Oatmeal Cake

Cake

1 cup oatmeal

1/2 cup butter or hard margarine

1 1/4 cups boiling water

- mix and let rest for 30 min up to overnight

add:

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/3 cups flour

-mix all together and spread into a sprayed 9x13 pan

-bake for 30-35 min or until a toothpick does not come out too sticky at 350'

-when cake is cooled drizzle icing over cake

Icing

1/2 cup butter or hard margarine

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 canned milk (yes the stuff your grandma used in her tea)

1 beaten egg yolk

-heat in a pot and stir until boils

-boil until all is dissolved (a couple of minutes)

-remove from heat

add:

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup flaked coconut

1/2 cup of nuts

*** or anything you may like ***

*** if you add chocolate chips wait until the icing is cool ***

-when icing and cake is cooled pour icing over cake and eat