Welcome Larsen Family to Favorite L Recipes. I hope you will contribute and also try recipes posted to this blog. Meri Schumacher suggested I do this and I think it's a wonderful idea. I would love to try YOUR recipes and hope you try others. Each month we will be posting recipes from a different category. The first one I selected was cake recipes. Dig into your recipes and let's make this a fun thing. Any suggestions would be great. Email me at Susan @larsenfamily.com with comments. Love you all!

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Susan post - Cake (week 1)

This seems to be one of my family's favorite cakes
OATMEAL CAKE
1 1/2 boiling water
1 c. uncooked oats
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1 c. granulated sugar
1 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 1/2 sifted flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg

TOPPING
1 c. brown sugar
4 Tbsp. butter
1/2 c. cream or canned milk
1 Tbsp. vanilla
1 c. coconut
1 c. nuts, chopped
Pour boiling water over oats. Let stand until cool. Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, oats, and dry ingredients. Bake about 1 hour at 350 degrees. Mix topping ingredients together. Pour on top on partially cooled cake and place in broiler for 2 or 3 minutes or until brown.
Posted by Susan April 24, 2010

1 comment:

  1. I made this today! And it was a big hit with the entire family! It only needed 45 min to bake...I wonder if that is an altitude thing? Thanks for the recipe!

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