Old Fashioned ShooFly Cake
This cake smells sooo good. The ginger and spices really give it a nice kick. I'm not a fan of ShooFly pie.. but this cake is a keeper.
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READY IN: 1hr 10mins
YIELD: 1 9X13 cake
UNITS: US
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 3 1⁄2cups all-purpose flour
- 1teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 1⁄2teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1⁄4teaspoon ground cloves
- 1teaspoon salt
- 1cup brown sugar
- 1cup white sugar
- 1⁄2
- 1⁄2cup butter
- 1 3⁄4cups boiling water
- 3⁄4cup baking molasses
- 1tablespoon baking soda
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DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
- Mix the flour, spices, salt and sugars, then cut in the shortening and butter with a pastry blender or similar tool until the mixture is the consistency of fine crumbs.
- Set aside 1 cup of the mixture.
- In another bowl, pour the boiling water over the molasses and stir until dissolved.
- Stir in the baking soda.
- When the bubbling subsides, add to the dry ingredients and stir until smoothly blended.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Give the pan a good thunk to settle contents, and drag a knife a few times through the center of the batter from the outside to the middle to help the cake rise evenly.
- Sprinkle with reserved cup of crumbs.
- Bake for about 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
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