From 1911:
Mix two teaspoons cinnamon, half a teaspoon cloves, half a teaspoon grated nutmeg, one heaped teaspoon soda with four cups flour. Then stir In one cup raisins. Put Into a bowl two cups molasses, one cup brown sugar, one cup lard, and two cups hot water; then add the flour mixture and one beaten egg.
Bake in a shallow pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar just before putting it in the oven.