To bake the cake:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan or line it with parchment paper.
• In a large mixing bowl combine sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir in the oil, then the molasses, mixing well.
  1 cup granulated sugar, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ground ginger, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground cloves, 1 cup neutral oil, 1 cup molasses
• Place the boiling water into a heatproof dish. Mix the baking soda into the boiling water and immediately stir it into sugar mixture.
  2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 cup water
• Gradually blend in the flour, then add the eggs.
  2 ½ cup unbleached, all-purpose flour, 2 egg
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
• When the cake is finished baking, remove from the oven and cool on a rack.
• Serve the cake with lemon sauce and cream cheese topping.
  1 batch Sweet Cream Cheese, 1 batch Lemon Sauce