Chocolate (Oatmeal) Cake

Don't be scared...O PLEASE do not be scared of the (Oatmeal) in this chocolate cake. You do not even know it is there. All that the oatmeal does is make this cake the most moist cake you will eat in your entire life! I literally ate 3 pieces of this cake the first time that I tried it...I just could not stay away. Watch out...rich, heavenly, moist chocolate cake, here I come!!!

From: LuAnn

1 cup oats
1 1/2 cup boiling water
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1 Tbs. vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add oats to boiling water and allow to stand for 9 minutes. Add softened butter and allow to stand until melted. Slowly mix in sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Bake for 35 minutes.