Yule: Soft Ginger Bread

[Space Queen Lilith]

SOFT GINGER BREAD

-1 cup Sugar
-1 cup Molasses
-1/2 cup Butter or other shortening
-3 cups Flour
-1 cup Milk, sour
-2 teaspoons Ginger
-2 teaspoons Cinnamon
-1 teaspoon Cloves
-1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
-2 Eggs, well beaten
-1 teaspoon Soda - dissolved in
-1/4 cup boiling Water

1. Cream the shortening and sugar, add the eggs and molasses, and mix well.
2. Sift the flour and spices, and add alternately with the milk to the first mixture.
3. Stir in the dissolved soda.
4. Pour into well-greased cake pan and bake at 350-F 30 minutes.