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Shoo Fly Cake gives you the delicious flavors of the Pennsylvania Dutch favorite Shoo Fly pie, but in cake form. Grease and flour a 13″ x 9″ inch pan. For the crumbs, combine the flour, sugar and butter. Mix with hands to form crumbs. Measure out 1-1/4 cups for topping and set aside.
The dark rich filling of Shoo Fly Pie topped with crumbs has a unique flavor that we Pennsylvanians love. Pennsylvania Shoo Fly Cake has the same delicious flavour of pie but in cake form. I was extremely excited to make and share this with my neighbours on Gilbert’s Creek.
No, it doesn’t have flies in it. Since it’s such a sweet pie, back in the old days they had to shoo the flies away from it and I guess every other pie name had been taken; thus…Shoo-Fly Pie. This Shoo-Fly Cake is from Classic Home Desserts by the late James Beard award winner Richard Sax.
In a separate bowl, combine the molasses, boiling water, soda, and salt. Mix well. And pour the molasses mixture over the top of the crumbs. Starting at the edges, sprinkle the reserved crumbs on the top. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes. Cool. And that’s it, now you have an Amish shoofly cake (molasses cake) to enjoy!
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