Serves 12, if you’re really stretching it.

1 c. sugar
¼ tsp. salt
1 tsp. ginger
½ tsp. cloves
½ tsp. cinnamon
1 c. vegetable oil
1 c. dark molasses
2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. boiling water
2 ½ c. regular all-purpose flour
2 eggs, well beaten

In bowl, combine sugar, salt, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon.

Stir into #1, vegetable oil and molasses.

Mix soda and boiling water and immediately stir into the mixture.

Gradually add flour to prevent lumpiness.

Then mix in the eggs.

Turn into a well-greased bundt pan, or lightly greased nonstick bundt pan, with ½ Tbls. flour tossed around the surfaces of the pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees about 40-45 minutes. Check with a toothpick.

Let cool 10-15 minutes, loosen and turn out. Sift with powder sugar, optional.