Shoo-Fly Cake (Old Lehigh County Recipe)

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Title: SHOO-FLY CAKE (OLD LEHIGH COUNTY RECIPE)
Categories: Penndutch, Cakes
Yield: 1 servings

1 1/2 c Flour
1 c Brown sugar
1/4 c Lard
1 x *or:
1/4 c Butter
1/2 c Molasses
1/2 c Water, hot
1/2 t Soda
1 x *pastry

Make crumbs by combining the flour, sugar and shortening. Line a pie
pan with pastry. Dissolve the soda in the hot water and combine with
the molasses. Pour into the pastry-lined pan, top with the crumbs and
bake at 350-F until firm.
Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine Old Recipes, Culinary
Arts Press, 1936.

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