1½ cups sifted enriched flour
¾ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon double-acting _or_ 1¼ teaspoons cream of tartar baking
powder
⅓ cup shortening
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon allspice
½ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES
1 egg, unbeaten
⅔ cup sour milk
Heat oven to 350° F. (moderate). Sift together first three ingredients.
Cream shortening, sugar, soda, and spices. Add molasses. Stir in ¼ cup
flour mixture. Beat in egg. Add sour milk alternately with remaining
flour mixture. Beat ½ minute. Bake 40 minutes or until done in a
well-greased, lightly floured, 8x8x2-inch pan. Cool. Frost as desired.
YIELD: 9 servings.
_Molasses-Raisin Cake_: Stir ¾ cup chopped raisins into mixture just
before adding egg.