southern gingerbread with lemon sauce

Ingredients For southern gingerbread with lemon sauce

• GINGERBREAD
• 1/2 c

  butter, melted
• 1/4 c

  shortening, melted
• 3/4 c

  brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3/4 c

  molasses
• 2

  eggs. beaten
• 2 1/2 c

  all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp

  baking soda
• 1/2 tsp

  baking powder
• 2 tsp

  ground ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp

  ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp

  ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp

  ground nutmeg
• 1 c

  boiling water
• LEMON SAUCE
• 1 c

  sugar
• 1

  egg, lightly beaten
• 1/2 c

  butter
• 1/2 c

  boiling water
• 1

  lemon, juice of