Gingerbread Made With Sour Cream

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup molasses
• 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 3/4 cup boiling water

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F (180 C).
2. Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.
3. Beat butter and sugar until creamy.
4. Beat in molasses, lemon zest, then beat in eggs 1 at a time.
5. Sift in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt, stirring until blended. Stir in sour cream, then boiling water.
6. Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake for 40 -45 minutes, until a tester inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
7. Cool cake for 20 minutes, before turning out on a cooling rack to cool completely.
8. Then enjoy with some sweetened cream or a nice lemon sauce.

unsalted butter, sugar, molasses, lemon zest, eggs, flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, salt, sour cream, boiling water

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/gingerbread-made-with-sour-cream-287265 (may not work)