Name: Oatmeal Cake Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 cup rolled oats; 1¼ cups boiling water; 1 cup white sugar; 1 cup brown sugar; ½ cup shortening; 1½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp Baking Soda; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp ground nutmeg; 2 eggs; 6 tbsp butter; ½ cup brown sugar; 2 tbsp heavy cream; ⅔ cup flaked coconut; ½ tsp vanilla extract

Oatmeal Cake Recipe

How To Make Oatmeal Cake Recipe

This moist oatmeal cake is a revelation! The starchy, neutral taste of the oatmeal provides a nice accent to the cake as a whole as well as texture. Try it!

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 40 minutes

Soak Time: 20 minutes

Total: 1 hour 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1cuprolled oats
1¼cupsboiling water
1cupwhite sugar
1cupbrown sugar
½cupshortening
1½cupsall-purpose flour
1tspbaking soda
½tspsalt
½tspground nutmeg
2eggs
6tbspbutter,melted
½cupbrown sugar
2tbspheavy cream
⅔cupflaked coconut
½tspvanilla extract

Instructions

In a small bowl, stir oats into boiling water. Set aside to soak for 20 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8×8-inch baking pan.
In a medium bowl, cream together the white sugar, brown sugar, and shortening until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Sift in the flour, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg; stir just until moistened.
Mix in the soaked oats. Pour into the prepared pan, and spread evenly.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Turn the oven to the broil setting and let it heat up.
In a small bowl, stir together the melted butter, brown sugar, heavy cream, coconut, and vanilla.
Spread over the top of the cake. Broil for a few minutes, just until the coconut is lightly browned.