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This cake has been around a long time and has always been a favorite of my family. I took this cake to functions at work, reunions and family gatherings for years and never brought any home with me.
Cake:
2 1/2 cups boiling water
2 cups instant oats
1 cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsps. soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsps. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
Pour boiling water over oats, cover and let stand for 20 minutes. Beat butter until creamy; slowly add sugars; beat until fluffy. Blend in vanilla and eggs. Add oats mixture and mix well.
Add flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix well. Pour into a sprayed 9 x 13 inch cake pan and bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hour. Let cool.
Note: The last time I made this cake I cut the brown sugar from 2 cups to 1 in the cake. I could not tell the difference.
Frosting: 1 cup melted butter or margarine
2 cups brown sugar
6 tablespoons half and half or can use evaporated milk
1 cup chopped or broken walnuts (can use pecans)
3 cups shredded or flaked coconut
For frosting, mix all ingredients together, spread over cake. Place cake under broiler in oven until frosting becomes bubbly. Serve cake warm or cold.
The picture does not do this cake justice. Everyone that tries this cake, loves it. Enjoy!
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What a cute name for a recipe! It sounds easy too, I love it!
First time to your blog. I love it. This cake looks like heaven to me.. I have never made one like it and I will be trying it. Nice to meet you. I am off to check out some more of your recipes.
Hi there, it’s my first visit to your blog and it won’t be my last – these recipes have good home cooking written all over them! I know my husband would love this cake, so I’ll have to add it to my list of things to try
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Perfect, Judy!
I’m looking for something with oatmeal. Gotta try to lower my cholestrol- so gonna try more oatmeal intake for a while.
Love this Oatmeal Cake.
It was my favorite of my mama’s recipes, and she would always make this for my Birthday, rather than more traditional Birthday Cakes.
I make it myself at least a few times per year, but it will never be as good as mama’s
Just found your web site and I love it. Oatmeal cake is one of my favorites. Apple stack cake is another one. Getting ready to make fried chicken livers for Supper if I ever get off of this web page.
Thank you Sue for coming by my place and for your nice comment. I hope you will come back many times. The Southern Lady
This is very close to my grandma’s cake, one of those flash back memories at first taste. Made my dad smile remembering!! Thanks.
Jodie, So glad it brought back memories for you of your grandma. My mother used to make this cake and I always think of her when I make it. Thanks for coming by.
Funny thing…I found Grandma’s recipe…made it the other day …its not the cake I remember. I think she made a white cake mix and put the icing on….anyways its dad’s birthday next week and I asked him what kind of cake he wanted. …he said that one with the coconut icing on it…..so he get the memories of Grandma with the icing and your delicious cake. Win win in my books.
Happy Birthday to your Granpa next week. Hope he has a great day. This cake is so good. I have not made it in a while. Thanks for coming by. Let me know how it goes!
I’ve been making this cake since back in the early 70′s and I never get tired of it.
This is an old family recipe for me as well. We call it Mrs. Schlictemyers Oatmeal cake, as that is the lady that my Mom got the recipe from when she was a young Mother.
it all sounded great till the coconut bit, any ideas what i can have instead as i cant eat coconut but would love to try this recipe out.
Hi Jenny, You could put whatever frosting you like on this cake. Here is a link where you can find a Cream Cheese Frosting if you want to check that out. You can find a Cream Cheese Frosting here: http://thesouthernladycooks.com/2008/11/20/fresh-apple-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting/
My mother has been making this cake for at lease 45 years. It is the most requested cake for birthdays even today!
This sounds like a great cake and fairly easy to make. Thanks for sharing it. Cheers Mr.CBB
I have been looking for this recipe for years ! Thank you so much for posting, I just need a frosting that doesn’t have coconut ….. Do you have 1 ?
this cake is sooo good. A lady at our Gem show made this and gave my the recipe..She said it was a very old recipe..If you haven’t made it, you must , it is so delicious !!!
My Mother also used to make this recipe. But I have embellished it to my liking. I use Orange juice and heat it instead of water to soak the oats. Sometimes I use steel cut. I also have taken 1 apple and diced it up and added golden raisins. The topping remains the same. I brought this to a birthday party that they had already purchased a store bought cake and mine was warm still and the pan was empty in 10 minutes upon arrival. Sorry to say the store bought still sat there with the sugary royal icing and bland cake. This is great for potlucks because you can take it strainght from the oven and go. Sure to please…….
One of my closest friends used to make this cake for me. It became my birthday cake. I know the recipe as Hurricane Oatmeal Cake. My friend has been in Heaven for two and half years. Another friend made it for me this past year, wasn’t the same and it brought back so many sweet memories. And, it hurt too. If this cake lasts, the longer it does it becomes even more moist! Amazing recipe that everyone must try!
My mom used to make this cake. I think it was the only one she made “from scratch”. I always liked this cake, but haven’t had it in years. I’m going to make this soon. Amazing how many memories one cake can evoke!
Can you leave out the coconut in icing?
I always make this cake like the recipe. Have never made it any other way.
how would you measure old fashion oats for this cake?
was the brown sugar cut from the cake or frostiing
Been making this cake for years. It’s a family favorite here. I make it in 2 layers.
The coconut, sweet or unsweet?
Sweet!