Oatmeal Cake

• 1 cup oatmeal
• 1 ½ cup boiling water
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ½ cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ cup flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 tsp Watkins cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 6 Tbsp butter (for topping)
• 2/3 cups brown sugar (for topping)
• ¼ cup cream or half & half (for topping)
• 1 cup coconut (for topping)
• ½ - 1 cup walnuts (for topping)
• ½ tsp Watkins vanilla (for topping)

Instructions

1. Combine oatmeal and boiling water, cool.
2. Mix sugars with butter.
3. Add eggs and cooled oatmeal mixture to sugar and butter mixture.
4. Sift together flour, salt, soda, cinnamon, and baking powder.
5. Add to wet ingredients.
6. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes in a 9x13 pan.
7. For topping: Mix butter, brown sugar, cream, coconut, walnuts, and vanilla.
8. Spread on warm cake.
9. Put under broiler 4" from heat for 2 ½ minutes or bake for 10 more minutes.