Mrs. E. S. Converse.
CAKE.
SOFT GINGERBREAD.
One-half cup butter, two cups molasses, one cup sugar, four cups flour, one cup sour milk, four eggs, one teaspoon saleratus, ginger and cloves.
M. C.
GINGERBREAD.
One cup brown sugar, and one tablespoon butter, stirred to a cream; add one cup New Orleans molasses, and mix well; then add one cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda dissolved in a little of the sour milk. Mix all together, and stir in two and a half cups flour; put in ginger or spice to taste. Bake in one large loaf one hour, or two small loaves one-half hour.
Ellen.