How to Prepare Yummy Lazy Day Oatmeal Cake

Lazy Day Oatmeal Cake.

You can have Lazy Day Oatmeal Cake using 18 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lazy Day Oatmeal Cake

1. It's of Batter.
2. Prepare 1 cup of uncooked rolled oats (instant or regular).
3. It's 1 1/4 cup of boiling water.
4. It's 1/2 cup of butter or margarine.
5. It's 1 cup of granulated sugar.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
7. It's 2 of eggs.
8. You need 1 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour.
9. It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
10. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
11. You need 3/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
12. Prepare 1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg.
13. You need of Topping.
14. It's 1/4 cup of butter or margarine, melted.
15. You need 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
16. It's 3 tbsp of milk or cream.
17. You need 3/4 cup of flaked coconut.
18. Prepare 1/3 cup of chopped nuts (optional).

Lazy Day Oatmeal Cake step by step

1. In a shallow bowl, soak oats in boiling water for 20min. or until softened..
2. Meanwhile, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy..
3. Beat in eggs and vanilla..
4. Sift flour, baking soda and spices together. ..
5. Fold soaked oats in with the butter mixture..
6. Sift flour mixture over the oat mix and fold in..
7. Pour into a greased 9x9 pan.b.
8. Bake at 350 for 40-50min. or until a toothpick comes out clean..
9. Mix all topping ingredients..
10. Pour topping over cake and put back in oven and continue baking until golden and bubbly..
11. **I waited till there was about 10-15min left of baking time and poured the topping on and placed the cake back in the oven..
12. **You may also add fruit to the cake and change up your nuts. In this one, I added chopped apricots and put walnuts in the topping..