Recipe - Molasses Cake

1 cup Sugar
3 cup Flour
One half cup Shortening
One half cup Molasses * see note
1 cup Water very hot
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 tablespoon Water cold
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon ground
1 teaspoon Cloves ground
1 teaspoon Nutmeg ground

Mix sugar, salt, flour and shortening like for a pie crust, reserving 1/2
cup for topping. Mix the baking soda with the cold water and add along with
the spices, molasses, adding the hot water last. Mix well, then pour into a
greased 9 x 13 inch cake pan. Sprinkle reserved crumbs over the top and
bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Note: if you can find Barbados Molasses use it, otherwise, baking molasses
will do.

Posted to Master Cook Recipes List, Digest #118

Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:36:21 0300

From: Calvin Deiterich cedeiter@epix.net

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