Chocolate Oatmeal Cake with Broiled Icing
Dense chocolate oatmeal cake with crunchy broiled coconut and nut icing.
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal (not instant or quick)
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Broiled Icing
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 3 tablespoons half and half, or milk
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts, walnuts or pecans
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine oatmeal and water, mix. Set aside and let cool to room temperature.
- Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and vanilla. Mix. Add cooled oatmeal mixture. Mix to combine.
- Add dry ingredients and mix well.
- Pour into lightly sprayed 9 x 9 or 8 x 12 baking dish. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Once the cake is done, remove from the oven, set oven to broil. Lightly spoon icing over cake and gently smooth to cover the cake. Return to oven and broil 4-6 inches from the heat for about 1-2 minutes. Icing will bubble and start to brown. Watch carefully to prevent it from burning. Remove from oven and allow to cool on cooling rack.
Broiled Icing
- Mix all icing ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside. Follow directions above to apply to cake.