astray recipes: Chocolate oatmeal cake

Categories: Cakes
Yield: 1 Cake

Measure	Ingredient
1 cup	Oatmeal *
1½ cup	Boiling Water
½ cup	Crisco shortening
1½ cup	Granulated white sugar
2	Eggs
1 cup	Sifted all-purpose flour
½ cup	Powdered cocoa
1 teaspoon	Soda
½ teaspoon	Salt
1 teaspoon	Vanilla
1 cup	Sifted powdered sugar
2 cups	Coconut
2 tablespoons	Butter
½ cup	Milk
	Pecans (chopped)
	Vanilla

FROSTING

* If using minute oatmeal, chop it up in small pieces before soaking it up in hot water.

Mix oatmeal and boiling water and let cool.

Cream shortening with sugar and eggs, add rest of ingredients along with oatmeal mixture. Beat till smooth. Bake in 8x12 greased pan at 350 degrees for

35 minutes.

Frosting: Mix powdered sugar, butter and milk and boil till thick (about 6 minutes). Be carefully it doesn't get too hot and burn on the bottom, you must continue to stir constantly. Add coconut, pecans and vanilla.

chocolate oatmeal cake