Date Oatmeal Cake With Mocha Frosting

• Cake ingredients
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• Mocha frosting
• 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 1/4 cups icing sugar (sifted)
• 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon strong coffee, cooled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

1. Preheat the oven to 350F & prepare your baking dish (I like using a bundt pan for the shape, but a 9" square baking pan is what's recommended).
2. In a small bowl, combine oats and boiling water; let stand until cool (note: this takes a while. You might want to combine the oats and water and brew the coffee, take a break and come back to do the rest to allow time for the liquids to cool).
3. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, cream together margarine and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in vanilla, oat mixture and flour mixture. Stir in dates & walnuts.
5. Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean. Set aside to cool.
6. Prepare the frosting: in a bowl, blend together all frosting ingredients until fluffy. If icing is too thick, add a little more coffee to thin it. If too thin, add icing sugar. Spread icing over cooled cake.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/date-oatmeal-cake-with-mocha-frosting-286294 (may not work)