Recipe from Sue Olsen
Cake
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup quick oatmeal
1 stick margarine
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 1/3 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
Topping
4 tbls butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1/2 tsp vanilla
Pour boiling water over oatmeal. Put butter in oatmeal, cover and let stand for 20 minutes. Add eggs, beating well. Add sugars. Sift together flour, soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg; add to oatmeal mixture. Bake in 13 x 9-inch pan at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Cool slightly. Combine topping ingredients and spread over top of cake Broil for 3 minutes.
