Lazy daisy oatmeal cake - quaker oats company

1 9\" cake

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1¼ cup Boiling water
1 cup Quaker Oats, uncooked (quick or old-fashioned)
½ cup Butter or margarine; soft
1 cup Granulated sugar
1 cup Brown sugar, firmly packed
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 Eggs
1½ cup Sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Soda
½ teaspoon Salt
¾ teaspoon Cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
¼ cup Butter or margarine; melted
½ cup Brown sugar, firmly packed
3 tablespoons Half and half or light cream
½ cup Chopped nutmeats
¾ cup Flaked or shredded coconut

Directions

CAKE

LAZY DAISY FROSTING

For cake, pour boiling water over oats; stir to combine. Cover and let stand 20 minutes. Beat butter until creamy; gradually add sugars, beating until fluffy. Blend in vanilla and eggs. Add oats mixture; blend well. Sift together flour, soda, salt and spices. Add to creamed mixture; blend well.

Pour batter into a well-greased and floured 9-inch square baking pan.

Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 F.) 50 to 55 minutes. Do not remove cake from pan.

For frosting, combine all ingredients. Spread evenly over cake. Broil until frosting becomes bubbly. Serve warm or cold.

COCOA OATMEAL CAKE: Increase boiling water to 1-⅓ cups in above recipe. Use 3 tablespoons cocoa in place of the cinnamon and nutmeg.

Prepare and bake as above.

Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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