Ingredients

1 pint blueberries
2 C. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 C. granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. powdered cloves and allspice
1/3 C. butter or margarine, soft
1 egg, at room temperature
3 Tbsp. molasses
1 C. sour milk or buttermilk
1/3 C. confectioners sugar

Cooking Instructions

Preheat oven to 375. Sprinkle berries with a little flour. Butter and flour 9x13x2-inch pan. Sift flour to measure 2 C.. Resift with baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices. Cream butter and sugar. Beat egg until lemon-colored; add to butter mixture. Beat well. Gradually beat in molasses. Alternately add butter-egg-molasses mixture and milk to dry ingredients, a little at a time, beating well after each addition. Gently fold in berries. Pour into prepared pan; bake 30 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove and cool the cake in pan on rack. Dust with confectioners’ sugar. Cut into squares to serve.

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