OATMEAL CAKE

We bought a huge box of old-fashion oats from Costco, I can’t even remember when, probably months ago. As most of us know, Costco sells things in big bulk. We eat oatmeal for breakfast very often back then, before I started with my cooking experiment and What To Cook Today.com. Not that Oats isn’t good, as a matter of fact, it’s good for you. It’s just that nowadays we have more varieties for breakfast (Sorry Oats!!). I supposed that’s a good thing ? ;b
So, needless to say, I’m trying to deplete our Oats inventory. Though they won’t expire for another year, but still, I don’t want to keep them around for too long either. With that said, I did make Oatmeal Walnut Bread the other day and then I saw this recipe, Oatmeal Cake posted by another FoodBuzz buddy, Roxanna. So, I decided to try it out and we really enjoy this oatmeal cake. So simple yet yummy. I love the spices in this cake, cinnamon and nutmeg.

When she said it feeds lots of people, she really MEANS IT! 🙂 When I made mine, I halve the recipe and I just downed two pieces! oopssyy!

OATMEAL CAKE (Full Recipe)

2 1/2 cups boiling water
2 cups quick oats/ old-fashioned oats (I used old-fashioned)
1 cup butter
4 eggs
3 cups flour
2 tsp.baking soda
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

COOKING METHOD:

1. Pour boiling water over oats and let stand 20 minutes

2. Cream butter, sugar and brown sugar until fluffy. Blend in vanilla, eggs and oats mixture. Mix well

3. Combine flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add to creamed mixture. Mix well

4. Pour Mixture into a baking pan. I used 9×13″ size because that’s the one I have available (Isn’t it obvious I’m not too much of a baker? but that will change soon)

4. Preheat your oven and bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes. It always take a bit longer with our oven here, so I inserted the toothpick in the middle of the cake and I know it’s done when it came out clean