Grammie Bea's Lazy Daisy Oatmeal Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup uncooked rolled oats (instant or regular)
• 1 1/4 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons canned evaporated milk
• 1/3 cup nuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 cake:.
• 3 in a shallow bowl, combine rolled oats and boiling water. let stand for 20 minutes.
• 4 using a mixer, cream butter until creamy.
• 5 gradually beat in sugars, and beat until light.
• 6 blend in eggs and vanilla.
• 7 mix flour, baking soda, salt, and spices.
• 8 remove beaters from creamed mixture.
• 9 stir in rolled oat mixture.
• 10 fold in flour mixture. blend well.
• 11 pour batter into a greased and floured 9" square cake pan.
• 12 bake for 45-55 minutes remove from oven, but do not remove cake from pan.
• 13 topping:.
• 14 combine all melted butter. brown sugar, canned milk and nuts. spread over the hot cake.
• 15 return the cake to the oven, under the broiler. broil until the topping is bubbly and tinged with gold. watch it as it will burn easily.