Kiss My Bundt - Oatmeal Spice Cake

The "Free" book

I've got a new Bundt Cake Recipe Book.  I got it as a result of spending $30 at the Nordic Ware store.  Now I only have a 6 cup Bundt Pan (for now), so I looked for a recipe that would be easy to 'half' as most of them are for the 10-12 cup pans.









Oatmeal Spice Cake
from the Bundt Classics book by Nordic Ware(see picture)
This dense cake is filled with the goodness of oatmeal and wonderful warm spices


1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Heat oven to 325 F degrees.  Grease and flour a 10 or 12 cup Bundt Pan.

Pour Boiling water over oats; let stand until water is absorbed.  In a large mixing bowl, mix sugar, brown sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla until very light and fluffy; mix well.  Add oat mixture; mix well.  Add all remaining ingredients; mix well.  Spoon into prepared pan.

Bake at 325 F for 40-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.  Cool 10 minutes.  remove from pan;  cool complete on rack.  If desired, drizzle with Spice or Vanilla Glaze.

I used Vanilla Glaze:

Vanilla Glaze
2 cups sifted Powered Sugar
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla, almond or rum extract
2-3 tablespoons milk

In Medium bowl, mix sugar and butter.  Add vanilla.  Gradually add milk until desired consistency; mix until smooth.  For thinner consistency, add additional milk.

Here's the cake!

The finished product, glazed