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 9×9″ 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.
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