Old-Time Gingerbread With Warm Lemon Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. salad oil
1/2 c. molasses
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 large egg
Warm Lemon Sauce (recipe follows)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Grease and flour a 9 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
Into large bowl, measure 1/2 cup boiling water and all ingredients except Warm Lemon Sauce.
With mixer at low speed, beat until well blended, constantly scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
Increase speed to high; beat 2 minutes, occasionally scraping bowl.
Pour batter into pan.
Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool gingerbread in pan on wire rack 10 minutes to serve warm or cool completely on rack to serve later.