Grandma Snyder’s Oatmeal Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 ¼ cups boiling water
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 ½ cups packed brown sugar
- ¾ cup evaporated milk
- 1 ½ cups flaked coconut
- 1 ½ cups chopped walnuts
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pour water over oats, let stand.
- Cream 1/2 cup butter or margarine and sugars. Add eggs and blend in a large mixing bowl. Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg together. Add to sugars and egg mixture. Add vanilla and oats mixture, blend well.
- Pour batter into a 9 x 13 inch pan.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 30-40 minutes.
- To Make Icing: Mix together 6 tablespoons melted butter, 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, 3/4 cup evaporated milk, coconuts, nuts, and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Pour this coconut concoction over the hot cake.
- Put cake under broiler, and watch close so nuts don’t burn, about 5-10 minutes. Serve hot or let cool. Enjoy.
Notes
Brown Sugar Icing
Heat together:
2 tbsp margarine
1/3 cup brown sugar
Mix in:
1-1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2-3 tbs milk
Alternate
Brown Sugar Icing
Melt and boil gently 3 min:
6 tbsp butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup cream
Allow to cool.
Add:
2-1/2 cup 10x sugar
pinch salt
1 tsp vanilla
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