O Boy Oatmeal Cake

1 cup quick oatmeal
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cube margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/3 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp each cinnamon and salt
1 tsp soda

Soak oatmeal in boiling water for 20 minutes. Cream margarine with sugars until fluffy. Add beaten eggs, then flour and seasonings. Mix well, then add oatmeal. Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees.

Icing

1 cube margarine
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 cup coconut

Mix margarine, brown sugar and milk, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla, nuts, and coconut. Spread icing on the hot cake.

Delicious hot or cold; very moist.

[Handwritten in Ada's handwriting. Attributed to "Mrs. Grant Thompson of Yarnell"]