Old Fashioned Gingerbread
By: Andie Mitchell
Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 12:30am

Ingredients




1/2 cup Butter or Margarine, softened
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 cup Molasses
2 1/2 cups Flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Baking soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Cloves
1 teaspoon Ginger
1 cup Hot water

Preparation

1 Cream butter and sugar, mixing well. Add egg and molasses; mix well. 2 Combine dry ingredients; add to the creamed mixture alternately with hot water, beginning and ending with flour mixture, and beating well after each addition. 3 Pour batter into a greased/floured 9 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes (test after about 25), or until cake tests done. Frost, if desired, or top with whipped cream or cool whip.