Recipe - Dessert Gingerbread

1 One half cup Sifted allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Ground ginger
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Vegetable shortening
One half cup Sugar
1 Egg
One half cup Light molasses
Three fourths cup Boiling water

Sift together flour, baking soda, ginger and salt. Using an electric mixer,
cream shortening until light and fluffy in large bowl. Add sugar gradually,
beating after each addition. Beat in egg thoroughly; blend in molasses.

Gradually stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture. Beat thoroughly. Stir
in water. Turn into greased and floured 8inch square baking pan. Bake in
3500 F oven 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes
out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool on rack.

Recipe by: Treasury of Christmas Recipes (1991)

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #938 by "Eugene Johnston"
ejohnston@mailexcite.com on Nov 30, 1997