ORANGE OATMEAL CAKE

Cake:
1-1/2 cups orange juice
1 cup quick oats
1/2 cup soft butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
1-3/4 cups flour
1 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1/4 t cinnamon
1 T grated orange rind
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Orange Topping:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 T grated orange rind
1 T orange juice
1 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

350 oven.  Bring orange juice to boil and pour over oats.  Set aside.  Cream butter and sugars until light.  Beat in eggs and vanilla.  Sift flur, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon together.  Add to butter-sugar mixture alternately with oats.  Stir in rind and nuts and pour into 13 X 9 greased baking dish.  Bake 40 minutes.  (Glass dish, use 325 oven)

Topping:
Combine sugar, butter, rind, and juice in small pan.  Bring to boil and cook one minute, stirring constantly.  Add remaining ingredients and spread on top of cooled cake.  Place cake under broiler for about one minute or until topping is bubbly.

Serve warm or cold.

This cake is very nice for a change with the orange flavor.  Adding Cool Whip is good on this.