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 being done. Checked it at 35 (like recipe says) still runny 40 min still not done. I finally took it out after 43 minutes because I hate anything overdone. I wish I'd left it in another five minutes because the middle still wasn't cooked. But the rest of the cake was and with the topping it is delicious!
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 added to the topping were the finishing touch. Mmmm.
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.
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 house from kids thru Grandkids!
Delicious. Just cook the topping on top of the stove first it will thicken up then spread and broil.
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!
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 or use less butter.
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 the recipe was wrong and the topping had to be baked rather than broiled - and then gave her a failing grade because the cake was overcooked!
The cake was great but the 'frosting' top wasn't so thrilling. Definitely too much butter. After spreading it on I waiting a minute for it to settle & then I had to get paper towels to blot up a LOT of butter. I'm a butter lover too so I was a little shocked at how greasy it would have been had I not done that. I'd prefer a thicker topping a ganache maybe? But the cake was excellent a BIG hit w/ my 2 & 4 year olds.
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.
