Oatmeal Cake - Richardson Favorite!

Oatmeal Cake

SERVES:  8-12        Heat oven to 350 degrees

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup oats, pour into 1 ½ cup boiling water, let stand while preparing next ingredients

• Combine the following ingredients in a bowl
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• Combine hot oats with sugar mixture
• Add 2 eggs and beat with mixer until well mixed
• Sift the following ingredients together
• 1 ⅓ cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Beat in dry ingredients
• Bake in 9 x 13 inch cake pan for 35 to 45 minutes at 350 degrees

Topping:

• ⅔  cup brown sugar, ½ cup butter or margarine, 1 tablespoon cream or milk. Mix and bring to boil for one minute. Remove from heat and add 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 cup coconut. If desired, substitute 2 cups nuts instead of the coconut. Mix well and spread over cake immediately when cake comes out of the oven. Put cake under the broiler on low for 1 minute or until the nuts begin to brown and sugar begins to bubble.

NOTES:
Serve with ice cream