Grandma Scheiber's Gingerbread Cake

Ingredients:

For the cake:

· 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

· 1 cup molasses

· ½ cup sugar

· ½ cup shortening

· 1 egg

· 1 ½ tsp tsp baking soda

· 2 ½ teaspoons Gather Gingerbread Spice or Quatre Epice

· ¾ tsp salt

· 1 cup boiling water

For the vanilla sauce:

· 1 cup sugar

· 1 ½ tbsp cornstarch

· 1 ½ cup water

· ½ cup butter

· 2 tsp vanilla

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 9 square pan. Measure all ingredients into a large bowl. Mix with a mixer at low speed until well mixed. Pour batter into pan and bake 55 to 60 minutes until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool cake on wire rack.

2. For the sauce: Mix sugar and corn starch in a medium saucepan. Add water, stir until sugar is dissolved with heat on medium, add butter and bring to a slow boil. Cook until thickened. Remove from stove and add vanilla.

3. Serve warm butter sauce over gingerbread cake and enjoy!

Notes:

· Make sure that you are seasoning every layer appropriately.

· Taste, taste, taste.

Serves 4-6