Coffee Spiced Cake

One-half cupful of sugar. One-half cupful of butter. One-half cupful of molasses. One-half cupful of coffee. Two cupfuls of flour. One cupful of raisins.

One egg.

One tea-spoonful of cinnamon.

One tea-spoonful of cloves.

One tea-spoonful of grated nutmeg

One tea-spoonful of soda.

Rub the butter and sugar to a cream, and add the egg, well beaten. Heat the coffee hot, add to it the soda, and when' the latter is dissolved, turn the coffee into the molasses; then add the mixture to the butter, sugar and egg. Seed the raisins, and chop them rather coarsely. Sift the spices into the flour, sprinkle the raisins with a little of the flour, and stir the rest of the flour into the mixture. Lastly add the raisins, and beat well for at least five minutes, when all should be very smooth. Bake in one loaf for three-quarters of an hour.

This is a very reliable recipe. More fruit may be added, if desired. Half a cupful of currants may be mixed with the raisins, or a cupful of currants alone may be used.

Spiced Cake

One cupful of sugar. One-half cupful of butter. One and a-half cupful of sour milk. One and a-half cupful of flour.

One cupful of raisins.

Two eggs.

One tea-spoonful of cinnamon.

One-half tea-spoonful of cloves.

One tea-spoonful of soda.

Rub the butter and sugar to a cream, and add the eggs, well beaten. Dissolve the soda in the milk, and add it to the mixture. Seed the raisins, chop them rather coarsely, and flour lightly. Sift the spice, with the rest of the flour, and add this to the preparation, stirring it in well. Lastly add the raisins, stir well, turn into a buttered tin, and bake rather slowly for three-quarters of an hour.