2 cups sifted enriched flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon double-acting _or_ 1½ teaspoons cream of tartar baking
powder
1½ teaspoons cinnamon
½ cup shortening
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
½ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES
2 eggs
⅔ cup milk
Heat oven to 375° F. (moderate). Sift together first four ingredients.
Cream together shortening, sugar, soda, and lemon rind. Add molasses.
Stir in ½ cup flour mixture. Beat in eggs. Add milk alternately with
remaining flour mixture (about ⅓ of each at a time). Beat ½ minute. Bake
25 minutes or until done in 2 well-greased, lightly floured, round,
8-inch, layer cake pans. Cool; frost as desired.
YIELD: 12 servings.