•  1 cup molasses.
•  2 tbsps. butter.
•  1 tsp. ginger.
•  1 pint flour.
•  1/2 cup sour milk.
•  1 tsp. soda.
•  1 egg.

Put the molasses and butter in a pan and set on the stove. When the mixture boils up add the soda and ginger, and take from the fire immediately. Add the[118] milk, the well-beaten egg and the flour, beat well. Bake in a shallow CAKE pan in a rather quick oven for 20 minutes.

The Fun of Cooking, by Caroline French Benton (Year 1915)