Oatmeal Cake

  Hello again, people of the internet. Sorry it's been so long. I could give you a whole long list of excuses, but I think I'll just skip it this time. It's kinda boring, I think.

  So who here likes boiled oatmeal, or porridge? Personally, I've never been a fan. My mom loves it though and since it has health benefits, it's a regular breakfast dish.

  Usually when we have oatmeal almost all of it gets eaten, but I guess my siblings and I weren't as hungry this morning as we normally are because there was still about a cup of oatmeal left. Normally we would just soak the pot in hot water and rinse the leftover stuff down the drain, but it seemed like such a waste. So I made a cake instead!

  This oatmeal cake is a very dense cake with a mild cinnamon flavour. It also has a chewy caramel coconut topping. Its perfect for any time of day, and alao happens to be the only cake dense enough to stick in a snack baggie and take to work or school.

Ingredients:

1 cup cooked oatmeal

1/2 melted butter

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 1/3 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 salt

1 tsp cinnamon

  Topping:

6 tbsp butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup cream

1 cup coconut

1/2 tsp vanilla

 

Directions:

1. Put both types of sugar and the melted butter into a large bowl and mix well.

2. Add the oatmeal and eggs and mix until all the lumps in the oatmeal are beaten out.

3. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir until completely combined. (Don't be fooled by how thick it is; it's supposed to be like that.)

4. Bake in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes.

5. For the topping, mix together all the topping ingredients and spread evenly over the top of the cake.

6. Put back in the oven and bake for 5-10 minutes or until the topping is golden brown.

 

Little tips from me:

You have to be super careful when baking after the topping has been put on because if you bake it for too long it will burn. If you watch carefully you can see the topping starts to foam after a bit. Keep watching until the foam goes down all the way into the centre. Then take it out. It's done.