Best Ever Gingerbread

Everyone has a favorite gingerbread topping, perhaps whipped cream, ice cream or sauce. 

Gingerbread 

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon cloves

1 cup salad oil

1 cup molasses

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 cup boiling water

2 1/2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour

2 eggs well beaten

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In a bowl, combine the sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves.  Stir in the salad oil, then the molasses, mixing well.  Mix the soda into the boiling water and immediately stir into the mixture.  Gradually blend in the flour, to prevent lumping.  Then mix in the eggs.

Turn into a greased 9 X 13 inch pan and bake at 350^F oven for 40 to 45 minutes.  Makes 12 servings.