This Lazy Daisy Oatmeal Cake is an easy old fashioned recipe, like a delicious dessert your grandma might have made you growing up. The oats are soaked in boiling water to soften them up perfectly, so every bite is moist and irresistible.
Add rolled oats into bowl. Pour boiling water over oats and stir them. Cover bowl with a towel and let stand for 20 minutes.
Add butter, sugar and brown sugar to a large bowl. Beat with hand mixer until fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla and continue mixing. Add in rolled oats, continue mixing.
In another bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Add flour mixture into oats mixture. Continue mixing until all combined.
Spray a 8x8 broiler-safe baking pan with nonstick spray and then lightly flour. Pour mixture into the pan. The mixture is going to be very wet - don’t panic, it’s supposed to be.
Bake for 55 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes.
For the topping:
Add softened butter, brown sugar, milk, walnuts and coconut to a bowl. Use a hand mixer and gently mix until you have a crumbly mixture. Use a spatula and spread this evenly over the cake.
Put cake back into the oven and broil on LOW for 2-4 minutes. Once the topping starts to bubble, remove from oven. You want the topping to be slightly browned. Watch it carefully, you don’t want it to burn.
Allow to cool before cutting into pieces and serving. Cake can be enjoyed warm or cold.