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Molasses cake

Molasses cake Ingredients: 1.1kg/21⁄2lb simple flour 250g/9oz butter 250g/9oz sugar 2 teaspoons flooring ginger 1 tablespoon bicarbonate of soda 3 tablespoons sizzling water 225ml/8fl oz bitter milk 450g/1lb molasse...

Molasses cake

Ingredients:
1.1kg/21⁄2lb simple flour
250g/9oz butter
250g/9oz sugar
2 teaspoons flooring ginger
1 tablespoon bicarbonate of soda
3 tablespoons sizzling water
225ml/8fl oz bitter milk
450g/1lb molasses

Directions:
First, preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Fuel mark 5. Grease a 23cm/9within spherical cake tin.
Then, sift the flour inside a enormous bowl, and rub within just the butter until eventually the mix resembles fantastic breadcrumbs, then combination within the sugar and the ginger.
Then, dissolve the bicarbonate of soda within just the hot water. Stir within the bitter milk and molasses. Include to the flour combination to create a quite sticky dough.
Finally, perform the dough carefully, and put inside of the composed cake tin. Bake inside the oven for 50 minutes. Go away to neat within the tin for 30 minutes in advance of turning out to amazing totally. cakes & pastries.