Oatmeal Cookie Cake with Coconut-Pecan Frosting

Oatmeal Cookie Cake with Coconut-Pecan Frosting

So I tried this amazing cake recipe this weekend! It's the kind of recipe you may have eaten at your grandmas house, but the recipe has since disappeared into the bottom of a dusty box somewhere in a family members home, waiting to be sorted through. In other words, it's one of "the world's forgotten recipes." 

Although it has oatmeal in it, don't think this is one of those guilt-free indulgences for those who are trying to eat healthy (though there are times when I'm all about that). No fat is being substituted by applesauce here and you don't even know there's oatmeal in it, it just adds to the amazing flavor, like in an oatmeal cookie! Oooh--and the topping is just like what you'd find on a german chocolate cake. . .MMMmmm!

Cake Ingredients

1 cup oatmeal

1 cup butter

1 1/3 cups boiling water

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

1 1/3 cups flour

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

Topping Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup canned evaporated milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

11/2 cups chopped pecans

1 cup coconut

For Cake:

1. Grease and flour a 9x13 pan and preheat oven to 350.

2. Combine oatmeal, butter, and boiling water, stir well. 

3. Mix sugars, vanilla, and eggs into mixture. 

4. Sift flour, spices, and baking soda together in separate bowl.

5. Add dry ingredients to wet mixture and stir until incorporated. 

**Note: At this point, if you're like me, you might be thinking ". . . this is cake batter?! I've baked enough cakes to know that this is way too runny to be cake batter!" But don't be deceived! And don't add more flour like I ALMOST did.   

6. Just pour batter into the 9x13" pan, bake for 30-35 min at 350 and have FAITH! You will be rewarded with moist, cakey goodness!

For Pecan-Coconut Topping: 

1. Boil together the brown sugar, butter, and evaporated milk. 

2. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, pecans, and coconut. 

3. Pour topping over baked cake.

4. Eat and go "mmmm!" (if you react to good food like my toddler and I do!)

(Adapted from: nummiesforyou.blogspot.com and pilsbury.com)