Molasses Cake

Molasses Cake

2 ½ cups flour

2 cup molasses

½ cup sugar

¼ cup butter or grease

1 egg

1 cup boiled water

2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon cloves

½ teaspoon nutmeg (or half of an actual nutmeg)

This is what a nutmeg looks like. 

Beat the molasses, sugar, and butter and eggs together. Mix flour with baking soda and add to the wet ingredients. Put all the spices together and beat into the wet mixture. Add the boiling water in the end and beat the shit out of it.