1 cup quick oats, uncooked
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 banana, mashed
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cups diced, peeled apples
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour and 9- x 13-inch pan. Set aside. Pour boiling water over oats in a bowl. Allow to sit for 20 minutes.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with granulated sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add soaked oats, buttermilk and mashed banana. Blend well. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat to incorporate.
Sift flour with baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Add to batter and stir just until dry ingredients are no longer visible. Stir in apples.
Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven 35 to 40 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted into middle of cake comes out clean. Remove cake from oven. Cool completely in pan.
When cake is cool, frost with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting.
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1 tablespoon whole milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups powdered sugar
Beat cream cheese with butter until smooth and creamy. Add milk, vanilla and powdered sugar. Beat until frosting is smooth and spreadable.
- Recipe courtesy of Sue Doeden