OATMEAL CAKE
(recipe from Grandma Foster’s collection)

 
Pour 1 ¼ cup boiling water over

            1 cup rolled oats.  Let stand 20 minutes.

 

Cream together:

            1 cup brown sugar

            1 cup white sugar

            ½ cup oleo

            2 eggs

            1 teaspoon vanilla

Add these 5 ingredients from above to the oatmeal.

 

Mix:

            1 ½ cups flour

            1 teaspoon soda           

            1 teaspoon cinnamon

            ¼ teaspoon nutmeg

            a little salt         

Add:     

 ½ cup chopped nuts

Mix dry ingredients into oatmeal mixture.  Bake @ 325’ for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Take out of oven and put on topping –

            1 ½ cups brown sugar

            3/8 cup evaporated milk

            ½ cup nuts

            ½ cup coconut

            6 tablespoons oleo

 

Broil about 3 minutes until bubbly.  Grandma Foster used her glass rectangular pan for this cake.