Microwave Chocolate Oatmeal Cake
"Last summer our oven broke and I spent a lot of time looking for microwave recipes. I found this on the web and it is pretty good. Nice and chocolately!"
photo by Engrossed
- Ready In:
- 14mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 1⁄3 cups raw oatmeal
- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 (12 ounce) package chocolate chips
directions
- Mix all ingredients but the chocolate chips in a bowl and beat 3 minutes on medium speed.
- Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips.
- Spread the batter into an 8 inch glass dish (or other microwave dish).
- Cover with waxed paper.
- Microwave at high for 8 to 9 minutes or until the top looks dry.
- If you don't have a part that rotates the dish then you need to rotate the dish a 1/4 turn after 4 minutes.
- Take the dish out of the microwave, take off the waxed paper, and sprinkle the rest of the chips on the top of the cake.
- Let them stand for 5-10 minutes or until they are melted.
- Spread them over the top of the cake.
- Let it cool and then cut it into squares.
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Reviews
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This was very easy and turned out very good...chewy, sweet and cake like. I added 1 tsp of cinnamon and 1/2 cup of raisins and everything else the same. I used old-fashioned oats and think I would have liked quick oats better. I think my microwave is also 1000 watts also but mine took 12 minutes to cook. Made for 1-2-3 hit wonders. -
This was a lifesaver! my oven stopped working and I needed to bake a cake. I used 150 gr margarine in place of the 1 cup butter (220 gr), and I used only 2/3 cup brown sugar, and I used about 3 handfulls chocolate chips. I omitted the nuts as well, because of my toddler. The result was tasty, (like a chocolate chip cake - the oatmeal could harly be tasted) my toddler ate it happily. I found it still a little too sweet, next time I'll try 1/2 cup sugar. As it still had a greasy feel, I'll try using less margarine next time as well. I cooked it 6 minutes in my microwave. I didn't put chocolate chips on top, I poured some choclate syrup instead. It was awesome! Thanks for posting! -
sorry..even the chocoalte on top couldn't save this enough for me, maybe I just don't like flavor of Microwave cakes. The people at the office obviously are it happily :) -
want to bake, frost, and eat a cake in under 15 minutes? then this recipe is for you. the batter is very thick , and although i cooked this for 8 minutes i think it was a bit overdone, i'd cook this for 6 or 7 though my micro is 1000 watts. the cake is dense and chewy, chock full of chocolate and nuts. my family enjoyed this, thought i slaved all day over it- thanks for an easy dessert alternative.
Tweaks
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This was a lifesaver! my oven stopped working and I needed to bake a cake. I used 150 gr margarine in place of the 1 cup butter (220 gr), and I used only 2/3 cup brown sugar, and I used about 3 handfulls chocolate chips. I omitted the nuts as well, because of my toddler. The result was tasty, (like a chocolate chip cake - the oatmeal could harly be tasted) my toddler ate it happily. I found it still a little too sweet, next time I'll try 1/2 cup sugar. As it still had a greasy feel, I'll try using less margarine next time as well. I cooked it 6 minutes in my microwave. I didn't put chocolate chips on top, I poured some choclate syrup instead. It was awesome! Thanks for posting!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
ladypit
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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