Oatmeal Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
• 1 1/3 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts
• 1/4 cup light cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 pour boiling water over oats, stir and let cool.
• 2 in a larger bowl, cream together the butter and sugars; then add the beaten eggs.
• 3 beat mixture until fluffy.
• 4 sift dry ingredients and add the alternately with the soaked oatmeal to the creamed mixture until blended.
• 5 turn into a greased 8" pan and bake at 350 for about 40 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 6 while cake is baking, mix all of the topping ingredients together.
• 7 while the cake is hot, carefully spread the topping over it smoothly.
• 8 broil 4" from broiler until just melted and bubbly, watching it all the time.