Gingerbread Cake

A family recipe from Katie Roling.

Getting ready: 20 min · Cooking: 40 min · Feeds: 12

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup black molasses
• 2/3 cup Mazola oil
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp allspice
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp cloves

Directions

1. Mix 1 cup boiling water and 1 tsp. soda; let cool.
2. Beat top ingredients (water and soda mixture, sugar, eggs, black molasses and Mazola oil).
3. Add flour, ginger, allspice, cinnamon and cloves. Mix good.
4. Pour into cake pan.
5. Bake in 325 oven for 40 minutes.