Recipe - Moms Favorite Oatmeal Cake

1 One fourth cup Boiling Water
1 cup Oats
One half cup Butter; Softened
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Packed Brown Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 Eggs
1 One half cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
One half teaspoon Salt
Three fourths teaspoon Cinnamon
One fourth teaspoon Nutmeg

FROSTING
One fourth cup Butter; Melted
One half cup Packed Brown Sugar
3 tablespoon Milk
1/3 cup Chopped Nuts
Three fourths cup Coconut

Pour boiling water over oats, cover and let stand 20 minutes. Beat butter
until creamy, gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy. Blend in vanilla
and eggs, add oats, mix well. Sift together flour, soda, salt, cinammon,
and nutmeg. Add to creamed mixture, mix well. Pour batter into well greased
and floured 9 inch square pan. Bake at 350 ° for 50 to 55 minutes. Do not
remove cake from pan. For frosting; combine all ingredients, spread evenly
over cake. Broil until frosting becomes bubbly.

Recipe by: Unknown source (Mom's Recipe Card)

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 650 by PLK1028@aol.com on Jan
31, 1998