Date Oatmeal Cake With Mocha Frosting

Submitted by Chef #761944

"Delicious and easy cake, perfect with coffee or tea. From the Great Food Fast cookbook (Dieticians of Canada)"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• Cake ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 1⁄2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1⁄2 cup walnuts

• Mocha frosting

• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 1⁄4 cups icing sugar (sifted)
• 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon strong coffee, cooled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350F & prepare your baking dish (I like using a bundt pan for the shape, but a 9" square baking pan is what's recommended).
2. In a small bowl, combine oats and boiling water; let stand until cool (note: this takes a while. You might want to combine the oats and water and brew the coffee, take a break and come back to do the rest to allow time for the liquids to cool).
3. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, cream together margarine and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in vanilla, oat mixture and flour mixture. Stir in dates & walnuts.
5. Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean. Set aside to cool.
6. Prepare the frosting: in a bowl, blend together all frosting ingredients until fluffy. If icing is too thick, add a little more coffee to thin it. If too thin, add icing sugar. Spread icing over cooled cake.