Susie’s Chocolate Oatmeal Cake has plenty going for it before the frosting even shows up. Oats give the cocoa cake a soft, hearty crumb, then a cooked coconut frosting goes over the top with walnuts if you please. Chocolate, coconut, oatmeal, and a 9×13-ish pan—this is the kind of cake that knows exactly what it came to the table to do.
1 cup oats
1 and 1/2 cups boiling water
1/2 cup shortening
1 and 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sifted flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp vanilla
Mix oats and boiling water together
Let cool
Cream shortening with sugar and eggs
Add oatmeal
Mix along with:
flour
cocoa
soda
salt
vanilla
Beat until smooth
Bake in 8×12 greased pan at 350 degrees for 35 minutes
Frost with:
1 C. powdered sugar,
1/2 C coconut,
2 T. butter and
1/2 C milk.
Mix well and boil until thick, about 5 min.
Use walnuts on top, if desired!