Great-great Grandma Neff's Soft Molasses Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups molasses
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 2 teaspoons baking soda, dissolved in
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 mix all dry ingredients except the baking soda.
• 2 dissolve the baking soda in the boiling water.
• 3 add the baking soda mixture, beaten eggs, melted butter and the molasses to the dry mixture.
• 4 mix well.
• 5 batter will be thin.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes, checking the cake at 40 minutes with a toothpick (center comes out clean).
• 7 serve warm.
• 8 may dust with some powdered sugar.