Recipe: Hot Gingerbread

HOT GINGERBREAD

1/4 lb butter, softened (plus more for greasing pan)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup molasses
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
3/4 cup strong, hot coffee
whipped cream or buttered sugar icing (to serve)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9x9-inch baking pan.

Cream butter and brown sugar together. When blended, add molasses and the eggs one at a time, beating vigorously; set aside.

Mix together and sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda, salt and spices. Return to sifter and sift into batter, adding alternately with hot coffee, to the first mixture. Beat until smooth. Batter will be thin. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.

Serve hot with whipped cream or buttered sugar icing.

Servings: 8
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