Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cake

Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cake

Time: 43 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup oatmeal (I use quick oats)
• 1/2 cup shortening or 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder (optional)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup margarine
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt

Directions

• 1 Pour boiling water over oatmeal. Let it cool, and add all other ingredients 1 at a time.
• 2 Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
• 3 While cake is baking, mix all topping ingredients together, when cake comes out of oven, top w/ the topping mixture and put it under the broiler for 3 minutes---be careful not to burn, watch it!
• 4 Serve warm or cooled.