Chocolate Oatmeal Cake
Easy and Delicious!
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats uncooked
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine or 3/4 cup or 12 tablespoons softened
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons 100% pure cocoa
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup pecan halves Could use walnuts
Instructions
- 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