Depression Era Syrup Cake

Name: Depression Era Syrup Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 1 cake, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup Crisco; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup blackstrap molasses; 1 cup buttermilk; 2 1/4 cups flour; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon baking soda

Submitted by Chef #1010109

"This is my grandmother's depression era syrup cake. It is best made a couple of days in advance, so that it can "age"."

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Ready In:: 55mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 1 cake
Serves:: 12

ingredients

1 cup Crisco
1 cup sugar
1 cup blackstrap molasses
1 cup buttermilk
2 ¹⁄₄ cups flour
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda

directions

Cream crisco, sugar and eggs, add sorgum. Mix well baking soda and buttermilk together. Alternate flour and buttermilk/ baking soda mix. Beat together well.
Best baked in a bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes to an hour. Watch cake closely, it will rise very high and then fall. When it falls it is done, remove from oven and cool in pan.