Depression Era Syrup Cake

• 1 cup Crisco
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup blackstrap molasses
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 14 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

1. Cream crisco, sugar and eggs, add sorgum.
2. Mix well baking soda and buttermilk together.
3. Alternate flour and buttermilk/ baking soda mix.
4. Beat together well.
5. Best baked in a bundt pan.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes to an hour.
7. Watch cake closely, it will rise very high and then fall.
8. When it falls it is done, remove from oven and cool in pan.

crisco, sugar, blackstrap molasses, buttermilk, flour, eggs, baking soda

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/depression-era-syrup-cake-400805 (may not work)