Best Ever Gingerbread

mott again she got it from the brer rabbit molasses booklet july 1930

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1  egg
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
• 1  teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  cup molasses
• 1  cup water, hot

• topping

• 1⁄2 cup  whipping cream
• 1  tablespoon molasses
• 2  tablespoons  chocolate syrup

Directions

1. cream butter and sugar.
2. add egg sift dry ingredients.
3. add alternately with water and molasses.
4. put in greased floured 9x13 pan.
5. whip topping put on top before baking(im going to try just a small section on this part there were typos).the booklet doesnt have this im thinking its the whipped topping for after its baked.
6. bake350 oven 35 minutes.