Oatmeal Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup quick cooking oats
- 1 1/4 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Topping:
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/3 cup cream or milk
- 1 cup coconut (sweetened, shredded)
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Combine oatmeal and boiling water and set aside
- In a large mixing bowl, Cream butter and sugars together until light
- Beat in eggs and vanilla
- In a smaller bowl, combine dry ingredients.
- Stir into wet ingredients until just combined
- Add soaked oatmeal, and stir together until all ingredients are fully incorporated
- Pour into a greased 9×13 inch baking pan, and bake in center of preheated oven for about 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- 5-10 minutes before cake is done, combine butter, cream, and brown sugar from the topping ingredients in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan, and heat over medium heat.
- Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, and continue boiling for about 2 minutes, until somewhat thickened.
- Remove from heat and stir in coconut and pecans
- When cake is done, remove from oven, and spread coconut topping evenly over warm cake
- Place in broiler and broil 1-2 minutes, until topping begins to brown
- Remove, and let cool
- This cake is delicious served warm!
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