Sift dry ingredients. Mix fat, molasses and boiling water. Add dry ingredients. Beat briskly for a few minutes, and pour into greased muffin pans. Bake twenty to thirty minutes in moderate oven.

SPICED OATMEAL FRUIT CAKES

1¾ cups whole wheat flour

¾ cup cooked oatmeal

⅔ cup corn syrup

½ cup raisins, dates, prunes or figs

¼ teaspoon soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon