Oatmeal Cake

Categories:: Desserts

Ingredients

  • 1 ⅓ cups boiling water
  • 1 cup quick cooking oats
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cups shortening
  • 2 well-beaten eggs
  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoons salt

Frosting

  • ½ cups brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons melted butter
  • ¼ cups canned milk
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Pour boiling water over quick oats, let stand 20 minutes. Mix together with flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together sugar, brown sugar, shortening and eggs.

Pour into a pan, alternating layers of the oat-flour mixture with the sugar-egg mixture. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes. Make the frosting and set aside.

Frost immediately after baking, then place under broiler until bubbles appear.

Frosting

Mix everything together!