Oatmeal Breakfast Cake

• 3 cups rolled oats
• water
  

On the evening before you plan to eat this breakfast, just barely cover 3 cups of rolled oats with warm to hot water so it may soak overnight (If you didn't have the foresight to soak your oats pre-morning, you can make the same mixture, just add boiling water to the oats and follow next step).

Prepare TOPPING: Blend the following ingredients until dates are chunky and mixture is well combined.

• 1 C fresh dates
• 1 C raw pecans
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Cake BATTER: Mix the following ingredients to the soaked oat mixture:

• 1 C liquid (I used 1/2 buttermilk and 1/2 water... you can use any type of milk including rice, almond, soy etc)
• 1/2 C Honey
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• almond flavoring
• 1 Tbs Baking soda
• 2 Apples diced in small cubes
• 1/2 cup of raisins or craisins (i put in 1/2 of each)

Melt a couple of TBspoons of butter in a 9 x 12 pan. Add Mixture to melted butter and sprinkle the topping on.

Bake at around 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.

This is beyond yummy!!!