Title: Chocolate oatmeal cake
 Categories: Cakes
      Yield: 1 Cake
 
      1 c  Oatmeal *
  1 1/2 c  Boiling Water
    1/2 c  Crisco shortening
  1 1/2 c  Granulated white sugar
      2    Eggs
      1 c  Sifted all-purpose flour
    1/2 c  Powdered cocoa
      1 ts Soda
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 ts Vanilla

MMMMM--------------------------FROSTING-------------------------------
      1 c  Sifted powdered sugar
      2 c  Coconut
      2 tb Butter
    1/2 c  Milk
           Pecans (chopped)
           Vanilla
 
  * If using minute oatmeal, chop it up in small pieces before soaking
  it up in hot water.
  
  Mix oatmeal and boiling water and let cool.
  
  Cream shortening with sugar and eggs, add rest of ingredients along
  with oatmeal mixture.  Beat till smooth. Bake in 8x12 greased pan at
  350 degrees for 35 minutes.
  
  Frosting: Mix powdered sugar, butter and milk and boil till thick
  (about 6 minutes).  Be carefully it doesn't get too hot and burn on
  the bottom, you must continue to stir constantly. Add coconut, pecans
  and vanilla.