(by Shirley McNevich)
1 cup Quaker quick oats
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup white sugar
1 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Frosting: 6 TBSP butter; 1/2 cup Domino's dark brown sugar
(packed); 1 cup Baker's angelflake coconut; 1/2 cup chopped nuts
(optional); 1 tsp. vanilla
In a bowl add oats and boiling water--stir, then let it sit for 20 minutes.
In a mixer add 1/2 cup butter, white sugar, 1 cup brown sugar--beat.
Add eggs--beat. Add baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon-
-beat. Add cooled oat mixture--beat. Add flour slowly--beat. Pour
batter into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45
minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool completely.
Frosting: in a saucepan over low heat add 6 TBSP softened butter--
stir and melt the butter. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar--stir until dissolved.
Add coconut, chopped nuts and vanilla--stir and cook over low heat
about 5 minutes until thickened. Spread frosting over the cake. Once
it cools to room temperature, refrigerate the cake.
 
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This recipe is from Shirley McNevich's first Mom's Best Recipes Volume 5. Published here with permission.
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