Chocolate Oatmeal Cake

I got this recipe from The Essential Mormon Cookbook by Julie Badger Jensen on page 24. I made it for our "young married" activity this weekend and it was to die for.

Yes - we are still attending the young married activities - our kids are still young, so we can pretend, right?

This is very moist and delicious. I warmed up some leftovers in the microwave today for about 10 seconds and it freshened it up! Yummy!

1 c. quick oats
1 ¾ c. boiling water
½ c. butter
1 c. packed brown sugar
1 c. white sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1oz squares of unsweetened baking chocolate (I never buy this, so I mix 3 T. cocoa powder w/ 1 T. oil – this is equivalent to 1 oz of unsweetened baking chocolate J)
1 ¾ c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
2 c. chocolate chips (I used ½ dark chocolate and ½ milk chocolate – because that’s what I had)

Place oats in a bowl, pour boiling water over oats and let stand for 10 minutes. In a large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Remove pan from heat. Add brown and white sugar to butter and stir until well blended. Add eggs and oatmeal mixture. In a separate bowl heat baking chocolate squares in microwave just until melted (or not if you made your own). Add to mixture. Blend dry ingredients together and add to mixture. Stir in ½ of the chocolate chips. Pour mixture into greased 9x13 pan. Sprinkle top with remaining chocolate chips. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Enjoy!