Amish Molasses Crumb Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Mix flour, sugar, and butter together in a large bowl until large crumbs form. Separate 2 cups of the flour mixture into another bowl and set aside.
• Stir boiling water, molasses, and baking soda together in a third bowl until baking soda dissolves; pour into the flour mixture in the large bowl and stir until smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the reserved flour mixture over the top of the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Steps:

• mix all crumb ingredients and save 3/4 cup of crumbs.
• to prepare BATTER.
• pour milk over baking soda, pour this mixture over molasses.
• add all crumbs EXCEPT reserved 3/4 cup and mix well --
• pour into a greased and floured 9" square pan.
• sprinkle reserved 3/4 cup of crumb mixture evenly over batter.
• bake at 3508 for approximately 25 minutes.

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking power, salt, sugar and soda.
• Cut in butter until mixture has the consistency of course meal or small peas.
• Reserve about 1 1/2 cups of this mixture.
• Combine the eggs, milk and extracts and stire into the remainder of the dry blend.
• Pour into 2 well-buttered 10-inch pie pans.
• Brush the top of the dough w/ butter and sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until cake is done.