Oatmeal Cake

Ingredients

• 1.25 cups boiling water
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 0.5 cups butter
• 0.75 cups packed brown sugar
• 0.75 cups white sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cups raisins

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather all ingredients.

2. 2

   Pour the boiling water over the quick oats and let stand for 20 minutes.

3. 3

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.

4. 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. 5

   Combine baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and flour; mix until combined. Add the raisins to flour mixture and coat well.

6. 6

   Add raisin and flour mixture to the oatmeal mixture and stir to combine.

7. 7

   Pour cake batter into the prepared pan.

8. 8

   Bake cake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.