spt: comfort food

I was excited for Lelly's challenge this week & instantly knew the ultimate Scott family comfort food. Black beans. And I just happened to come across a spectacular version of Cuban Black Beans last spring. That I've been anxiously awaiting Arizona cool down to make.

But...

I do the bills at my house. And if you chance a peek at the passenger seat of my car, brace yourself for a shock of unopened mail and disarray. Order is not my forte. And that is how my power bill (which is supposed to be happily on automatic bill pay) came to be overly overdue. To the degree that my power was turned off yesterday, noon-ish. This coincided with a neighbourhood outage, so I didn't figure it all out until it was too late to be redeemed that day. So we remained powerless until 4:30 today. Far too late for my slow-cooking, flavor-punched favorite beans.

And yet...

I happened to remember that I snapped this picture of a bundt made last week. Oatmeal cake. Favorite of Amy. And Jim. And I find great comfort in such sweetness. I *almost* photographed my thigh or hip for proof. But, nah. I'd rather you make & enjoy in innocence of the possible outcome.

CAKE:

1 ½ c boiling water
2 eggs
1 c oatmeal
1 ½ c flour
1 c brown sugar
1 tsp soda
1 c white sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
½ c shortening
1 tsp salt

Pour boiling water over oatmeal and let sit. Cream sugars and shortening. Add two eggs, mixing well. Sift flour, soda, cinnamon and salt into mixture. Stir. Add oatmeal. Bake in bundt pan at 350.

TOPPING:

½ c melted butter
1 c pecans chopped
½ c brown sugar
1 c coconut
¼ c canned milk
1 tsp vanilla

Stir ingredients and put on top of cake. Broil in oven to toast the topping.

Comments

[Barb]

I wonder what would happen if I were the one that paid the bills in this house? How funny that your power was turned off with a scheduled shut down.
The cake picture is beautiful.

[Kelly]

Well, I'm glad we got our little phone conversation in before your power went out. Maybe that's only my phone that also goes out with power? I've had your oatmeal cake, and it's amazing. I'm kind of glad I found this too late to make it tonight, though. Hips and thighs, ya know.

I'm not that good with the bills either, but if Keith did them, I'm sure we'd be living in a box. He's baaaad. I wish he wasn't though, because I would love to hand them off. It's my least favorite thing.

[Emily]

Oh yum! If I could stay up any longer I'd make it now, but as Jill would say "the call of the cozy is too strong". And I'm so glad that I'm not the only bill payer with "on time" issues!

[Marie]

I don't like automatic pay; I don't entirely trust computers. I like them to come in the mail. I like to write out a cheque. I feel like I KNOW they are done if I do it the old fashioned way.

Your cake looks YUMMY!

[Tiffany]

Wow! What a cake! I love chocolate and coconut. Maybe the family would let me frost half of the cake with coconut and the other with coconut-less frosting? Hum.

So sorry for the power woes! I keep track of the money around here--which is okay because I spend most of the money around here!

[Rebecca]

The cake looks delicious....but I was hoping to see the black bean recipe. Please share!

[Price Cream Parlor]

Always a treat when you post a recipe! Thanks! Looks delish! I just did the bills yesterday. Isn't it amazing how they just keep coming?

[Melissa]

I've been looking for a great recipe for my bundt! Hooray! Thanks for sharing. Also, good job with those pie crusts. I am the "feeler" type when it comes to pie dough,but I am glad you found a way to make it work great for you!

[Hilary]

ohh.. I for one am glad you "had" to share the cake recipe instead of the beans!! Looks divine!

[lelly]

leave it to you to have a beautiful photo of beautiful homemade food on hand!!

i have YET to be disappointed by any of your recipes!! so, i'm looking forward to black beans...

[jenny c.]

Drat! This makes me realize I need to do the bills. Your cake does look delish. Thanks for posting the recipe!

[Megan]

That sounds really wicked and really good. I've heard you talk about your oatmeal cake before, I'll have to make it sometime.

[michelle]

That cake looks divine. I love cake, and I love trying new recipes. But I love black beans, too, so we'll be waiting for that one... so sorry about your power outage!

[claudissima]

Hey Amy I linked you through Jill...and I was about to say, that doesn't look like black beans....so sad to hear about your powerage outage, but how can it be, that it happend at the same time as the neighborhood outage...crazy...maybe some beans after this mishaps are due....

[Elizabeth]

That looks great! I love black beans too. You will have to share how you make them.

[Barb]

When you do make the black beans, please share!

[carlo]

another vote for the beans, pls!

thought the comment about taking a pic of your hips as proof the of the yum of the oatmeal cake was very cute!(i can relate on the sugar cookie and hips!)