Categories: Desserts
Ingredients
- For the cake:
- 1 1/4 cups Dr Pepper
- 1 cup rolled oats (not instant)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Pinch of ground allspice
- Pinch of ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- For the icing:
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup buttermilk or half and half
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup roughly chopped pecans
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350* and grease a 9×9 cake pan.
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Pour the Dr Pepper over the oats and let it sit for 10 minutes or until the oats are hydrated.
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Cream together the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until well blended. Add the beaten eggs and vanilla and stir until fluffy. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and kosher salt. Add flour mixture and Dr Pepper and oatmeal to the creamed butter and eggs, and stir until a thick batter is formed.
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Pour the cake batter into the pan, and bake uncovered for 35-45 minutes, or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
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Ten minutes before the cake is done, make the icing. On low heat, melt the butter, and then stir in the brown sugar, buttermilk, cinnamon, salt, coconut and chopped pecans.
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When the cake is done, turn on the broiler. While still warm, spread on top of the cake the icing, and place the iced cake under the broiler for 15-30 seconds are until lightly browned.