Old fashioned gingerbread recipe – the cake I love best of all Recipe

Name: Old fashioned gingerbread recipe – the cake I love best of all
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup sugar; 1 teaspoon ginger; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; ½ cup soft butter; ¾ cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses; 1 egg; 1 cup boiling water

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup soft butter
¾ cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
1 egg
1 cup boiling water

	PREP TIME 15m	COOK TIME 55m	TOTAL TIME 1h10m
YIELD 8

Instructions

Grease and flour an 8”x8” square pan (or line the pan with parchment paper.)
Sift together dry ingredients in a large bowl.
Add the butter, molasses and egg and beat for two minutes or 300 strokes by hand. (This is a very old recipe…it actually says that.)
Add the boiling water.
Beat for another two minutes and turn into prepared pan.
Bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched.