Richmond Gingerbread.
1 cup of sugar.
1 cup of molasses.
1 cup of butter.
1 cup of sweet milk.
4 cups of flour.
4 eggs.
1 table-spoonful mixed ginger and mace.
1 teaspoonful soda—a small one—dissolved in the milk.
Beat sugar, molasses, butter and spice together to a cream; add the whipped yolks, the milk, and, very quickly, the whites and flour.
Bake in one loaf, or in cups.