Special Gingerbread

Ingredients
3 oz. Butter
1/2 C. Molasses
2 Eggs, slightly beaten
1/3 lb. Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp. Baking Soda
11/4 C. hot  water
21/3 C. Flour
2 tsp. ground ginger
2 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Ground cloves
1/2 tsp. Allspice
1/2 tsp. Nutmeg

 Directions
Melt butter in saucepan and carefully mix in molasses, eggs and brown sugar. Place soda in 2-cup measure and pour hot water over it. Mix in butter-sugar mixture.

In large bowl, combine flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and nutmeg; stir into batter. Pour batter into greased 13-by-9-by-2-inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees about 20 minutes or until firm. Top with sauce when cool.

Sauce:
1 stick Butter
1 Tbsp. white rum
1/3 C. powdered sugar

In small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter; add rum. Blend in sugar and spread over cool gingerbread.