Grandmother’s Molasses Cake

Ingredients

1 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

1 cup molasses

1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 cup raisins and currants

flour to make a soft batter

1 tablespoon ginger

1 tablespoon cloves

1 tablespoon cinnamon

2 cups sour milk

1 teaspoon baking soda

Preparation

Cream shortening and sugar. Add molasses and beaten eggs. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with 1½ cups of sour milk. Mix the soda in the remaining milk and add with remainder of flour. Floured currants and raisins are added last. Bake in a loaf pan in a slow oven about one hour.