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Sara Jane's Oatmeal Cake
AMI13
"This is the BEST CAKE I have ever eaten! A moist cake made with oats, and lightly spiced with nutmeg is topped with a broiled coconut icing. Not too sweet, not too dry, just amazing."
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Ingredients
1 h 10 m servings 434 calsOriginal recipe yields 12 servings (1 - 8 inch square cake)
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- In a small bowl, stir oats into boiling water. Set aside to soak for 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8 inch baking pan.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the white sugar, 1 cup brown sugar and shortening until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Sift in the flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; stir just until moistened. Mix in the soaked oats. Pour into the prepared pan, and spread evenly.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Turn the oven to the broil setting and let it heat up.
- In a small bowl, stir together the melted butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, heavy cream, coconut and vanilla. Spread over the top of the cake. Broil for a few minutes, just until the coconut is lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 434 calories; 20 g fat; 61.6 g carbohydrates; 4.1 g protein; 50 mg cholesterol; 266 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
1/6/2006
This cake IS very good, but I'm only giving it 4 stars because the directions are wrong. I checked my cake @ 30 min. (because I never want to overcook anything) and it was pretty far away from ...
Most helpful critical review
12/12/2009
Cake was very dense but enjoyable, topping was more like a thin macaroon than a frosting? We all liked it, all ate it - but it was a bit odd.
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1/6/2006
This cake IS very good, but I'm only giving it 4 stars because the directions are wrong. I checked my cake @ 30 min. (because I never want to overcook anything) and it was pretty far away from ...
5/1/2004
This IS yummy. I cut way back on the sugar, though, - 1/2 cup white and 1/2 cup brown. And I added cinnamon to the batter and baked it in a 9 x 13 pan for about 45 minutes. Some chopped nuts ...
4/30/2004
yum yum yum !! I did try variuos adaptations also only improved it. Like using a fruit juice like pineapple,apple etc. Instead of all the boiled water. Enjoy it !!!! I do.
6/1/2008
Delicious. Just cook the topping on top of the stove first, it will thicken up then spread and broil.
1/6/2005
Excellent cake. Mine also took closer to 50 minutes to bake. I added about 1/4 tsp of cinnamon in addition to the nutmeg. Very easy and very yummy!
5/3/2004
This is close to the old Quaker Oats "Sunshine" Cake...which uses 1 C boiling H2O to 1 C Quick Oats, 1 t cinnamon and 1 1/3 C flour with the broiled icing! Alway been a favorite staple at our ho...
4/30/2004
Great tasting cake, with a caramel flavour. I had to cook mine 10 min extra. Used desicated coconut for topping, but found the topping a little greasy. Next time I'll try the flaked coconut, ...
4/30/2004
A very old favorite recipe! We always used cinnamon rather than nutmeg. My daughter took this recipe, as an assignment, to a Bethesda, MD Junior High cooking class. Her teacher "insisted" that ...