Ingredients
1 1/2 cups hot water
1 cup quick oats (one-minute oats)
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening (or one stick oleo)
2 eggs
1 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda
1 cup white sugar
Method
Pour hot water over oats and let stand. Cream brown sugar and white sugar with shortening. Beat eggs into the mixture. Sift flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon; add all of the dry ingredients to shortening mixture and add oats; beating well.
Bake at 350-degrees for 35 minutes. Cover with oatmeal cake icing and place in oven or under the broiler for a few minutes.
Oatmeal Cake Icing
Ingredients
1 stick oleo
1 small can of Carnation milk
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 cup nuts
1 cup coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla
Method
Mix 1 stick oleo and 1 small can of Carnation milk; add 1 cup of brown sugar and 1/4 cup white sugar. Cook for a few minutes and add 1 cup of nuts, 1 cup coconut, and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Punch holes in cake with an ice pick as soon as it is taken from the oven. Pour icing over cake and place under broiler for a few minutes.
