#1261 - Brown Sugar Oatmeal Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 cup Quaker quick oats
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup white sugar
1 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Frosting: 6 TBSP butter; 1/2 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed); 1 cup Baker's angelflake coconut; 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional); 1 tsp. vanilla

In a bowl add oats and boiling water--stir, then let it sit for 20 minutes. In a mixer add 1/2 cup butter, white sugar, 1 cup brown sugar--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon--beat. Add cooled oat mixture--beat. Add flour slowly--beat. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool completely. Frosting: in a saucepan over low heat add 6 TBSP softened butter--stir and melt the butter. Add 1/2 cup brown sugar--stir until dissolved. Add coconut, chopped nuts and vanilla--stir and cook over low heat about 5 minutes until thickened. Spread frosting over the cake. Once it cools to room temperature, refrigerate the cake.