Oatmeal Cake Pam Kemper Recipes

OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Pour boiling water over oatmeal and set aside for 20 minutes.
• 2. Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs. Beat well.
• 3. Add vanilla and oatmeal mixture.
• 4. Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Mix well.
• 5. Pour into a greased 9x13 inch pan.
• 6. Bake for 30 minutes.
• 7. For Topping: Melt butter. Add coconut, nuts, brown sugar, and milk.
• 8. Mix well.
• 9. Frost cake when you take it out of the oven.
• 10. Broil until the top is brown. Watch it carefully so it doesn't burn.

LAZY DAY OATMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl soak oats in boiling water for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile proceed by measuring butter and sugars into beater bowl and beating until light.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Sift and measure flour, sifting again with the soda and spices.
• By this time the oats will be soaked and cool.
• Remove beaters from creamed mixture and fold in soaked oats.
• Sift flour mixture over and fold in.
• Turn in a buttered 9x9" pan and bake at 350°F for 40-50 minutes .
• Mix all the topping ingredients.
• Do not remove cake from pan but while still hot spread topping over and put under the broiler until bubbly and tinged with gold.
• Watch carefully.