Oatmeal Cake with Broiled Icing Recipe

This Oatmeal Cake may not win any beauty awards, but its old fashioned goodness is hard to beat!

The recipe for this oatmeal cake comes from an old church cookbook that my mom gave me when I left for college. It is splattered, torn, and totally falling apart, but I treasure it. So many favorite recipes from old friends back in Colorado where I grew up.

My dad in particular loves this cake. He is not a fan of anything fancy, (no chocolate mousse layer cake for him) so I made this cake for his birthday this summer. I hadn’t made it in years, and I forgot how good it is. The cake is so moist and tender, and the topping is to die for! The whole thing just melts in your mouth, and every bite is perfect. Eating it was a nice little…