Classic Amish Shoo Fly Cake

Authentic Amish recipes come from the heart. Classic Amish Shoo Fly Cake is a moist delight. Show your family or friends that you care by giving them this wonderful dessert.

Ingredients

4 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups hot water
1 cup molasses

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Combine flour, sugar and shortening to make crumbs; reserve 1 cup.
Dissolve soda in water, stir in molasses. Combine mixture with crumbs. Pour batter into greased 13x9" pan. Sprinkle with reserved crumbs.
Bake 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

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desvarzil52

Sep 13, 2015

I grew up in Philadelphia and my mother always made it as a pie. The one thing you have to be really careful of is to make sure that the molasses is "unsulphured" molasses. Otherwise the results are most unpleasant. The only difference that I see in the recipe above and the one I watched my mother make as a kid is the pie shell.

postmaster

Mar 17, 2013

This is a good recipe, have made it several times. Coming from Pa. it tastes like the real shoo-fly cake found there.