Hello June:
This recipe is over 100 years old and comes to me through my grandma's Ruralite Cookbook, enjoy:
1 C butter
1 C granulated sugar
2 eggs, beaten, room temperature
5 C flour, sifted
3 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp cinammon
2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp salt
2 C Brer Rabbit Molasses
2 C hot water
Cream butter and sugar. Add the beaten eggs. Measure and sift dry ingredients. Mix molasses with hot water. Add dry ingredients alternately with the liquid, a little at a time; beat after each addition.
Bake in a pacgiined pan in moderate oven 350 degrees for 1 hour or until center is done.
30 servings