Moist Molasses Crumb Cake Food

MOLASSES CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 9"x13" pan or line it with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl combine flour and sugar.
• Cut in the butter using two knives, a pastry blender, or your fingers.
• Reserve one cup of crumbs for the topping.
• In a separate bowl, add the baking soda and molasses to the boiling water.
• Stir until fizzy.
• Pour the liquid mixture into the bowl with the butter, flour, and sugar. Stir to combine.
• Pour combined mixture into the prepared pan.
• Top with the reserved crumb mixture.
• Cook for 40-45 minutes at 350 F or until a tester comes out clean.

SHOO-FLY CAKE (MOLASSES CRUMB)

Steps:

• 1. Mix together flour, brown sugar, and Crisco to make crumbs. Reserve 1cup crumbs for topping.
• 2. Mix together remaining crumbs with remaining ingredients to make batter. Batter will be runny.
• 3. Pour batter into greased and floured 9 x 13 pan. Top with reserved crumbs
• 4. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes or until cake tests done.

MOLASSES CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together flour, sugar, oil, and salt. Reserve two cups for crumb topping.
• Dissolve baking soda into warm water.
• Add water mix and molasses to dry ingredients.
• Mix until smooth and pour into a greased pan (I use a glass cake dish).
• Sprinkle crumbs on top.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.

SHOOFLY CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Mix the flour, sugars, salt and butter to crumbs using a pastry blender or your fingers.
• Reserve one cup of the crumbs for topping.
• Mix the molasses, boiling water, and baking soda and gradually add to the major part of the crumbs until well blended.
• Pour this mixture into a greased 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
• Sprinkle the reserved 1 cup of crumbs on top.
• Bake in a 350 F oven for 55 minutes.

MOLASSES CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together brown sugar and butter.
• Add molasses and baking soda disolved in hot water.
• Add dry ingredients to mixture. Beat well.
• Put into greased, floured 9x9x2 inch pan,
• Bake at 350 F for 35 minutes.
• The following may also be added to this recipe- rasins, chopped nuts or candied fruit for fruit cake.

AMISH MOLASSES CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• mix all crumb ingredients and save 3/4 cup of crumbs.
• to prepare BATTER.
• pour milk over baking soda, pour this mixture over molasses.
• add all crumbs EXCEPT reserved 3/4 cup and mix well --
• pour into a greased and floured 9" square pan.
• sprinkle reserved 3/4 cup of crumb mixture evenly over batter.
• bake at 3508 for approximately 25 minutes.

GREAT-GREAT GRANDMA NEFF'S SOFT MOLASSES CAKE

Steps:

• 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.

OLD-FASHIONED MOLASSES CAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg. Beat in molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with water, mixing well after each addition., Transfer to a 9-in. square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares; garnish with whipped topping.