Orange take-along cake

12 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupBoiling water
1cupQuick-cooking oats
½cupButter, softened
1cupGranulated sugar
½cupPacked brown sugar
2Eggs
¼cupFrozen orange juice concentrate
1teaspoonVanilla
cupAll-purpose flour
1teaspoonBaking powder
1teaspoonBaking soda
½teaspoonSalt
½teaspoonGround cinnamon
½cupChopped pecans or walnuts
½cupPacked brown sugar
¼cupButter
2tablespoonsFrozen orange juice, concentrate
1cupFlaked coconut
½cupChopped pecans or walnuts

Directions

DOUBLE-NUT TOPPING

Preheat oven to 350øF. Grease and flour and 13 x 9 inch cake pan. Pour boiling water over oats; set aside. Cream butter with sugars. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in the ¼ cup orange juice concentrate and vanilla.

Sift flour together with baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; blend flour mixture into creamed mixture alternately with oat mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in nuts. Spoon into prepared pan. Bake for 40 minutes; remove from oven. Let cool.

To make topping, combine sugar, butter and orange juice concentrate in a saucepan; boil for 1 minute. Stir in coconut and pecans. Spread on cooled cake; broil until brown and bubbly. Be careful not to burn. Serves 12-15 Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@... Source: Good Friends Cookbook Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by "Cindy Hartlin" <cjhartlin@...> on Aug 18, 1999