Preheat the oven to 350. Spray a 8 by 8 baking pan with bakers sprau
Whisk together in a bowl, flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, salt, black and cayeene pepper
In another large bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy
Beat in egg and vanilla
Beat in the molasses
Add half of flour mixture and stir in, then remaining flour and stir in, then stir in sour cream. Fold in raisins if using
Spread evenly into prepared pan. Place pan on foil lined baking sheet and bake 30 to 40 minutes until a skwer comes out just clean in the center. Let cool about 15 minutes to serve hot in sqares.
Serve with Whipped Cream or Vanilla ice cream or both! Garnish with Candied ginger.
This is best warm but can be made in advance, cut into serving sqares and wrapped in indivdually and frozen. Thaw and microwave each piece to serve. Also it can be baked early in the day but don't cut the servings until ready to eat. Heat each serving just until warm in the microwave
