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cake flour baking powder baking soda ginger powder cinnamon salt shortening sugar egg molasses sour milk
Viewed: 26 - Published at: 4 years agoIngredients
- 2 cups sifted cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 14 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ginger powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 13 cup shortening
- 12 cup sugar
- 1 large egg, well beaten
- 23 cup molasses
- 34 cup sour milk or 34 cup buttermilk
Method
- Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and soda, spices and salt and sift together three times.
- Cream shortening thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and molasses; then flour, alternately with milk.
- Beat after each addition until smooth.
- Pour into greased pan or a ring mold.
- Bake in moderate oven (350*) for 1 1/4 hours.
- Serve with whipped cream.
- As a variation use gingerbread as the base for fruit shortcakes.
- Serves 6.
