Shoo Fly Cake

Name: Shoo Fly Cake
Yield: 15 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 cup all-purpose flour; 2 cup sugar; 1 tsp salt; 1 cup shortening; 2 cup hot water; 1 cup baking molasses; 1 tbsp baking soda; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup butter; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 cup reserved dry mixture

Deneen Flowers @cook_3251233

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Shoo Fly Pie is a recipe from the Pennsylvania Dutch area. The expression of shoofly comes from the pie was so sweet that you had to shoo the flies away.
This cake is so moist. It has the taste of shoo fly pie. It is a family favorite.

Deneen Flowers @cook_3251233

Martinsburg, West Virginia

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Ingredients

15 servings

Dry Ingredients
4 cupall-purpose flour
2 cupsugar
1 tspsalt
1 cupshortening
Wet Ingredients
2 cuphot water
1 cupbaking molasses
1 tbspbaking soda
Crumb Topping
1/2 cupall-purpose flour
1/2 cupsugar
1/4 cupbutter
1 tspcinnamon
1 cupreserved dry mixture

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 10x13" pan.
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In a large bowl mix together 4 cups of flour, 2 cups sugar, salt, and shortening. When blended, remove one cup of the mixture and set aside for crumb topping.
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In a separate bowl, mix the hot water, molasses, and baking soda.
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Add the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix well. Pour the batter into the pan.
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Prepare a crumb topping with 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, cinnamon and the reserved 1 cup of dry mixture.
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Sprinkle the crumbs on top of the batter. Bake in a 350° oven for 50 to 60 minutes. Cake is done when a knife inserted in the middle comes clean.
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