old fashioned doughnuts

Ingredients
2 eggs
2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons butter
6 cups flour or more
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups buttermilk
2 teaspoons nutmeg
2 teaspoons ginger

Method
With mixer, beat the eggs, sugar, and butter until light and fluffy. Add buttermilk and mix well . Sift and add flour, soda, nutmeg, and ginger. Roll out on floured board and cut with doughnut cutter. (Save holes --don't re-roll.) Fry in pure lard in iron skillet. Drain on brown paper lined with paper towels. Roll in plain white sugar or mixture of cinnamon and sugar while still warm.