Coffee Layer Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cupful dark brown sugar
• 2 cupfuls flour
• 2% cupful cold strong coffee
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• 3 yolks of eggs
• ¥% cupful Crisco
• 1 tablespoonful molasses
• ¥% cupful raisins
• ¥% teaspoonful powdered cinnamon
• ¥% teaspoonful powdered cloves
• ¥% teaspoonful grated nutmeg
• ¥% teaspoonful salt
• ¥% cupful Crisco
• 2 cupfuls flour
• 1 cupful granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder
• 3 whites of eggs
• 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract
• 24 cupful milk
• ¥y% teaspoonful salt

Method

1. 1

   For dark part, cream Crisco and sugar, add yolks well beaten, coffee, molasses, flour, salt, baking powder, spices and raisins.

2. 2

   Mix and divide into two Criscoed and floured layer tins and bake in moderately hot oven twenty minutes.

3. 3

   For white part, cream Crisco and sugar, add milk, vanilla, flour, salt, baking powder, then fold in stiffly beaten whites of eggs.

4. 4

   Bake in two layers.

5. 5

   Put layers together and ice with following frosting.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 13 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 65. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Coffee Layer Cake - Dark Part 1 cupful dark brown sugar 2 cupfuls flour 2% cupful cold strong coffee 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 3 yolks of eggs ¥% teaspoonful powdered ¥% cupful Crisco cinnamon 1 tablespoonful molasses Y% teaspoonful powdered cloves Y% cupful raisins % teaspoonful grated nutmeg ¥% teaspoonful salt White Part Y% cupful Crisco 2 cupfuls flour 1 cupful granulated sugar 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder 3 whites of eggs 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract 24 cupful milk ¥y% teaspoonful salt

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