Molasses cake/hot water gingerbread
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Margarine or shortening |
| ½ | cup | Brown sugar |
| 1 | Well beaten egg | |
| 1 | cup | Dark molasses |
| 2½ | cup | Sifted cake flour |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ginger |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| For the Cake:; (cont) | ||
| ¼ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Cloves |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | cup | Hot water |
| 3 | Peeled and sliced apples | |
| ½ | cup | Brown sugar |
| 2 | teaspoons | Butter |
Directions
FOR THE CAKE
FOR THE TOPPING
1 Cream together the margarine and sugar until fluffy. Add the beaten egg and molasses and blend well. Sift the dry ingredients three times and add, alternately with the hot water, to the creamed mixture, beating the mix until smooth after each addition of flour.
2 Arrange the topping of apples, sugar and butter in the bottom of the dish, spoon on the molasses cake mix and bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes.
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Recipe by: Big Kevin Little Kevin Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.