ShooFly Cake

ShooFly Cake!

This is an "old" favourite recipe that comes

from a friend in Pennsylvania.

She and her husband and two very young children

lived upstairs in our duplex in 1975.

We were only married for a couple of years then

and I was not very experienced at baking.

This recipe was easy to follow and it turned out 

every time.
It smells heavenly as it bakes!

I haven't made it for many years but am so 

glad to have rediscovered this delicious moist cake.
I'm not so fond of Shoofly Pie but this recipe
takes the cake!
Thanks Janet from PA.....

ShooFly Cake

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

4 Cups Flour

1 lb. Brown Sugar (approx. 1 3/4 Cups packed)

1 Cup Butter or Margarine

1 Cup Molasses

2 tsp. Baking Soda

2 Cups boiling Water

With a pastry blender crumb together the flour, brown sugar and butter - set aside and reserve 1 1/2 Cups of the crumbs.

In large mixing bowl, combine the molasses, baking soda and boiling water.  The soda will make it foamy.  Add the flour crumbs to this mixture (all except the reserved 1 1/2 Cups).  Beat with mixer till smooth and pour into a 9 X 13 (large) cake pan.  Sprinkle the reserved crumbs on top.  Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick tester comes our clean.

Serve with maple syrup and ice-cream - Mmmmm.  Another way we like to eat it is with or in a glass of milk!

Did you know that Molasses is a very healthy natural sweetener?  It is a staple in the kitchens of Newfoundland (especially with Toutons a.k.a. Lassy Toutons). It was widely used as a health tonic in years gone by.

Till next time..........enjoy some lassy cake!