Shoo-Fly Cake (Old Lehigh County Recipe) Recipe

Name: Shoo-Fly Cake (Old Lehigh County Recipe) Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 c Flour; 1 c Brown sugar; ¼ c Lard; 1 x or:; ¼ c Butter; ½ c Molasses; ½ c Water, hot; ½ ts Soda; 1 x pastry

Shoo-Fly Cake (Old Lehigh County Recipe) is a cake made with molasses and spices, and often served with a coffee or tea. It is a traditional cake of the Lehigh County region in Pennsylvania.

1 1/2 c Flour

1 c Brown sugar

¼ c Lard

1 x or:

¼ c Butter

½ c Molasses

½ c Water, hot

½ ts Soda

1 x pastry

Make crumbs by combining the flour, sugar and shortening.

Line a pie panwith pastry.

Dissolve the soda in the hot water and combine with themolasses.

Pour into the pastry-lined pan, top with the crumbs and bake at350-F until firm.