Old-Fashioned Gingerbread

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 c. molasses
• 2 1/2 c. flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 cup hot water
• Lemon Sauce(ingredients follow):
• 1/2 c. butter or margarine
• 1 c. sugar
• 1/4 c. water
• 1 egg, beaten
• Juice & rind of 1 lemon

Directions

Cake: Beat butter with electric mixer on medium speed. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add egg & molasses, mixing well. Combine flour & next 4 ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with water, beginning and ending with flour. Mix after each addition. Pour into a lightly greased & flour 9 x 13 x 2" pan. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes of until it tests done with a wooden pick. Serve with Lemon sauce. 15 to 18 servings.

Sauce: Melt butter in a saucepan; add remaining ingredients, stirring constantly. Cook over medium heat until mixture reaches 160 degrees. Makes 2 cups.

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Southern Living Annual Recipes 1991
Submitted By: Ruth Burbage
burbage@pell.net
Old-Fashioned Gingerbread