Easy Oatmeal Cake Recipe



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   Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Easy Oatmeal Cake Recipe


Oatmeal Cake Recipe

   Ingredients required
1 1/4 cup boiling water
1 cup quaker or mother oats
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoons soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Frosting
1/4 cup butter or oleo, melted
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons half and half
1/3 cup chopped nut meats
3/4 cup shredded coconut

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Instructions for Oatmeal Cake Recipe

   Pour boiling water over oats, cover and stand 20 minutes. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Blend vanilla and eggs. Add oats mixture. Sift flour, salt, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add to cream mixture. Mix well. Pour into well greased and floured 8 by 12 inch pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes. For frosting: combine all ingredients. Boil until frosting becomes bubbly. Spread frosting evenly over cake. Cake may be served warm or cold.

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Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel
oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen
Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup