Soft Gingerbread

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup shortening, half butter and half lard
• 1 cup New Orleans molasses
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in warm water
• flour, sufficient to make a drop dough