Great-Great Grandma Neff's Soft Molasses Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
1 loaf or 7X11 size
ingredients
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 1⁄2 cup white sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups molasses
- 1⁄2 cup melted butter
- 2 teaspoons baking soda, dissolved in
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 pinch salt
directions
- Mix all dry ingredients except the baking soda.
- Dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water.
- Add the baking soda mixture, beaten eggs, melted butter and the molasses to the dry mixture.
- Mix well.
- Batter will be thin.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes, checking the cake at 40 minutes with a toothpick (center comes out clean).
- Serve warm.
- May dust with some powdered sugar.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Pooh Bear
Wichita, WA