Beet Chocolate Oatmeal Cake
This decadently moist and gluten free, Beet Chocolate Oatmeal Cake is an absolute delight to savor when that chocolate craving hits ~ or, just because!
How about we make this confession Friday?
Hey, I will even start it off with one…
Way before I started this food blog, I was a food-blog voyeur.
Now, I didn’t know much about this world of food blogging – but I knew about this one blog. I didn’t leave any comments or indication that I was there, but, I returned every week to read and drool over the posts she shared! I followed along as she and her husband left everything behind in the US to move to the town of Cebu in the Philippines to work at an orphanage for a year and I followed them back to the US, after.
Y’all probably know I am talking about Lindsay and her husband, Bjork over at Pinch Of Yum! A few years ago, Lindsay posted a recipe she got from her coworker’s grandmother for a chocolate oatmeal cake that she titled “The World’s Best Chocolate Oatmeal Cake”.
Recently, when my daughter and I were craving something chocolatey (this seems to happen on a daily basis), this recipe popped into my head and I figured this had oats and so – hey – oats and chocolate – why, that’s breakfast anyway …if I add beets to it…well…. then, that’s dinner – right? 😉
Even though I beetified this cake and changed the frosting up, I completely understand why this cake was titled “The World’s Best Chocolate Oatmeal Cake”! It is so incredibly moist and light and chocolatey!
As we were digging into this cake, my daughter remarked that I’d been reading Pinch of Yum for a while now, and then she asked me why I kept coming back …I had to think about it (because when chocolate is in front of me, all I can concentrate on is chocolate)…and… I think it’s because of Lindsay and Bjork’s openness and transparency and humor inspite of everything – yes the recipes are mouthwatering and photography totally stellar, but, I have so enjoyed reading their candid, informative, and honest posts.
Ingredients
CAKE
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 2 eggs lightly beaten with fork
- 1 cup Gluten Free flour I used Bob’s Red Mill 1 to 1 GF flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 11/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 11/2 cup quick cooking oats Certified GF
- 2 cups boiling water
- 2 tablespoons puréed beets I usually have beet purée sitting in my fridge after baking beets for 45 minutes at 400 degrees and then skinning them and puréeing them in a blender or 2 tbsp grated beetroot.
- 1 12 oz bag chocolate chips divided
FROSTING
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4 tablespoons full fat coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2-3/4 cup mini marshmallows*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars.
- Then add the eggs and mix till well incorporated.
- Add flour, soda, salt, and cocoa and mix well
- In a separate bowl, add the boiling water to the oatmeal and let stand for a few minutes. When the oats soften, add oats/water mixture to the batter and mix well.
- Add in the beets and half of the bag of chocolate chips (6 ounces).
- Pour into a parchment paper-lined cake pan (9×10)
- Sprinkle the top of the cake with the rest of the bag of chocolate chips (6 ounces).
- Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes – "do not overbake". Let cool completely.
- FROSTING
- For the frosting, melt the butter and chocolate chips
- Add the confectioner's sugar into it
- Then the coconut milk and stir well. Frosting will be almost pour-able – spread on top of the cake and let cool before digging into
Nutrition
For more “Beetified” recipes or to see what’s behind the “beetification” process, check these out:
Buckwheat Beet & Flax Seed Crackers
Gluten Free Baked Powdered Sugar Doughts
Banana Beet Nut Bread
This is soon awesome! Beets sound soon good in this cake! 🙂
Thanks so much – they sure were!
Your cake looks fantastic and how great that it has beets and oatmeal, sounds like the perfect combination of decadent and decently healthy! You are such a good mom, I’m confident that you took a lot of time to contemplate your decision and it will be for the best.
Thanks so much for your kind words, Chris!
Running will definitely help all problems, especially when it comes to working through things. Your daughter sounds wise beyond her years. When is she doing to guest post??
Thinking about both of you xoxo
Haha – I told her and her reply was “awwww” and she went back to reading!
Thanks so much Cassie xoxo
Sorry to hear that things didn’t work out, but chocolate always helps. Sending big hugs <3
YES – Tara- chocolate most definitely helps!! Thanks lady!
So adding beets to something makes it dinner? I like the way you think! Mainly, I just like that you include chocolate in every meal. That makes us friends for sure! And I have to admit that I’m really sorry to hear about the relationship. But things happen for a reason. We might not know what the reason is right away, but there is a reason. Hang in there, my friend! I’ll send you a drone drop to cheer you up! 🙂
Hahaha – thanks David – nothing wrong with chocolate for dinner right?
And Yeah, I agree “things happen for a reason” is one of my fav sayings 🙂
Dear Shashi – I must make this cake so that I too can be certified beetified. Can’t resist a good rhyme. I missed your initial announcement, but thank you for letting us know what’s going on. It’s always easier sharing good news, but your daughter gets it. Your friends want to know so we can be supportive. So here’a hug. O. and a kiss. X. And if dry ice materializes perhaps you’ll get a bowl of wild blueberry ice cream too. (But don’t wait by the mailbox.)
Haha – “Certified Beetified” – now THAT, I LOVE!!!! I need to come up with a logo for that phrase!
Thanks so much Allie – I changed my mind – just send me some of those sugar crusted, blueberry muffins (no dry ice needed -woohoo) – did I tell you blueberry muffins are some of my favs – but then again I love them all – even bran muffins!
I too have chocolate cravings on daily basis. 😉 And what a coincidence, Shashi. Recently I too made a mini beet-chocolate cake for my little one. But this one looks way too gorgeous and deliocus. All your beet recipes are awesome! 🙂
Thanks so much Anu – so glad to know a fellow beet lover 🙂
Well, I am sorry to hear about the engagement sweet friend, but everything happens for a reason right?
At least you have this AMAZING piece of HEALTHY chocolate cake to devour right? Chocolate cures ALL wounds. Love you! xoxo oh and pinned!
Yes – you are right indeed – everything does most definitely happens for a reason and Chocolate is amazing – especially when beets are involved 🙂
Thank you and love ya too sweet friend! xoxo
I’ve never added beets to baked goods before but this cake looks incredible. I really need to give it a try.
Beets are my favorite add-in – they add so much moisture – and make even cake healthier! 🙂
You’re seriously on a mission to beet-ify everything right? This looks delicious, Shashi- And love how you started out reading POY 🙂
Ahh got cut off. also sorry things didn’t work out. Hope things are on the up moving forward 🙂
Thanks Arman! I’m not very good at wallowing – so, yeah, alls well in my neck of the woods – besides, everything happens for a reason right?
I am sorry that your relationship did not work out Shashi! Thanks for sharing this cake with us 🙂
You are so welcome – and thank you Tandy! 🙂
I have some friends who many years ago went over to Cebu to do missionary work. They started a church there and lived there for about five years. I do love the look of this cake – it’s so rich and dark and moist xx
Thanks Charlie! Wonder if your friends knew Pinch of Yum’s Lindsay and Bjork? It would be a smal small world if they did! xx
So moist and awesome, Shashi. You have the best beet recipes in the world.
Aww shucks – that means so much Angie! Thank You!
Your love for your daughter is admirable. This cake looks incredibly moist and delicious. I like to sneak veggies into my baked goods from time to time but have never used beets. I’ll need to give this a try!
Thanks so much Thao! I adore beets – so I sneak them into everything I can 🙂
Why ruining a delicious chocolate oatmeal cake with beets? That is the real question… 😉
Just kidding, just kidding. It looks awesmazing, notwithstanding the beets!
Haha …one of these days Mike – you are gonna come on over to the beet side!
I llove when you use veggies to make something sweet! This oatmeal cake looks so moist, swooning for just one bite! And then I’ll be back for more! 🙂
Haha – Thanks so much Pamela!