Dessert: Molasses Cake

One of my friends gave me a book to read and it was one I couldn't put down! In it the characters make molasses cakes and they are something made special for holidays. The author included the recipe and they taste so amazing...

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup molasses
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 dashes ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven at 350. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan
2. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar
3. Beat in egg
4. In a separate bowl combine the milk and the molasses
5. In another bowl combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt
6. Add each of these alternately to the butter mixture beating well between additions
7. Spoon batter into the prepared pan
8. Bake for approx 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean (I ended up baking for 36 minutes, but I have a gas oven)

Reference Note:

This book is the reason I made this: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. Such a good read and she has such a cool way that she writes (check out the interview with the author at the end)