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Chocolate Hazelnut Oatmeal Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups boiling water
  • 1 cup quick cooking oats
  • 1 1/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/3 cup softened butter or margarine
  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • 2/3 cup demerara sugar
  • 1/2 tsp hazelnut flavoring
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups barley flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
Icing:
  • 1 1/2 tsp instant coffee granules
  • 4 tblsp half and half cream
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp hazelnut flavoring
  • 4 cups icing sugar

Directions

  1. Combine the boiling water and oats, sprinkle chocolate chips on top and let sit for 20 minutes. 
  2. In another bowl, cream the butter and sugars. 
  3. Beat in eggs one at a time and hazelnut flavoring. 
  4. Add oat mixture and beat well.
  5. Combine dry ingredients, add to the creamed mixture and mix well. 
  6. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan and bake in a 350F (180C) oven for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. 
  7. Cool on wire rack.
  1. To make icing, warm cream and stir in instant coffee until dissolved then set aside until cool. 
  2. Soften butter, stir in flavorings and icing sugar, then add enough of the cream mixture to make a nicely spreadable icing. 
  3. Frost the cake when it has cooled.

Note: If you don't have hazelnut flavouring, almond also works well.

  
         

 
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