Here is the recipe Dave'sWife requested for buttermilk gingerbread.

Dave'sWife, I wish I could say it was ancient and ancestral like those I sent you at Christmas, but actually I found it on the side of a buttermilk carton. Looking on the bright side, it's much better than my grandmother's recipe, for all that hers IS ancient and ancestral.

BUTTERMILK GINGERBREAD

2-1/2 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ginger (I use more)
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 c. butter
3/4 c. light brown sugar (I think I've used dark)
2 eggs
3/4 c. light molasses (again, I've used dark)
1 c. buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9 x 13 x 2 cake pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, and cinnamon.

Cream butter and brown sugar in a large bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time, mixing well. Blend in molasses. Add dry ingredients in three portions, alternating with buttermilk; beat well after each addition.

Pour into prepared pan and bake 35 to 40 minutes.

Hope you like it!

Claire