Oatmeal spice cake
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2½ | cup | Hot water |
| 3½ | Sticks Butter | |
| 2 | cups | Quaker Oats |
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 3½ | cup | Brown Sugar |
| 4 | Eggs | |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking Soda |
| 2 | teaspoons | Cinnamon |
| 3 | cups | Flour |
| 1½ | cup | Pecans |
| 2 | cups | Coconut |
| ½ | cup | Milk |
| 1 | cup | Raisins |
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 Combine: Water, oats, and 2 stiks of butter and let stand for 20 min. Add 2 cups each of white and brown sugar, 4 eggs, and blend in salt, cinnamon, and 3 cups of flour. Mix well.
Blend in a cup or so of raisins and pour in a 9 X 13 pan and bake for 55 min. Cool before spreading on frosting.
FROSTING: In a 2½ quart sauce pan, combine 1 ½ cups of brown sugar, 1 ½ sticks of butter, coconut, 1 ½ cup pecans and ½ cup of milk and heat until well mixed.
After frosting the cake place it under the broiler for 2 to 5 min. to toast the coconut.
Submitted By JR BYERS On 12-03-94