This cake has been a family favorite for decades. I remember many nights with my dad watching the food network while we waited for the icing to finish broiling on top of this delicious cake. It is a really fun dessert to make and is sure to please any house guests or hosts. It is also PAREVE which makes it amazing to bring to shabbat meals!
Gram’s Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 cup GF quick oats
- 1 1/4 cup boiling water
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour or GF baking flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
Topping
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup coconut
- 1/4 cup melted margarine
- 1/4 cup vanilla soy milk
Instructions
- Place the margarine, oats, and boiling water in a bowl.
- Mix together a let sit until cool, the oats should cook a little and fluff up.
- Add in the rest of the cake ingredients and mix well.
- Pour in 3 by 9 pan and bake at 325 for 40 minutes. T
Making the Topping
- Cream together the sugar, coconut and margarine.
- Stir in the milk.
- Poke holes into hot cake and pour icing over the top of the cake. (I use the bottom of a chopstick for this)
- Set the oven to broil and broil the cake until the topping is bubbly.
- Let cool and enjoy!
Notes
If you have one of those kosher for passover coconut cake mixes left over, you can totally use that as the cake base following this recipe but replacing the flour, white sugar, and baking soda with the cake mix.
Liked this cake? Try other family recipes like my Bubby’s mandle bread!