Recipe: Molasses Cake (Melanie Crawford)

Pan: 9"x13", greased
Oven Temperature: 350 degrees
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1/2 Cup Earth Balance or Butter
1/2 Cup Rapadura
1 tsp. Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 Eggs
1 Cup Molasses
2 1/2 Cups Flour (1 1/2 Cups White, 1 Cup Whole Wheat)
1 Cup Boiling Water

Cream Earth Balance, Sugar. Beat until fluffy. Add Eggs and continue beating until well mixed. Add Soda, Salt, Vanilla. Mix. Add Molasses and mix. Then add Flour. Lastly, add Boiling Water. Blend well and bake for 30 Minutes.

As soon as it comes out of the Oven, cover with wax paper until cool. This keeps moisture in. This Cake is just yummy and has become one of our signatures here on the Farm.
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Notes: (1) Negotiating the terrain of which ingredients are best for the Planet and Humans is not easy. "We are in process." (2) We use Organic Ingredients and non-GMO's. (3) We try not to use Partially Hydrogenated Fats. Our preference is Butter. However, sometimes we are "stuck" because Dairy is an issue. (4) Rapadura is a Cane Sugar product which has not been stripped of Nutrients.