Shoofly Crumb Cake Recipe #110423
If you like molasses, you will love this rich, moist cake. The recipe comes from a Pennsylvania Dutch restauranteur named Betty Groff and is published in an old book by her called Good Earth and Country Cooking.
by kzmom
1¼ hours | 10 min prep
SERVES 15
- 4 cups flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup table molasses
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 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.
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