Oatmeal Cake

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 24
Yield: 24 servings

Description

This moist oatmeal cake is simple to make with quick-cooking oats, raisins, brown sugar, and cinnamon for a delicious old-fashioned treat.

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups boiling water
1 cup quick cooking oats
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup raisins

Directions

1 Gather all ingredients.
2 Pour the boiling water over the quick oats and let stand for 20 minutes.
3 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
4 Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs, then mix in oats and vanilla.
5 Combine baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and flour; mix until combined. Add the raisins to flour mixture and coat well.
6 Add raisin and flour mixture to the oatmeal mixture and stir to combine.
7 Pour cake batter into the prepared pan.
8 Bake cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.