A Wedding for Julia

by Vannetta Chapman

1¼ cups boiling water

  1 cup rolled oats (quick or old-fashioned, uncooked)

  ½ cup butter (softened)

  1 cup sugar

  1 cup brown sugar

  1 teaspoon vanilla

  2 eggs

  1½ cups sifted flour

  1 teaspoon soda

  ½ teaspoon salt

  ¾ Tablespoon cinnamon

  ¼ teaspoon nutmeg

  Pour the boiling water over the oats. Cover and let stand 20 minutes.

  Cream together the butter, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, and eggs. Add the oats mixture and mix well.

  Sift the dry ingredients together, and then add to the wet mixture. Beat all together until smooth before pouring the batter into greased and floured cake pans.

  Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

  Frosting

  ¼ cup melted butter

  ½ cup brown sugar

  3 Tablespoons milk or cream

  ½ cup nuts, chopped

  ¾ cup shredded coconut

  Mix all of the ingredients together and spread evenly over cake. Put under broiler for 2 minutes.

  Sunbonnet Cake

  1 cup butter

  2 cups sugar

  1 cup cornstarch

  1 cup milk or water

  2 cups flour

  2 teaspoon baking powder

  1 Tablespoon lemon rind, grated

  4 egg whites, beaten

  Cream together the butter and sugar. In a separate bowl, mix the cornstarch with the water or milk and then add to the butter-and-sugar mixture. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and grated lemon rind, and then fold in the beaten egg whites.

  Pour into a greased and floured Bundt pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

  About the Author

  Vannetta Chapman writes inspirational fiction full of grace. She has published over one hundred articles in Christian family magazines, receiving more than two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups. She discovered her love for the Amish while researching her grandfather’s birthplace of Albion, Pennsylvania. Her novel Falling to Pieces was a 2012 ACFW Carol Award winner. A Promise for Miriam earned a spot on the June 2012 Christian Retailing Top Ten Fiction list.

  Vannetta was a teacher for 15 years and currently resides in the Texas hill country with her husband.

  Visit Vannetta’s website at

  www.vannettachapman.com

  About the Publisher

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