2 eggs
3/4 c. sugar (brown or white) (older women use brown)
3/4 c. Brer Rabbit molasses (gold label) (any kind of molasses would be okay)
3/4 c. melted shortening (they used 1/2 butter & 1/2 lard)
2 1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. ginger
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. boiling water

Add beaten eggs to sugar, molasses and melted shortening, then add the dry ingredients which have been mixed and lastly hot water in which soda has been dissolved. Bake in moderate oven, 350 degrees in well greased tin, 9"x12", 30 to 40 minutes. Check with straw after 30 minutes.

My mother was born in 1874 but quite a few women at the church all used this recipe.