Hot and Sweet Gingerbread

Ingredients

1 c brown sugar
1 c molasses
1 c boiling water
6 T butter
1 1/2 t baking soda
3/4 t salt
2 eggs
2 1/4 c flour
1 1/2 t each cinnamon and ginger
1/4 t ground cloves
1/3 c crystallized ginger, finely chopped

Instructions

Mix together 1st 4 ingredients. Then add next 3 ingredients to first mixture. Sift next 3 ingredients together in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to first mixture. Then stir in ginger. Pour into greased and floured 9x13" pan. Bake at 350 for 1/2 hour. Cool on wire rack. Frost, then chill. Ginger Cream Cheese Icing 6 T butter 6 oz cream cheese 2 c (approx) powdered sugar 1 t vanilla 1/4 c crystallized ginger, finely chopped Beat together butter and cream cheese. Then add vanilla, then beat in sugar. Then stir in ginger.