Grandma Jane's Oatmeal Cake

prep time:: 30 min
total time:: 3 hr

Makes 12 to 18 squares

Debra R

This was passed on from Grandma Keefer to Denise. Grandma said she never wrote down the recipe.

ingredients

Cake:
2 and 2/3 cups water
2 cups oats
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs, lightly beaten
2 and 2/3 C flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Icing:
1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup lght brown sugar
2 cups shredded coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup evaporated milk (regular, not sweetened)
a scant teaspoon vanilla

directions

1
Preheat the oven to 350°F / 175°C; grease and flour a deep 9“ by 12” cake pan.
2
Mix all the cake ingredients by hand and pour into the pan. Bake for 55 minutes. Allow to halfway cool in the pan. Combine all the icing ingredients in a bowl and spread onto the cake, then brown it under the broiler (grill) for two minutes. Cool to room temperature before serving.

notes

From Denise: I last made this about four years ago, but it was good. It seems too thin a batter at first, but it worked. I got the recipe in the early 1980s by writing down and measuring the ingredients she used when she was making it for Dad and me.

Source: Debra R