Brown Sugar Molasses Cake With Cinnamon

Ingredients

• ½ cup shortening
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ cup molasses
• 2 cups flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon allspice
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 2/3 cup milk

Method

1. 1 Cream shortening and sugar together, beating continually.
2. 2 Add beaten egg and beat well, then mix in molasses.
3. 3 Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and spices.
4. 4 Add half of the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, then add milk.
5. 5 Add the remaining dry ingredients and mix well.
6. 6 Pour into a greased shallow pan and bake at 350°F for 40 minutes.
7. 7 Serve hot with butter.