Colonial Gingerbread

Ingredients

 * 1 cupful Porto Rico molasses
 * ½ cupful butter (softened)
 * ½ cupful Sugar
 * 2 eggs
 * 1 cupful thick sour milk
 * 1 teaspoonful each of ginger and cinnamon
 * 1-½ teaspoonfuls soda sifted with 3 cupfuls of flour

Directions

 * 1) First beat together the above ingredients
 * 2) Bake in loaf
 * 3) Serve warm
 * 4) Garnish with whipped cream.