Ohio - The Buckeye State, State flower: Scarlet Carnation

1. Sauerbraten and Noodles
2. Green Bean Salad
3. Maple Gigerbread
4. Raspberry Shrub

Maple Gigerbread - Makes 1 pan

¼ cup shortening
1 cup maple syrup
1 egg
2 cups sifted flour
½ tsp salt
½ tsp soda
1 tsp ginger
½ cup sour milk
½ lemon, rind and juice

Cream the shortening until whipped-cream consistency. Add maple syrup slowly, bend in well. Add beaten egg. Sift flour with salt, soda and ginger. Add to first mixture alternately with sour milk. Add lemon juice and grated rind. Turn into a well-greased shallow pan 8 x 12", or into individual cupcake pans or Gastroflex muffin molds and bake in a moderate oven, 350º, 50 minutes for the large cake or 25 minutes for the cupcakes or muffins. Test with a straw if you wish. Remove from oven, let stand for a few minutes, then remove and cool on a rack.

Frost it with a cream-cheese frosting.

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