This oatmeal cake is the best ever and this is coming from someone who not a big fan of oatmeal.  Not only that, it is very popular among the men.  This was something that I cooked for the cowboys and they would tell my husband how much they enjoyed the dessert.  I personally think it borders the food porn side…..yeah, it’s that good!

INGREDIENTS:

For the Cake:

• 1 1/4 c Boiling Water
• 1 c Quick Oats
• 1 stick butter
• 1 c brown sugar
• 1 c white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/3 c flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg

For the Icing:

• 1/2 stick butter
• 1 c brown sugar
• 1/4 c evaporated milk
• powered sugar

DIRECTIONS:

Mix water, oats, and butter & let stand for 15 minutes.  Add remaining ingredients together in a bowl.  Add oatmeal mixture to the bowl and mix well.  Bake in an 8 x 11 casserole dish at 350′ for 30 minutes.

ICING DIRECTIONS:

Melt ingredients together in saucepan and cool.  Add powered sugar until thick enough to pour over cake.  Pour over HOT cake!  I usually take a toothpick and poke holes throughout the cake so that the icing sinks in…YUMMY!

OH.MY.GOSH…..this is SOOOOOO good!!!  Enjoy:)

OMG, I just tasted the most delicious French Madeleines from Donsuemor today.  Finally, I have experienced food porn in a package!  I try various foods all the time but this one takes the cake….literally.  If you’re not familiar with these soft, moist, shell shaped cakes then you’re missing out!  They have crisp edges and the buttery melt-in-your-mouth taste is sorta like pound cake, only heavenlier.

You can get these delightful pieces of heaven in for flavors; Traditional, Dipped, Lemon Zest, and Rich Chocolate with Lemon Zest and Traditional being my favorites.  The chocolate ones were amazing as well but I enjoyed the more natural flavors of the others.

While these are French Madeleines, they are American made (San Fransisco area) with an inspired French recipe.  They are the finest of fine with all natural ingredients.  And when they say these are the ones that you’ll remember, they’re not lying.  It’s an instant addiction and can now understand how madeleines are a historic icon.

OMG!  I just had a brilliant idea!  What if we used these, as a substitute, for the cookie in my homemade ice cream sandwiches???!!!  Oh yeah!  How divine that would be!!

So where can you get these wonderful French Madeleines?  At fine retailers or even at Donsuemor.  I also heard that they will be bringing these to Texas, possibly trying to get them in some of the HEB stores!

Until we meet again my little scrumptious delights…………….