Best 5 Old Fashioned Shoofly Cake Recipes

AMISH SHOOFLY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Mix brown sugar, flour, and butter with a pastry blender until you have fine crumbs.
• Reserve two cups of the crumbs for the top.
• Combine the boiling water and baking soda, then add the molasses and salt. Mix well.
• Mix the molasses mixture with the remaining crumbs. And pour this into a greased 9x13" baking dish.
• Starting at the edges, scatter the reserved 2 cups of crumbs over the top.
• Bake for about 45 - 50 minutes. Cool and enjoy.

SHOOFLY CRUMB CAKE

Steps:

• Mix the flour, sugars, salt and butter to crumbs using a pastry blender or your fingers.
• Reserve one cup of the crumbs for topping.
• Mix the molasses, boiling water, and baking soda and gradually add to the major part of the crumbs until well blended.
• Pour this mixture into a greased 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
• Sprinkle the reserved 1 cup of crumbs on top.
• Bake in a 350 F oven for 55 minutes.

SHOOFLY CAKE RECIPE FROM THE ESSENTIAL AMISH COOKBOOK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Grease a 9 x 13″ baking pan.
• Combine flour, brown sugar, salt and butter by hand to form fine crumbs.
• Reserve 3/4 cup of this crumb mixture to put on top of the cake.
• Separately mix together the boiling water, molasses and baking soda (note: this will foam up very quickly. Be close to the bowl with the dry ingredients. Don't ask.)
• Stir into the crumb mixture just until mixed (note: this is a VERY wet batter.)
• Pour into the prepared cake pan and sprinkle with the reserved mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 - 40 minutes (note: my cake took 37 minutes to bake)
• Cool on a wire rack and then cut into squares.
• To serve: you can either dust with confectioner's sugar or top with whipped cream

OLD FASHIONED SHOOFLY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
• Mix the flour, spices, salt and sugars, then cut in the shortening and butter with a pastry blender or similar tool until the mixture is the consistency of fine crumbs.
• Set aside 1 cup of the mixture.
• In another bowl, pour the boiling water over the molasses and stir until dissolved.
• Stir in the baking soda.
• When the bubbling subsides, add to the dry ingredients and stir until smoothly blended.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Give the pan a good thunk to settle contents, and drag a knife a few times through the center of the batter from the outside to the middle to help the cake rise evenly.
• Sprinkle with reserved cup of crumbs.
• Bake for about 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.

SHOOFLY CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Set aside 1 cup for topping. Add baking soda to remaining crumb mixture. Stir in water and molasses. , Fill 24 paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool.