Coffee Cake

Original Recipe

One cup of brown sugar, one cup of butter, two eggs, one-half cup of molasses, one cup of strong, cold coffee, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of cloves, one cup of raisins or currants and five cups of sifted flour. Add the fruit last, rubbed in a little of the flour. Bake about one hour.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup of brown sugar
  • 1 cup of butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup of strong
  • 1 teaspoonful of soda
  • 2 teaspoonfuls of cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoonful of cloves
  • 1 cup of raisins or currants and five cups of sifted flour
  • 1 little of the flour
  • 1 hour

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Instructions

  1. 1

    One cup of brown sugar, one cup of butter, two eggs, one-half cup of molasses, one cup of strong, cold coffee, one teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of cloves, one cup of raisins or currants and five cups of sifted flour.

  2. 2

    Add the fruit last, rubbed in a little of the flour.

  3. 3

    Bake about one hour.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)