Recipe: Gateau De Sirop
Summary: This dessert is basically a cajun syrup cake. It is flavored with terrific seasonings such as cinnamon, allspice, and ginger. These combine with molasses and raisins, creating a sweet cake that everyone will enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Shortening
- 2 cup Molasses
- 2 Whole Eggs
- 2 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Allspice
- 2 teaspoon Ginger
- 1 cup Raisins
- teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 cup Boiling Water
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
Instructions
- In a bowl, dredge raisins with a little flour and set aside.
- In a another bowl, cream shortening and molasses.
- Beat in eggs one at a time.
- In a third bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, allspice, ginger and salt.
- Add raisins to flour mixture.
- Pour molasses mixture into flour mixture.
- In a large measuring cup, dissolve baking soda in boiling water and add to mixture.
- Stir until smooth.
- Pour into greased and floured oblong baking pan and bake at 350 degrees until cake comes away from sides of the pan (about 30 minutes).
Cooking time (duration): 25 -30 min.
Number of servings (yield): 12
Meal type: dessert
Culinary tradition: USA (Traditional)
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