Molasses Cake (untested)

This recipe is written in Grammy's handwriting with an attribution to the Ford Times and a date of November 1973.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cloves
• 1 cup milk
• 3 cups flour (Grammy's note: "I used whole wheat flour and blackstrap molasses")

Instructions:

1. Cream butter and sugar
2. Beat in eggs
3. Add baking soda to molasses
4. Sift dry ingredients together
5. Add, alternating milk, molasses and dry ingredients
6. Bake in 9-inch by 13-inch by 2-inch pan in 350°F oven for about 45 minutes