1½ teaspoons cinnamon
½ cup shortening
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
½ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES
2 eggs
⅔ cup milk
Heat oven to 375° F. (moderate). Sift together first four ingredients. Cream together shortening, sugar, soda, and lemon rind. Add molasses. Stir in ½ cup flour mixture. Beat in eggs. Add milk alternately with remaining flour mixture (about ⅓ of each at a time). Beat ½ minute. Bake 25 minutes or until done in 2 well-greased, lightly floured, round, 8-inch, layer cake pans. Cool; frost as desired.
YIELD: 12 servings.