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Oatmeal Cake III

By: Susan

"A delicious, lightly spiced oatmeal cake with a coconut caramel nut topping."

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Original Recipe Yield 1 - 9x13 inch pan

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups boiling water
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
4 tablespoons evaporated milk
1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
Pour boiling water over oats. Set aside.
Sift together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon. Set aside.
Cream 1/2 cup butter, sugar, 1 cup brown sugar and eggs until fluffy. Add flour mixture and mix in. Add softened oats. Pour batter into a 9x13 inch pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes. Remove cake from oven. Set oven temperature to broil.
In a saucepan, combine milk, 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup brown sugar.
Heat until melted, then add coconut and chopped nuts. Spread on warm cake.
Place cake under broiler for 2 to 3 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving Calories: 264 | Total Fat: 12.6g | Cholesterol: 39mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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Reviewed on Feb. 19, 2007 by MAGGIE MCGUIRE

In my continuing search for an oatmeal cake "better than grandma made" I found this one....

Reviewed on Feb. 23, 2008 by ernesta

i accidently overbaked these because i left my oven at 400 but knew i had to get them out as...

Reviewed on Nov. 15, 2006 by Toni

I've tried dozens of oatmeal cake and bar recipes, trying to duplicate the one I loved as a...

Reviewed on Jul. 22, 2003 by GARLICKE

Excellent!!! Great with coffee and vanilla ice cream. The topping is soooooooo good. ...

Reviewed on Aug. 4, 2010 by mlcrawfo

Don't change a thing!! Being from the south, I had never even heard of this cake before! A...

Reviewed on Feb. 7, 2007 by Jenn R

Wow, this turned out good. It took a lot longer to bake than the recipe said (mine took about...

Reviewed on Sep. 13, 2011 by Sharon Giesbrecht

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Fantastic cake and so easy to make. It is my son's favorite. He doesn't like coconut so I...

Reviewed on Jan. 14, 2008 by Boo

Very good.. have been making this for over a year and hubby loves it. Try a diced up apple in...

Reviewed on Jun. 10, 2005 by DURFY2004

This is a recipe I thought I had lost. While visiting my grown sons they were talking about...

Reviewed on Mar. 19, 2012 by JEWELJETT

I used regular milk instead of evaporated but otherwise made the recipe as written. I was a...

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