Eggless Gingerbread. Maltese Cross
1 cup of sugar.
1 cup of best molasses.
½ cup of butter.
1 cup of sour cream.
1 table-spoonful ginger.
1 teaspoonful cinnamon.
1 heaping teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in hot water.
Nearly 4 cups of flour.
Mix, and bake quickly, adding the soda-water last, and beating hard for two minutes after it goes in.