Fairy Gingerbread:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup molasses
2+1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 Tablespoon ground ginger
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a shallow pan.
Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs, milk and molasses, mixing thoroughly.
Sift flour, soda and ginger. Sift again into creamed mixture. Beat well. Pour into pan.
Bake 45 minutes.