Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Yield: 15Servings (9X13-inch cake)
Prep Time: 15 minutesmins
Cook Time: 35 minutesmins
Total Time: 50 minutesmins
Ingredients
Cake:
1cup(100g)old-fashioned oats
½cup(113g)salted butter, cut into tablespoon-size pieces and softened to room temperature
1 ¼cupsboiling water
2large eggs
¾cup(159g)granulated sugar
1 ¼cups(265g)light or dark brown sugar
½teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonbaking powder
1teaspooncinnamon
1 ¾cups(249g) all-purpose flour
1 ¼cups(213g)chocolate chips, milk, semisweet or bittersweet
Cream Cheese Frosting (optional):
4tablespoons(57g)butter, softened to room temperature
4ounces(113g)cream cheese, softened to room temperature
½teaspoonvanilla extract
2cups(228g)powdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a metal 9X13-inch baking pan with cooking spray (if using a glass or dark-coated pan, lower the baking temperature to 325 degrees F).
In a medium bowl, add the oats and butter. Pour in the boiling water; stir, and set aside to cool for about 15-20 minutes (until it is just warm but not hot).
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
Stir in the cooled oatmeal mixture until well-combined.
Add the flour and chocolate chips (at the same time), and stir until just combined.
Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
Bake for 30-40 minutes until the top springs back to the touch and a toothpick comes out with moist or no crumbs (don't overbake!).
Let cool completely in the pan.
For the cream cheese frosting, whip together (with a handheld electric mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment) the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the vanilla and powdered sugar, and mix until light and creamy, 2-3 minutes.
Frost the cooled cake with cream cheese frosting or serve plain pieces of cake (slightly warm is divine) with a scoop of ice cream.