Ingredients
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1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 cup molasses
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda {15 Cool Uses for Baking Soda}
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup hot water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9 inch square pan and set aside.
- In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl cream together the sugar and butter until nice and smooth.
- Then add in the egg, and molasses and mix together.
- Slowly add in half of the flour mixture, then the hot water, then the remaining flour mixture and stir together until smooth.
- Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack, slice, and sprinkle with powered sugar.