Larissa's Oatmeal Birthday Cake

addition to birthday1, originally uploaded by mossnbeads.

Oatmeal Cake
Recipe of the week:
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown
1/2 cup butter
1 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
some fresh grated nutmeg in the batter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Icing:

3 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Pour boiling water over oatmeal.
Set aside to cool.
Cream sugars and butter.
Add: oatmeal, flour,soda,cinnamon, eggs, vanilla.
Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes in a greased and floured 9x13 pan.
Make icing.
Mix all icing ingredients,and spread on hot cake.
Put under broiler for a few minutes til bubbly.

****It was so very good!!! The brown sugar butter glaze with walnuts and then put under the broiler is genius ;) I am serving it at the Kaffe Haus on Wednesday...yummmmmm