1 cup of sugar.

1 cup of molasses.

1 cup of butter.

1 cup of sweet milk.

4 cups of flour.

4 eggs.

1 table-spoonful mixed ginger and mace.

1 teaspoonful soda - a small one - dissolved in the milk.

Beat sugar, molasses, butter and spice together to a cream; add the whipped yolks, the milk, and, very quickly, the whites and flour.

Bake in one loaf, or in cups.

Eggless Gingerbread + 1 cup of sugar. 1 cup of best molasses. 1/2 cup of butter. 1 cup of sour cream. 1 table-spoonful ginger. 1 teaspoonful cinnamon.

1 heaping teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in hot water. Nearly 4 cups of flour.

Mix, and bake quickly, adding the soda-water last, and beating hard for two minutes after it goes in.