Before I tell you about this dairy-free and gluten-free oatmeal cake, I have to admit something (and it’s all going to make sense soon). I am secretly a grandma. 👵🏾 Okay, not literally – because hello, my kids are 3 and under. What I mean is… I have this (really cool) grandma kind of personality/vibe and I kind of always have. Like when I was 10 years old, I took a weekly quilting class with nine of the cutest little old ladies you’ve ever met. I spent most of my childhood (including my early teenage years 🙈) begging my parents to take me to craft stores (Michaels or Joann Fabrics) on the weekends. I learned how to knit before I learned how to write. I even had my very own sewing machine in grade school. Oh, and I was going to actual scrap-book meetings until I was in college, lol. Have I made my point yet? Well, I got a little older and slowly realized that these were not “normal” hobbies for someone in elementary/middle/high school to have… SO… knowing this somewhat strange information about my past… let’s get back to present day. Apparently this oatmeal cake… is a “grandma cake.” 👵🏾🍰 Like, a cake that everyone’s grandmother used to make decades ago (well, not my grandmas, I’m Indian so my lovely grandmas were making stuff like this homemade achar). How did I come up with the brilliant idea to make this grandma cake? I’m going to tell you exactly how it happened. Me thinking to myself: I want to make an oatmeal cake. Like, a sweet cake but with rolled oats. This will be perfect for [friend’s name] who just had a baby – a unique but also decadent way to use oatmeal in a dish – which is of course good for new moms! Wow. This is such a great idea. I bet no one has done this before. Let me check google! ::hops on google and finds like a million results with people sharing family recipes for oatmeal cakes with stories about how their grandmothers made this old fashioned cake like decades ago:: Me continuing to think to myself: Oh. It makes sense that I thought this was a good idea… Me to myself again: Well, my cake is going to be more modern… but also not too modern because I mean, grandmas know best. So, maybe this cake is a bit similar to a cake your grandma or great grandma made? I’m pretty sure mine is at least a little different though – because it’s gluten-free and dairy-free and I’m guessing no one’s grandma had time for that. My recipe calls for condensed coconut milk and gluten-free all purpose flour (I have made this cake using this brand and this brand but pretty sure any gf mix will work). And there are chocolate chips. And a drizzle of coconut butter (you can also use frosting) because I’m a little extra. That being said, I think this might be more of a glamma cake. You know, glam-ma. Like, a cake made by a glamorous grandma? Or, you know, a 33-year-old mother with a cool grandma vibe. 🙋🏽♀️ Like this recipe? Pin it to your favorite Pinterest board now so you will remember to make it later!
