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Oatmeal Cake

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This cake is super moist and has a delicious coconut caramel topping. Pairs well with vanilla bean ice cream.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • 1-½ cup Water
  • 1 cup Oatmeal
  • 1 cube Butter, Softened
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 whole Eggs
  • 1-½ cup Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • ¼ teaspoons Nutmeg
  • _____
  • FOR THE CARAMEL GLAZE:
  • 1 cube Butter, Softened
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar
  • ½ cups Evaporated Milk
  • 1 cup Shredded Coconut

Preparation

Set oven to 350ºF. Boil water and add oatmeal. Stir and let sit 15 minutes.

Mix together butter, brown sugar, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, vanilla and nutmeg. When combined, add oatmeal. Pour into a greased 9×13 pan.

Bake 30 minutes (don’t overbake). Turn oven to broil while preparing the caramel glaze for the cake.

Caramel glaze:
Heat butter, brown sugar, and evaporated milk until boiling. Add coconut and continue boiling 1 minute. Pour over warm cake. Place cake in the oven (watching closely) until coconut is lightly browned.

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molldog on 2.10.2011

My daughter and I made this today and not only did it make the house smell super good but it is delicious! I am trying with all my might to not eat the whole thing before dessert tonight. Can’t wait to try it with some vanilla ice cream. Thank you for sharing!

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Lorri on 2.7.2011

This cake was wonderful. The recipe is just fine as is; no work needed. So glad you submitted this Jodi

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Colleen on 2.6.2011

Go..go now and get the ingredients for this AMAZING cake! I have been wracking my brain trying to figure out what next “award” worthy dessert I would bring to my companies next cook/bake off. I have won 2 out of 2 and have to defend my title!! This should do it. I like to add chopped pecans to my frosting to add a crunch to the texture – absolutely delish!! Careful not to overbake to keep it moist. Enjoy this warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I’m hitting the pantry now! :o)

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countrycricket on 2.6.2011

made the cake and it is a definate 5 mitts!

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cookbooked on 2.4.2011

This is almost exactly like the “Lazy Daisy Oatmeal Cake” I’ve made for my Dad’s birthday for the last 50 years, Jodi. A great recipe for you to share. Like lesia mentioned in a comment above, the addition of chopped pecans to the glaze really makes it for us.
I’m also glad your use of the term ‘cube’ of butter opened up some dialogue. It had never occurred to me that not everyone knew that a cube was a stick. Good info!

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Sleepymommy on 2.8.2015

Silly silly good. Vanilla ice cream is a must! Everyone loved!

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cora on 6.3.2014

Amazing. Delicious. My family and I couldn’t stop eating this! The texture is fantastic, and the caramel is succulent, not too sweet or too subtle. With a scoop of vanilla ice cream, it’s heaven. The second time I made this, everyone was so eager to eat it that they took some without me looking as soon as it came out of the oven (every day for the kids was pretty much cereal, so this was a nice change!) but they paid for it by burning their tongues! Overall, wonderful wonderful recipe, thanks so much for sharing!

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garlicmakesitgood on 9.18.2013

We really enjoyed this cake. It came out really nice and moist and the topping is so delicious. Thank you for sharing the recipe.

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terrilw on 4.29.2012

This is delicious. However, next time (and there will be a next time) I will bake it at least 35, maybe 40, minutes because it doesn’t seem completely baked in the center. Also, I think I didn’t wait long enough after it came out of the oven to put the topping on. It make the cake sink a little but that could also have been because it wasn’t completely baked. In any case, it was still very tasty.

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joswald on 1.12.2012

This cake is wonderful. Thank you for sharing the recipe. It’s even good the next day…if it lasts that long!

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