Original Ginger Bread recipe

Ingredients:


Butter .......... 1/2 cup plain
white sugar ......... 1/2 cup
All purpose flour ........ 2 1/2 cup
Egg ........ 1
molasses ........ 1 cup
baking powder ........ 1 1/2 tea spn
Ground ginger ........ 1 tea spn
Ground cinnamon ...... 1 tea spn
Ground cloves ........ 1/2 tea spn
salt ....... 1/2 tea spn
Hot water ........ 1 cup

Directions:



In a bowl , beat the butter with sugar , add egg and molasses. In another bowl mix the flour with baking powder, salt , cinnamon , ginger and cloves,blend into creamy mixture and stir into hot water. Then pour the mixture into greasy pan.
Preheat oven to 350  degree f (175 c) and grease the pan and flour it.Bake one hour untill a knife inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool it in  pan before serving, and garnish it with cream and nuts as per your choice.