½ cup Oil
½ cup White Sugar
1 beaten Egg
1 cup Molasses
2 ½ cup Flour
1 ½ tsp Baking Soda
2 heaping tsp Ginger
1 tsp Salt
½ tsp Cinnamon
pinch of Cloves
1 cup boiling Water

Cream sugar and shortening together. Add beaten egg and molasses. Stir dry ingredients together and stir into egg mixture. Add boiling water. Bake in oven for 35 min.

Sauce:
½ Sugar
1 tsp Flour
1 cup boiling Water
2 tsp Butter
1 tsp Vanilla
1 tsp Nutmeg

Combine sugar, flour and salt in pan and add boiling water gradually. Stir till slightly thickened. Pour warm frosting over the cake.

Submitted by: Shanilie

Labels: Desserts + Cakes