This is a recipe from my Grandmother's cookbook.

1	cup	molasses
1/3	cup	butter
1/2	cup	sour milk (to sour milk, add 1 tsp lemon juice, let set 20 minutes)
1		egg, well beaten
2	cups	all purpose flour
1 1/2	tsp	soda
1 1/2	tsp	ginger
1/2	tsp	salt
1/4	tsp	cloves
1/4	tsp	nutmeg
1/2	tsp	cinnamon -- optional, for a spicier cake

• Add butter to molasses and heat until butter melts
• Add milk and egg.
• Stir in flour which was sifted with the soda, salt and spices
• Beat well
• Spread mixture in a shallow, buttered pan (about 8x8-inches) or into 12 muffin tins, filling them 2/3's full
• In the pan, bake about 35 minutes at 325 deg. F. In muffin tins, bake about 15 minutes at 350 deg. F.