter in the prepared baking pan. Bake until the cake is light brown around the edges and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Use the foil overhang to lift the cake out of the pan and let cool completely on the rack. Invert onto a plate and peel the foil off. Re-invert the cake onto a cutting board, cut into 12 pieces and serve.

DARK CHOCOLATE OATMEAL

Steps:

• Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the oats, cocoa powder, vanilla and salt and cook, stirring regularly, until thickened, 5 to 7 minutes. Turn off the heat and stir in the honey. Cover and let stand for 2 minutes.
• Top each serving with 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts, half of a sliced banana and 2 tablespoons cherries. Serve immediately.

CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Mix water and oatmeal in mixing bowl, and let sit 10 minutes.
• Add sugars, butter or margarine, and eggs. Mix well.
• Add flour, baking soda, cocoa, and salt. Blend.
• Pour into greased and floured 10 x 15 x 1 inch jelly roll pan. Top with chocolate chips and chopped nuts.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 20 minutes.

THE WORLD'S BEST CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars. Add the eggs and mix well.
• Add flour, soda, salt and cocoa and mix until just incorporated. The batter will be very thick.
• Add water to oatmeal and let stand for a few minutes. Once oats are soft, add oats/water mixture to the batter and mix well. Stir in half of the bag of chocolate chips (6 ounces).
• Pour into a greased or buttered rectangular 9×13 cake pan. Sprinkle the top of the cake with the rest of the bag of chocolate chips (6 ounces).
• Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes or until the surface springs back lightly when touched and your house smells amazing. Do not overbake. Let cool completely.
• For the frosting, melt the butter, sugar, and milk in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Bring to a boil and boil for 30 seconds.
• Reduce heat to low and add chocolate chips and marshmallows. Stir or whisk until frosting is smooth. Pour immediately over the cooled cake. The frosting crystallizes almost immediately as it cools so it's important to get it on the cake while it's still piping hot. Allow the frosted cake to cool for 5 minutes before serving. Or... not.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Place oats in a small bowl and cover with boiling water. Set aside for 10 minutes. In a mixing bowl using a mixer cream together brown sugar, white sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla extract. Whisk together the flour, salt, cocoa, baking soda and cinnamon.
• Add the flour to the creamed mixture along with the oats. Mix well with mixer. Fold in 1 cup of the chocolate chips and pour batter into a sprayed 9 x 13 baking dish.
• Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top of the batter along with the nuts. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 35-45 minutes checking for doneness as ovens vary. This cake does not need frosting. 8-10 Servings

OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, place the oats and the water and simmer 15 minutes to soften slightly. Allow to cool to room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter a 8-inch square cake pan.
• In a mixer fitted with a whip attachment, cream the butter until smooth. Add granulated sugar and mix until smooth and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix just until combined. Add the cooked oats and mix just until combined.
• In another bowl, mix the flour, oat bran, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Working in 3 batches, add the dry ingredients to the butter-oat mixture, alternating with the applesauce mixing just until combined after each addition. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out dry and almost clean (a few crumbs are fine), 40 to 50 minutes. Let cool completely. Turn cake out onto a square serving platter. Place strips of paper under the cake around all the edges.
• To make the frosting, in a mixing bowl with a whip attachment cream the cream cheese on medium to high speed until light and fluffy. Turn the mixer to low and mix in the powdered sugar and honey. Frost the cake on the sides with a thin layer of frosting then use the remaining to cover the top and swirl it decoratively. Using your hands, press the toasted chopped nuts onto the side of the cake to coat it. Remove the paper strips before serving. Cut into 2-inch square pieces.
• Notes about the recipe: This is a delicious hearty and healthful cake. The texture added by the cooked steel cut oats makes you thing there are nuts inside. I made it to help me use up ends of jars of oat bran in the freezer and steel cut outs in the cereal drawer after the hot cereal breakfast season was over for the year.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, place the oats and the margarine.
• Pour the boiling water over the oats & margarine and allow to sit for 20 minutes.
• Add the eggs to the oatmeal mixture and blend together.
• Sift together the dry ingredients and add to the wet mixture; stir well.
• Pour into a greased 9x9 cake pan and bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Cool completely and frost.

MICROWAVE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients but the chocolate chips in a bowl and beat 3 minutes on medium speed.
• Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips.
• Spread the batter into an 8 inch glass dish (or other microwave dish).
• Cover with waxed paper.
• Microwave at high for 8 to 9 minutes or until the top looks dry.
• If you don't have a part that rotates the dish then you need to rotate the dish a 1/4 turn after 4 minutes.
• Take the dish out of the microwave, take off the waxed paper, and sprinkle the rest of the chips on the top of the cake.
• Let them stand for 5-10 minutes or until they are melted.
• Spread them over the top of the cake.
• Let it cool and then cut it into squares.

CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Pour boiling water over rolled oats and let stand 20 minutes.
• Beat butter until creamy. Gradually add sugars beating until fluffy. Blend in vanilla and eggs.
• Add softened oatmeal and mix well. Set aside.
• In medium bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add dry ingredients to creamy mixture.
• Stir in 1 cup dark chocolate chips and 1/4 cup toffee bits.
• Pour batter in 9"x13" greased pan.
• Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips. toffee bits and pecans on top of cake.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Tip: Good dessert for a picnic or a potluck meal.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 F (180 C/Gas 4). Lightly butter a 10 x 15 x 1-inch sheet pan
• In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter and brown sugar. Beat in eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
• In another bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and 1 teaspoon salt; stir in oats. Stir dry ingredients into the creamed mixture until well blended; set aside.
• Pat about three-quarters of the oat mixture into the bottom of the prepared sheet pan. Set aside the remaining oat mixture.
• In a heavy saucepan over low heat combine the sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips, 2 tablespoons butter, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir until the chocolate chips have melted and the mixture is smooth. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla and pecans or walnuts.
• Spread the filling mixture over bottom crust in the baking pan, and then crumble the remaining oat mixture evenly over the top.
• Bake the bars in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool before cutting into squares.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over oatmeal in large mixing bowl and let stand for 5-10 minutes.
• Add shortening, sugar and eggs; mix well.
• Add flour, salt, baking soda, cocoa and vanilla.
• Pour into greased and floured 9 x 13" baking pan.
• Sprinkle nuts and chocolate chips over batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes.

EASY CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Grease an 8 x 8 pan.
• Mix oats, boiling water, and butter.
• Let cool.
• Beat sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• Add cooled oat mixture to sugar/egg mixture.
• Sift the dry ingredients together.
• Add to the wet mixture and mix well.
• Spread into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.

SIMPLE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a 9x13" pan and set aside. In a large bowl, combine oatmeal with 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup chocolate chips. Pour boiling water over all, and let stand for 5 minutes. Then add the cocoa and mix well with a wire whisk so the chocolate and butter melt. Add 3/4 cup sugar and 1 cup brown sugar and whisk to combine. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
• Add eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla and beat until combined. Then add flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix with a wire whisk until well blended. Immediately pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350F for 25-35 minutes until cake pulls away from sides of pan and springs back when lightly touched in center.
• Prepare topping while cake is baking. Combine 1/3 cup melted butter, walnuts, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, coconut, cream, and 1 teaspoons vanilla in a medium bowl; mix well. When cake tests done, remove from oven and set on wire rack.
• Turn oven to broil. Drop topping mixture by small spoonfuls onto cake; spread very gently to cover. Place under broiler, 4" from heat source, and broil for 2-5 minutes until topping is bubbly and light golden brown. Watch this every single second, turning the cake from front to back so the frosting cooks evenly. It can burn in a couple of seconds, so keep watching! When the frosting is bubbling furiously all over the cake and is beginning to brown in spots, remove cake from oven and sprinkle with 1 cup chocolate chips. Let stand for 10 minutes, then carefully swirl the chocolate chips into the frosting with the tip of a knife.
• Cool and cut into squares. Serve warm or cool.

OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Pour boiling water over instant oatmeal and let stand for 20 minutes. Cream together the margarine, brown sugar, and sugar. Next add the eggs, vanilla, and oatmeal and mix well. Blend in flour, soda, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well. Pour into 9 by 11-inch pan. Bake for 35 minutes.
• Combine all ingredients. After the cake is cooked, spread icing over the cake. Place under broiler for 3 minutes or until frosting is slightly browned.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Mix rolled oats and boiling water together and let cool.
• Cream shortening with sugar and eggs. Add the oatmeal mixture along with flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
• Bake in 8x12 greased pan in 350 degree oven for 35 minutes.
• Frost with Coconut Icing made by mixing 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 cups coconut, 2 tablespoons butter, and 1/2 cup milk. Mix well and boil until thick, about 4 minutes.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preaheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour a 9" x 13" baking pan, and set aside.
• In a small bowl, pour the hot water over the oatmeal, and set aside for a few minutes. In another bowl, mix the cocoa, flour, baking soda and salt together, set aside. In a large bowl, combine the oil with the two sugars.
• In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Pour the whites into the sugar mixture. Stir the flour mixture into the batter. Once combined, add the oatmeal and the vanilla to the batter.
• Pour into the baking pan and bake for 30 - 35 minutes.