Amish Molasses Crumb Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

CRUMB TOPPING
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Crisco
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon clove
1/2 teaspoon salt
BATTER
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
4 tablespoons molasses

Preparation

mix all crumb ingredients and save 3/4 cup of crumbs.
to prepare BATTER.
pour milk over baking soda, pour this mixture over molasses.
add all crumbs EXCEPT reserved 3/4 cup and mix well --
pour into a greased and floured 9\" square pan.
sprinkle reserved 3/4 cup of crumb mixture evenly over batter.
bake at 3508 for approximately 25 minutes.