By Sharon Fox
Cream Together:
1/2 cup Crisco vegetable shortening
1/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup molasses
2 large eggs
In a separate bowl mix:
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2/3 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 350°.
Grease and flour an 8″ square pan (or use Pam).
The ingredients listed under “cream together” should be added one ingredient at a time, creaming in between each addition.
When you have finished adding/creaming all the liquid ingredients, keep beating the liquid mixture, folding in the dry mixture, alternating with the 2/3 cup buttermilk.
Once everything is mixed in, pour the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake at 350° for about 25 minutes, or a little longer. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick in the middle.
When it comes out clean, it’s done.
Serve warm with a dollop of whipped cream.
Sharon Fox is the author of COMFORT FOOD FOR THE MIND, BODY, AND SOUL and she has a series of eBooks for Kindle.
She’s also Food Editor for several online magazines and host of a new TV show based in Atlanta, GA “The Healthy Living Show”
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This was printed in the March 10, 2013 – March 23, 2013 Edition
