Oat coconut cake

By jab120638

Ingredients

• 1 cup minute oats
• 1 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 tsp soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• Coconut topping, see below

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from facebook.com

Preparation

Step 1

Pour water over oats and let stand for 10 minutes. Cream together sugars, shortening, and butter; add beaten eggs, beat well. Sift dry soda, salt, cinnamon and flour; add alternating with oats.

Bake in greased 8x12 baking pan at 375 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.

Coconut topping:
1 stick butter
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup cream
1 cup nuts, pecans or walnuts chopped, optional
1 cup coconut, flaked
1 tsp vanilla

Mix together and spread mixture on cake just out of the oven; Put under broiler until coconut is brown. Watch very closely as it burns easily

Variation...substitute the nuts for another cup of coconut.