Gluten-Free Chocolate Orange Oatmeal Cake

December 17, 2017

The Holiday season is a nostalgic time of year and for many people, a chocolate orange is holiday season staple. Now with this delicious recipe from Chandice at This Vivacious Life, you can enjoy that same nostalgic feeling, but with cake! Not any cake, but a gluten-free chocolate orange oatmeal cake! Citrus notes with indulgent Endangered Species chocolate combined with Bakery On Main’s premium Happy Oats is a go-to-grouping, perfect for enjoying with your morning coffee or for a sweet evening treat.

Ingredients

1 1/4 C brown sugar
3/4 C white sugar
1/2 C butter, melted
2 eggs
1 3/4 C gluten-free all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 T unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. orange extract
1 C Bakery on Main Organic Happy Oats
1 3/4 C boiling water
1 (3 oz.) Endangered Species Dark Chocolate with Cranberries, Orange and Cinnamon Bars, chopped
5 (3 oz.) Endangered Species Milk Chocolate Bars, chopped
6 T butter
3 T whole cream
3 T milk
1 1/3 C sugar
3/4 C mini marshmallows

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
In a stand mixer, cream together butter and 1 1/4 C brown sugar with 3/4 C white sugar
Add eggs one at a time and continuing mixing
Add gluten-free flour, salt, baking soda and powder and cocoa until just mixed
Combine oats, orange extract and water in a bowl and let them sit 2 minutes then add them to the mixture
Gently stir in one Endangered Species milk chocolate bar and one Endangered Species dark chocolate cranberries, orange and cinnamon bars
Pour batter into a greased 9×13 cake pan
Add two more chopped Endangered Species milk chocolate bars to the top of the cake before baking
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or just crumby but not wet
Meanwhile, prepare the frosting by combining 6 T melted butter, 1 1/3 C sugar, cream, milk and 1/4 tsp. orange extract in a pot and cook over low to medium heat
Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and add mini marshmallows and remaining 2 chopped Endangered Species milk chocolate bars
Stir until smooth then pour immediately over the cooled cake, do not allow the frosting to cool first
After frosting has set over cooled cake, serve & enjoy!