Old Fashion Gingerbread Cake

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup shortening or 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup honey
• 2 eggs (if using butter or shortening) or 1 egg (with oil)
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1 cup boiling water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°.
• 2 sift the dry ingredients together.
• 3 in another bowl, blend the shortening or oil with sugar or honey and the eggs. mix thoroughly.
• 4 add sifted dry ingredients alternately with molasses to the shortening mix.
• 5 pour into a 9 x 9 square pan.
• 6 bake 40 minutes or until the cake springs back lightly.