Chocolate Oatmeal Cake

  1. If using minute oatmeal, chop it up in small pieces before soaking it up in hot water.
  2. Mix oatmeal and boiling water and let cool.
  3. Cream shortening with sugar and eggs, add rest of ingredients along with oatmeal mixture.
  4. Beat until smooth.
  5. Bake in 8x12-inch greased pan at 350F for 35 minutes.
  6. Frosting: Mix powdered sugar, butter and milk and boil until thick (about 6 minutes).
  7. Be carefully it doesn't get too hot and burn on the bottom, you must continue to stir constantly.
  8. Add coconut, pecans and vanilla.
  9. Mix well.

oatmeal, boiling water, shortening, white sugar, eggs, flour, powdered cocoa, soda, salt, vanilla, powdered sugar, coconut, butter, milk, pecans, vanilla

Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/1891 (may not work)

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