Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This cake recipe, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, leans on boiling water, eggs and salt. It makes 15 Servings (9X13-inch cake) and takes about 50 minutes.

• Yield 15 Servings (9X13-inch cake)
• Ready in 50 minutes
• Prep 15 minutes
• Cook 35 minutes

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 cup ( 100 g ) old-fashioned oats
• ½ cup ( 113 g ) salted butter , cut into tablespoon-size pieces and softened to room temperature
• 1 ¼ cups boiling water
• 2 large eggs
• ¾ cup ( 159 g ) granulated sugar
• 1 ¼ cups ( 265 g ) light or dark brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 ¾ cups ( 249 g ) all-purpose flour
• 1 ¼ cups ( 213 g ) chocolate chips, milk, semisweet or bittersweet

Cream Cheese Frosting (optional)

• 4 tablespoons ( 57 g ) butter , softened to room temperature
• 4 ounces ( 113 g ) cream cheese , softened to room temperature
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups ( 228 g ) powdered sugar

Instructions

1. 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).
2. 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).
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
4. Stir in the cooled oatmeal mixture until well-combined.
5. Add the flour and chocolate chips (at the same time), and stir until just combined.
6. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
7. 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!).
8. Let cool completely in the pan.
9. 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.
10. Frost the cooled cake with cream cheese frosting or serve plain pieces of cake (slightly warm is divine) with a scoop of ice cream.

Cool the layers before you stack them.