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    Home » Everything Amish » Plain Culture

    An Old Molasses Cake Recipe With Buttercream Frosting

    Published: Dec 13, 2017 · Updated: Dec 13, 2017 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

    By Kevin Williams

    This is an old, old recipe from the Amish community of Aylmer, Ontario.  This really is a great cake, however, use blackstrap molasses, not sorghum molasses. I used sorghum molasses forgetting that it has a little less bit than blackstrap and for this cake you want the full molasses treatment.

    My 15-month old daughter, Beatrice, got in on the fun by helping to stir the batter. We then made an easy and delicious buttercream frosting which really topped off the cake well.

    So if you are looking for a holiday hit that tastes great, this fits the bill well!

    This is sorghum molasses, try to use blackstrap for a stronger flavor.

     

    Baby Bea, runny nose and all, enjoyed helping with the stirring....(season of colds, don't worry, her hands never made it into the batter and I was really the only one who at the cake anyway)

    Into the oven....

    Here's a piece of the molasses cake topped with an easy buttercream frosting.

     

    And here is this winner of a recipe!  Oh, two other quick things: use your favorite frosting recipe.  I think a lemon frosting would good well (but no one on this site seems to like lemon) or put on a nice buttercream frosting.

    OLD-TIME AMISH MOLASSES CAKE

    2 cups flour

    3 /4 cup molasses (fill up with sugar)

    2 teaspoons soda

    1 egg

    1 /2 cup buttermilk or sour milk

    1 /2 cup hot water

    Mix thoroughly, bake at 325 for 30 - 40 minutes.  Add your favorite frosting when the cake is cool.

    Other molasses favorites!

    AMISH MOLASSES BROWNIES

    MOLASSES COOKIES WITH LEMON FROSTING

    Daniel's Favorite Molasses Crinkle Cookies

    DANIEL'S MOLASSES CRINKLE COOKIES

     

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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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