1 c. butter
1 c. sugar
3 eggs
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/3 c. dark rum
1/2 c. molasses
2 c. unsifted flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter in bowl. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Add baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice. Combine rum and molasses. Add flour alternately with the rum mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Mix well until batter is very smooth. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes, cool 10 minutes.