Lazy Day Oatmeal Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 cup uncooked rolled oats (instant or regular, i used rolled oats)
• 1 1/4 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons cream or 3 tablespoons milk
• 3/4 cup flaked coconut
• 1/3 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a shallow bowl soak oats in boiling water for 20 minutes.
• 2 meanwhile proceed by measuring butter and sugars into beater bowl and beating until light.
• 3 beat in eggs and vanilla.
• 4 sift and measure flour, sifting again with the soda and spices.
• 5 by this time the oats will be soaked and cool.
• 6 remove beaters from creamed mixture and fold in soaked oats.
• 7 sift flour mixture over and fold in.
• 8 turn in a buttered 9x9" pan and bake at 350°f for 40-50 minutes .
• 9 mix all the topping ingredients.
• 10 do not remove cake from pan but while still hot spread topping over and put under the broiler until bubbly and tinged with gold.
• 11 watch carefully.