Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• 1 cup strong coffee
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon mace
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup currants
• 1/2 cup citron
• 2 tablespoons brandy

Method

1. 1

   Cream the butter and sugar.

2. 2

   Add the well-beaten yolks of the eggs, the milk and coffee, then the flour, with all the dry ingredients sifted in, the raisins, currants and citron rolled in flour, and the brandy, lastly the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth.

3. 3

   Frost with coffee icing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Left-overs made palatable (1902) by Isabel Gordon Curtis, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COFFEE CAKE £ cup butter 1 cup sugar ^ cup strong coffee if cups flour 2\ teaspoons baking powder Whites 3 eggs J cup walnut meats, broken in pieces Cream the butter, gradually add the sugar, and beat until white and frothy. Pour in the coffee. Sift in the flour with the baking powder, add the walnut meats, and the whites pf the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Bake in a deep pan and ice with coffee frosting. 3^ Left-Overs COFFEE FROSTING . Add to a cup of confectioner's sugar as much strong coffee as will give you the consistency of cake frosting. Flavor with half a teaspoon of vanilla. Beat till very smooth, then spread on the walnut coffee cake. Garnish with halves of English walnuts. COFFEE CAKE i cup butter 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 2 tablespoons molasses i cup strong coffee 3f cups flour 5 teaspoons baking powder i teaspoon cinnamon £ teaspoon mace £ teaspoon allspice f cup raisins J cup currants J cup citron 2 tablespoons brandy

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