Shoo-Fly Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup baking molasses
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 0.5 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 cup hot water

Method

1. 1

   Put soda in hot water.

2. 2

   Make crumbs by mixing flour, sugar, and shortening.

3. 3

   Save 0.5 cup crumbs.

4. 4

   Mix the remainder of crumbs with liquid gradually.

5. 5

   Stir well.

6. 6

   Pour into a greased and floured cake pan and top with saved crumbs.

7. 7

   Bake in a moderate oven (350°F) for 25 to 30 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Favorite recipes (North Carolina, 1948) (1948) by Women's Guild Corinth Evangelical and Reformed Church (Hickory, North Carolina), page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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