In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together, by hand.
Add eggs, molasses, and fresh ginger, mixing well.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cayenne, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, mixing well with a whisk or fork.
Add flour mixture to butter mixture, mixing well to combine.
Place dough in refrigerator and allow to chill at least 1 hour.
Put remaining 1/3C sugar in a small bowl.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and prepare baking sheets with parchment paper.
After chilling dough, roll dough into balls(about 1.5tbsp), roll balls in the sugar, then place on prepared baking sheets.
Bake for 11-13 minutes. You're looking for the cookies to puff up a little and start to crack on the tops.
Cool cookies on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Enjoy!