My Moms Oatmeal Cake Food

MOMS OATMEAL CAKE MY WAY

Steps:

• 1. Turn oven on 350* Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan Put all ingredients in mixer bowl and mix together.
• 2. These were not put in the recipe but must be added. Add 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 2 eggs and 1 1/2 cup boiling water---this will be very thin batter.
• 3. Mix up the topping and drop into the batter with a tablespoon. leaving a space in between. when you have the topping all in the batter, put in oven and bake for 60 min. This is a great cake and each serving will have a bit of the topping in each one. It doesn't need to be frosted but you could serve with cool whip or Ice Cream.

SUPER MOIST OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Pour boiling water over oats and let stand for 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream, until light & fluffy, the white sugar, brown sugar and shortening.
• Add eggs, mixing well.
• Add oatmeal mixture, beat.
• Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda and vanilla, again mixing well.
• Pour into a well greased 9x13 inch casserole dish.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes.
• * Mix together ALL of the icing ingredients and spread over hot cake. Place back in the oven, for an additional 7-10 minutes.

GRANDMA NANCY'S OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Pour hot water over oatmeal; set aside.
• Cream together sugars and shortening, then add eggs.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add to the wet.
• Stir in oatmeal and vanilla.
• Pour into greased 9 x 13 cake pan and bake for 1 hr and 10 minutes at 350° and then top with topping.
• Topping: Combine butter, milk and sugar in a small saucepan.
• Bring to a boil and continue to boil 1 minutes and add coconut, nuts and oatmeal.
• Spread on cake and broil until brown (WATCH CAREFULLY IT WILL BURN FAST).

LAZY DAY OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl soak oats in boiling water for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile proceed by measuring butter and sugars into beater bowl and beating until light.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Sift and measure flour, sifting again with the soda and spices.
• By this time the oats will be soaked and cool.
• Remove beaters from creamed mixture and fold in soaked oats.
• Sift flour mixture over and fold in.
• Turn in a buttered 9x9" pan and bake at 350°F for 40-50 minutes .
• Mix all the topping ingredients.
• Do not remove cake from pan but while still hot spread topping over and put under the broiler until bubbly and tinged with gold.
• Watch carefully.

MAW MAW'S OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Pour boiling water over quick oats and let stand for about 15-20 minutes, while you begin mixing up the cake.
• In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, shortening, and eggs, mixing well.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; add to sugar mixture.
• Add oatmeal and mix well.
• Pour batter into a 9X13-inch greased cake pan.
• Bake for about 30 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• For topping, combine all topping ingredients.
• Prick holes in the top of the cake with a toothpick or ice pick.
• Spread icing over the top of warm cake.
• Place cake under the broiler for just a minute or two until topping starts to brown.
• (My oven browns quickly and only takes 1-2 minutes, so watch closely!).