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Aunt Shirley's Oatmeal Cake

 

Ingredients

Instructions

1 cup of Oatmeal 
1 1/1 cups of boiling water
1 stick  Margarine

1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup White Sugar
2 beaten Eggs
1 1/3 cups Self Rising Flour
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Soda

Topping:

1 stick of Margarine
1 cup Brown Sugar 
1/4 cup Milk
1 tablespoon Vanilla
1 cup of Coconut

Add oats to margarine and boiling water, cover and remove from heat. 


Cream together brown sugar, white sugar, add beaten eggs.  Sift together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and soda.  Add flour mixture to creamed sugar and egg mixture, stir in oatmeal mixture.  Pour into ungreased 9x13 baking pan.  Bake for 25 minutes @350 degrees or until firm to touch.  


Cream together 1 stick of margarine, brown sugar  1/4 cup of milk and vanilla in a sauce pan.  Heat until melted, add coconut.  Spread over hot cake.  Broil to toast coconut.

 
  

Submitted by Shirley Moore