Shoo-Fly Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. unsifted flour
2 c. sugar
1 c. baking molasses
2 c. boiling water
2 level tsp. baking soda
1/2 lb. butter or margarine

Preparation

Work flour, sugar and butter together into coarse crumbs. Reserve 1 1/2 cups for topping on cake. Mix together molasses, boiling water and baking soda. Combine with remaining crumbs. Mix well. Batter will be thin. Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan. Sprinkle the 1 1/2 cups of reserved crumbs over the cake. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 45 minutes.