Date Oatmeal Cake With Mocha Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cake ingredients
1 cup rolled oats
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup walnuts
Mocha frosting
2 tablespoons margarine
1 1/4 cups icing sugar (sifted)
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
1 tablespoon strong coffee, cooled
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350F & prepare your baking dish (I like using a bundt pan for the shape, but a 9\" square baking pan is what's recommended).
In a small bowl, combine oats and boiling water; let stand until cool (note: this takes a while. You might want to combine the oats and water and brew the coffee, take a break and come back to do the rest to allow time for the liquids to cool).
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together margarine and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in vanilla, oat mixture and flour mixture. Stir in dates & walnuts.
Pour mixture into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean. Set aside to cool.
Prepare the frosting: in a bowl, blend together all frosting ingredients until fluffy. If icing is too thick, add a little more coffee to thin it. If too thin, add icing sugar. Spread icing over cooled cake.