Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup unsulphured molasses
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup milk, warmed
- 3 tablespoons soft butter
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar, sifted
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (approximately)
Make it step by step
- Combine brown sugar, butter, and molasses in small saucepan. Cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Cool. Grease and flour 8 inch square cake pan; set aside. Sift together flour, ginger, baking powder, soda, and salt into mixing bowl. Make well in center. Add cooled sugar mixture; mix. Add egg and milk; continue beating 3 minutes. Pour mixture into prepared cake pan. Bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes. L
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Recipe source
Adapted from Foodista by Anonymous, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.
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