Apple Butter Oat Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 cup Coach’s Oats®
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 ⅓ cups packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup apple butter
• 2 large eggs
  

Frosting

• ¼ cup butter
• ⅓ cup packed light brown sugar
• ¼ cup pure maple syrup
• ½ cup chopped pecans, toasted

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Combine oats and hot water in a small bowl; set aside.Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl combine sugar, apple butter, and eggs; beat with a mixer on high speed for 1 minute.
3. Add oat mixture to sugar; beat at low speed until well blended. Add half of flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat well. Add remaining flour mixture; beat well. Spoon batter into 11 x 7–inch lightly greased baking dish. Bake for 48 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove cake from pan and cool on a wire rack.
4. To prepare frosting, melt butter in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar and maple syrup; cook 2 minutes or until bubbly, stirring constantly. Stir in pecans. Quickly pour frosting over cake; spread evenly using a rubber spatula.