Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cake

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cake

1 3/4 cups boiling water

1 cup rolled oats

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter

2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix water and oatmeal in mixing bowl, and let sit 10 minutes. Add sugars, butter or margarine,and eggs, and vanilla. Mix well. Add flour, baking soda, cocoa, salt, and cinnamon. Blend. Pour into greased and floured 9 x 13 baking dish. Top with chocolate chips and chopped nuts. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 20 minutes.