2 eggs - then add
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
-cream together
4 tbl molasses
1 teasp each of cinnamon and cloves
2 cups flour
-mix together thouroughly then add cup of boiling water
1 teasp soda
Bake 35 minutes
Found in "Jackie Ethel Joan: Women of Camelot" by J. Randy Taraborrelli. Published by Warner Books, 2000.