One cup of Porto Rico molasses, one cup of boiling water, butter the
size of an egg, half a teaspoonful of ground cloves, one teaspoonful of
cinnamon, one egg, one teaspoonful of ginger, half a teaspoonful of
soda, a light half pound of flour, a quarter of a cup of brown sugar.
Melt the butter and stir into the molasses, add the spices, then the
water. Sift the soda with the flour and add at the last. Currants and
raisins stoned and chopped may be added and are an improvement. The cake
may be baked in a loaf or in small moulds.