old fashioned gingerbread cake

Ingredients For old fashioned gingerbread cake

• 1/2 c

  sugar
• 1/2 c

  butter
• 1

  egg
• 1 c

  molasses
• CREAM THE ABOVE INGREDIENTS - THEN IN A SIFTER COMBINE THE FOLLOWING
• 1 1/2 c

  flour
• 1 1/2 tsp

  soda
• 1 tsp

  cinnamon
• 1 tsp

  ginger
• 1/2 tsp

  cloves or allspice
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• MIX THE DRY INGREDIENTS INTO THE SUGAR MIXTURE ALTERNATING WITH 1 CUP OF BOILING WATER