Lazy Day Oatmeal Cake

Name: Lazy Day Oatmeal Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup uncooked rolled oats (instant or regular); 1 1/4 cup boiling water; 1/2 cup butter or margarine; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 eggs; 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg; 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 3 tbsp milk or cream; 3/4 cup flaked coconut; 1/3 cup chopped nuts (optional)

kgahan2 @kgahan2

I don't remember where I found this recipe, but its super easy and yummy.

kgahan2 @kgahan2

I don't remember where I found this recipe, but its super easy and yummy.

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Ingredients

Batter
1 cupuncooked rolled oats (instant or regular)
1 1/4 cupboiling water
1/2 cupbutter or margarine
1 cupgranulated sugar
1 tspvanilla
2eggs
1 1/2 cupall-purpose flour
1 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspsalt
3/4 tspground cinnamon
1/4 tspground nutmeg
Topping
1/4 cupbutter or margarine, melted
1/2 cupbrown sugar
3 tbspmilk or cream
3/4 cupflaked coconut
1/3 cupchopped nuts (optional)

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Steps

1

In a shallow bowl, soak oats in boiling water for 20min. or until softened.
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Meanwhile, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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Beat in eggs and vanilla.
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Sift flour, baking soda and spices together. .
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Fold soaked oats in with the butter mixture.
6

Sift flour mixture over the oat mix and fold in.
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Pour into a greased 9x9 pan.b
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Bake at 350 for 40-50min. or until a toothpick comes out clean.
9

Mix all topping ingredients.
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Pour topping over cake and put back in oven and continue baking until golden and bubbly.
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**I waited till there was about 10-15min left of baking time and poured the topping on and placed the cake back in the oven.
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**You may also add fruit to the cake and change up your nuts. In this one, I added chopped apricots and put walnuts in the topping.