Shoo-Fly Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Work the flour, sugar and margarine together as you would a pie dough, into coarse crumbs.
Reserve 1 1/2 cups of crumbs.
Mix the molasses, boiling water and baking soda and combine with remaining crumbs.
Mix well.
Batter will be thin.
Pour into an oblong cake pan which has been greased and floured.
Sprinkle the remaining crumbs over the cake.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 45 minutes.