Laura Ingalls Wilder'S Gingerbread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. lard or shortening
1/2 c. molasses
2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. boiling water
3 c. flour
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs, well beaten

Preparation

Blend sugar with lard.
Molasses blended with baking soda in boiling water.
(Be sure cup is full of water after foam is fun off into mixture.)
To flour, add spices and salt.
Sift all into cake mixture and mix well.
Add eggs.
The mixture should be quite thin.
Bake in a moderate oven for thirty minutes.