Easters Oatmeal Cake

We just finished our Easter celebration with some delightful family and friends. Marks oldest friend Russel brought over an excellent Oatmeal cake. Russell is no dummy he knows to bring recipes when he comes to this house because we always love what he brings. So I told him I'd put his cake recipe on this blog. Hope you all enjoy it as much as we did. We served it with a vanilla ice cream but, I think the coconut flavor of the cake would marry well with a pineapple ice cream to give it a tropical punch. Thanks Russell for another great recipe to add to our collection.

Oatmeal Cake 

from Russells kitchen

 Preheat oven 375

In a bowl mix the following

 

11/2c hot water….almost boiling

1cup quick oats

1tsp baking soda

Mix together and set aside to cool.

 

In a separate bowl mix together the following ingredients in order given.

1cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

½  cup corn oil

½ stick butter melted

Pinch of salt

½ tsp cinnamon

2 eggs

2 cup flour

Add the cooled oatmeal mixture

Bake 15-20 min in greased & floured 9x13 pan ( he used aluminum) Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes,

Spread topping (recipe to follow) on cake  . Return to oven for another 15-20 minutes topping should be light and bubbly.Topping

1 stick butter melted

½ brown sugar

1 cup chopped nuts

1 cup coconut

¼ cup evaporated milk

1 tsp vanilla

 Mix all together and spread on hot cake.